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NSA Engages MoFA on Partnership Under Feed Ghana Programme

3Mar

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NSA Engages MoFA on Partnership Under Feed Ghana Programme

The Management of the National Service Authority (NSA) has held a strategic meeting to explore collaboration opportunities under the Government’s flagship Feed Ghana Programme, following an official communication from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA). The Ministry, through the Feed Ghana Secretariat, extended its compliments to the Authority and outlined areas of partnership aimed at advancing the national agricultural transformation agenda. Promoting Institutional Farming As part of the Government’s flagship Feed Ghana Programme, MoFA is promoting Institutional Farming as a key strategy to: Enhance national food production Strengthen food security Advance Ghana’s food self-sufficiency agenda Create sustainable employment opportunities The initiative en...

Morocco donates 2,000 tons of fertilisers to Ghana

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, on Monday, took delivery of 2,000 tons of fertilisers donated by the Kingdom of Morocco to support agricultural productivity and strengthen food security Ghana. Madam Imane Ouaadil, the Moroccan Ambassador to Ghana, presented the fertilisers to the Ministry as part of enhanced bilateral cooperation between the two countries in the areas of in agriculture, industry, and education. Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr John Dumelo, the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, received the items on behalf of the country at a brief ceremony. This initiative seeks to support Ghana’s Feed Ghana Programme, which was recently launched to improve the productivity of l...

MOFA commits four million Euros to boost shea nuts production

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has committed four million euros to boost shea production and enhance producer capacity this year. “We from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture have committed four million euros to build the capacity of our producers of shea to increase the production of nuts this year,” said Mr. Eric Opoku, Minister of MoFA. He was speaking at the inauguration of the newly sworn-in board of PBC Shea Limited in Accra on Tuesday. Mr. Opoku announced that an agreement between the Ministry and the African Development Bank regarding the investment would be signed shortly. “It is our hope that within the coming days, the agreement will be signed, and four million euros will be available for investments into shea production.” Mr. Opoku highlighted that ...