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The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, has revealed that Ghana is steadily making progress towards achieving self-sufficiency in ten crucial food crops by the year 2029.
Acheampong shared that the government successfully met and maintained its agricultural targets in the previous year and aims to further enhance them in the coming years. Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show with Bernard Avle on Citi FM on Wednesday, March 13, he noted that all targets set for 2023 were accomplished, with the exception of poultry.
He emphasized the government’s commitment to the “Planting for Food and Jobs” strategy, inviting Ghanaians to join a five-year journey towards food resilience. Acheampong stated that the country is on track, having achieved its targets for ten crops in 2023, excluding poultry.
“In 2024, we are bent on meeting those food targets, and when we are done with that and follow the trajectory, in five years, Ghana will be food self-sufficient in ten foods,” he affirmed.
Acheampong highlighted specific achievements, such as reaching a tomato production of 450,000 metric tonnes in 2023. The government also encouraged dry season tomato farming, collaborating with tomato farmers and introducing incentives to increase tomato production from the current 27% to 35%.
“Currently, we are about 27% for tomatoes, and we want to move to 35%, and we want to incentivize the tomato farmers to go back into tomato farming, and you don’t achieve those targets overnight,” he explained.
Source: Omanghana.com
