The Minister of State for Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu has revealed the Mahama led demonstration has committed GH₵1.5 billion towards its Agriculture for Economic Transformation Agenda.
The agenda is a comprehensive approach aimed at energizing the nation’s agricultural sector.
Felix Kwakye Ofosu, disclosed that regardless of the financial constraints imposed on government, this allocation is a strategic move to boost local food production and reduce unemployment.
Speaking on JoyNews on the 2025 budget on Wednesday, March 12, Ofosu Kwakye stated that as part of the initiative, government is introducing multiple programmes, including the Feed Ghana Program, the Ghana Greens Development Project, and the Vegetable Development Project.
He noted that a major component of the plan is ‘Nkokɔ Nketenkete’, a Poultry Farm to Table Project, which seeks to revamp the struggling poultry industry.
“What we call Nkokɔ Nketenkete, which, unfortunately, our political opponents mocked when President Mahama first mooted the idea, …..is aimed at bolstering the poultry sector, which incidentally, as we speak, has collapsed,” he explained.
According to him, although the initial focus is on poultry, the initiative will also support farmers engaged in grain production, vegetable farming, rice cultivation, and tuber farming.
“Now it is the case that we are starting with poultry, but we are aware that there are many other things that can be done within the framework of animal husbandry, within the framework of snail rearing, within the framework of other things that can be done in that sector, but it is part of a comprehensive program.
“So, it is not just about having chicks to go and raise in order to build a poultry farm on your own. We are going to help farmers who grow vegetables, those who are into grain, soya beans and what have you, those who grow rice, those who grow tubers, yam, cassava, and whatever,” he said.
