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Ghana’s Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto said Ghana spends about a billion dollars on rice imports. His outfit, therefore, plans to support local rice farmers to increase their yields and gradually shift demand to the local rice.
Ghana’s Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has indicated that his Ministry is doing everything possible to drastically reduce if not stop the import of rice in the next four to five years.The country’s non-importation of maize between January and September last year due to the increase in maize production.
Some of the things to be done by the government include the supply of modern machinery for production at a subsidised rate or for free, the drive to purchase local rice and the provision of improved grains to increase yields of local
rice farmers.
