'Central Region To Become Rice-Producing Hub' | Business News

Efforts are underway to make the Central Region a rice-producing hub.

This, in accordance with the Central Regional Minister, Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, will allow the area to unleash its full agricultural potential in rice manufacturing.

In pursuit of that, she revealed {that a} sturdy collaboration was being cast with Korea International Corporation, an skilled group in upscaling rice manufacturing.

Mrs Marigold Assan was chatting with the media on Thursday, November 3, 2022, in Cape Coast, Central Region through the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr Owusu Akoto Afriyie's, working tour within the area.

The go to to the Central Region shaped a part of the minister's second leg working tour in 5 areas throughout the nation. Already, the tour has seen him go to Western, Western North and Central Regions.

According to her, although her area was presently eighth on the log of rice-producing areas, Central Region was poised to maneuver to the seventh place. She famous that talks have been already ongoing in that regard.

She gave the peace of mind that with the measures put in place one can solely hope for one of the best from the area.

She added that Central Region will institute a neighborhood market termed, "Farmers' Market the place foodstuffs produced within the area can be assembled and bought to prospects.

Furthermore, Mrs Marigold Assan indicated that there have been ongoing efforts to make sure that Ghanaians eat recent meals from the farms whereas guaranteeing the advantages of their dietary worth.

In his response, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Akoto Afriye, pledged his assist to make sure that the nation rakes in the advantages of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) within the area.

He is anticipated to go to Volta and Oti Regions within the coming days.