Tag: Rice
-
Agric Minister appeals to Thai investors to invest in Ghana’s rice sector
As part of efforts to make Ghana an exporter of rice, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has appealed to investors in Thailand to come and invest in Ghana’s rice sector. He said Ghana has huge potential for rice production which is evident in its favourable climatic conditions, availability of arable…
-
Agric Ministry assures of safeguarding rice farmers amidst ongoing benchmark discussions
The Ministry of Agric says it will do all it can to safeguard the interest of rice farmers in the country, following threats that thousands of people in the rice value chain risk losing their jobs due to the benchmark discount policy in place. According to rice farmers, the benchmark value reduction policy, makes imported…
-
Farmers elated about siting of new rice processing factory in Sefwi Akontombra
As parts of efforts by the government to boost productivity and increase job opportunities, the government with funding from the African Development Bank through the Agricultural Commodity Processing Development of the Rural Enterprise Program (REP) have started a rice Processing Factory in Sefwi Akontombra in the Western North Region. The factory- Sefwi Akontombra Rice Processing…
-
Build capacity for local rice production to avoid shortage amid COVID-19 – Rice farmer urges Gov’t
Ghana risks a shortage of some agric produce particularly rice by the latter part of this year and into 2021, if government fails to build the capacity of players in the local rice value chain to boost production. That’s according to the Executive Director of Western Deedew Group Limited, a local rice production company in…