Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, has said the government’s aim is to create over five million jobs for Ghanaians under the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme in the long-term. “750,000 is nothing, I…
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The first phase of government’s flagship policy, “Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ),” has been successful—raking in about GHȻ 1.2 Billion, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has revealed. In a statement signed by the sector minister,…
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The Planting for Food & Jobs programme of the Akufo-Addo government created 745,000 jobs in rural farming communities around Ghana, Minister of Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said. The Minister told Joy FM’s Joseph Opoku…
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Government has appealed to chiefs to establish their own farms to support the Akufo-Addo government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme. The Planting for Food and Jobs programme, according to government, is the solution to the twin…
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Government has maintained he producer price of cocoa for the 2017/18 season at GH₵7,600.00 per tonne, the same as paid to farmers in the 2016/17 season. This is equivalent to GH₵475.00 per bag of 64-kilogram gross weight. The prices…
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