The John A. Kufuor Foundation has signed a memorandum of being familiar with with Alluvial Agricultural Limited and the Ghana Rice Inter-specialist System (GRIB) to give guidance to about 50,000 rice farmers in the region.
As component of the settlement, Alluvial Ghana will offer mechanisation, as perfectly as credit rating and input expert services to members of GRIB to support them broaden on output.
Planting and harvesting providers, as well as seed and agro-enter source will also be supplied.
Main Executive Officer of the John A. Kufuor Basis Prof. Baffour Agyeman-Duah signed the agreement on behalf of the foundation.
Von Kemedi who is Main Govt Officer of Alluvial Agricultural Confined signed on behalf of the business and Nana Adjei Ayeh who is president of the Ghana Rice Inter – Expert Entire body signed on behalf of GRIB.
The goal of the arrangement is to offer uncomplicated and reasonably priced accessibility to the earlier mentioned shown companies which are at this time scarce and far too costly for smallholder rice farmers to afford.
Talks with economic establishments to supply concessionary funding so farmers can procure agro-inputs and mechanization companies are also ongoing.
The John A. Kufuor Foundation is envisioned to enjoy a facilitating and coordinating position in guaranteeing that the get-togethers to the arrangement get the job done to the stated goals.
The initiative falls inside the foundation’s socio-financial enhancement target which focuses on agriculture led development and position generation.
In check out of this, the basis continuously seeks to develop wide based mostly partnerships with community and non-public establishments the two regionally and internationally to supply essential socio-economic reforms.
This help for rice farmers is coming at a time when the business is battling with a variety of worries together the worth chain, including low mechanization. According to the Ministry of Foodstuff and Agriculture, Ghana has a deficit of 27, 133 tractors.
The agreement will go a extended way to ease the load of rice farmers who are in dire want of these companies to raise Ghana rice creation, offer and use.
In keeping with contemporary agricultural traits, the introduction of the point out-of-the-art mechanisation machines will help good land preparing and planting protocols which will significantly boost yields.
On top of that, the mechanization solutions will minimize pre-harvest and article-harvest losses.
The Alliance for a Eco-friendly Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a significant spouse in this project.
