Tag: Local rice
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President Akufo-Addo urges consumption of local rice
President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to increase their consumption of local rice as part of efforts to ensure the sustainability of the local rice industry which has faced difficulties in recent times. Speaking at the 35th National Farmers’ Day celebration held in the Volta regional capital, Ho, President Akufo-Addo the government’s efforts in ensuring…
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Wienco, others intervene to purchase all excess local rice – MoFA
Agricultural commodity trading company, Wienco Ghana Limited, will be at the forefront of attempts to purchase all excess rice harvests. Speaking during a meeting with local rice farmers at Avalavi Weta in the Volta Region on Tuesday, a Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, said Wienco had already committed to buying all…