Akufo-Addo laid solid foundation for agricultural take-off – Afriyie Akoto
Former Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto commended president Akufo-Addo for creating a strong foundation in the agricultural sector that can be further developed for the socio-economic development of the country.
Dr. Afriyie Akoto said agriculture is the gateway to Ghana’s economic development and President Akufo-Addo laid the foundation which when developed properly, will eliminate many of the country’s imports, and strengthen the local economy.
Delivering a public lecture on the topic “Ghana’s economic future” at the Kofi Ohene Konadu Auditorium, UPSA, the two-year Member of Parliament for Kwadaso Constituency in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region said his tenure in the Ministry has led to an astronomical increase in crop production.
“As the former Minister of Food and Agriculture, I am convinced that the Akufo-Addo government has laid a strong foundation on which a prosperous and sustainable agriculture can be built in the years to come.
“The fundamentals that have been implemented during the six years of being Minister for the sector, the measures taken to ensure food security, we obtained and distributed a total of 1.4 million metric tons of fertilizer and 93,192 metric tons of better seeds. distributed to more from 17 million farmers from 2017 to 2021.
“As a result of these measures, Maize yield increased from 1.8mt/ha to 3.0mt/ha; Rice yield increased from 2.7mt/ha to 4.0mt/ha and soybean yield increased from 1Mt/ha to 2.5Mt/ha, in the period 2017 to 2021. With the intervention of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ), corn production has increased from 1 ,7 million MT in 2016 to 3.6 million MT in 2021, Rice from 688,000 MT to 1.2 million MT, and soy from 143,000 MT to 230,000 MT in the same period.
He added that as a result of these measures, corn and soybean yields increased for the period under review.
Dr. Afriyie resigned from his post as Minister of Food and Agriculture on Tuesday, January 10 after handing in his resignation letter to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House to pursue his ambition to lead the New Patriotic Party in the 2024 general election as the flag bearer.
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