Tag: rice imports
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Ghana rice consumption: JAK Foundation, others to monitor state institutions’ compliance
The John Agyekum Kufour (JAK) Foundation and its partners, the Rice Millers Association and the Ghana Rice Inter-professional Body, have outlined measures to monitor state institutions’ purchase of Ghana rice. Their commitment comes on the back of President Akufo-Addo’s directive to state institutions to purchase Ghana rice from January 2020. Speaking at a press conference…
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Government committed to reducing rice importation
Rev. John Manu, Ashanti Regional Director of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) has reiterated the commitment of the government to mechanized rice farming in order to help boost local production of the crop in the country. He said the focus of the government in the MOFA/JICA TENSUI (Rain-fed) Phase II partnership project, was to help increase…
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Ghana to stop rice imports soon – Agric Minister
The Minister of Agric, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has stated that his outfit is working to reduce drastically, if not stop the import of rice within the next four to five years. It follows the success chalked as the country did not import maize between January and September this year due to increased local maize…