Agriculture will continue to be a priority – Akufo-Addo assures

President Nana Akufo-Addo has touted the achievements of one of the government’s flagship programmes, planting for food and jobs (PFJ), emphasizing that agriculture will remain a priority to his government.

He observed that the PFJ initiative has made Ghana attain food security adding that the country was better prepared to respond to adversities that threaten to destabilise food systems.

The positive narrative about the government’s support to the agriculture sector is that, unlike several other countries, Ghana is better prepared, and has demonstrated resilience to the current adversities threatening to destabilise our food systems

“Our flagship programme, Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ), with its focus on improving farm productivity, through the use of technology on farms, has succeeded in increasing our food security, and opened up new opportunities for diversifying our agricultural exports by promoting six (6) tree crops for future substantial foreign exchange earnings.”

One of the interventions he suggested was the PFJ market which is aimed at selling relatively cheaper food to consumers.

“As a country, it is important to draw on very hard lessons from the impact of external factors on our food systems

Food prices in urban centres are unacceptably high