Ghana now requires a conscious and sustained enabling environment to effectively link agriculture to industry through enhanced agribusiness.
In consonance with this, the Ministry is developing product-specific value chains for the sector.
A Ghanaian delegation led by Honourable Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture met with a delegation from the Turkish government headed by H.E Prof. Recep Akdağ, Minister of Health at the Third Session of the Ghana-Turkey Joint Trade and Economic Committee Meeting in Ankara and Erzurum, Turkey from February 27 –March 2, 2012.
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Government has officially announced the sale of Outboard Motors imported into the country by the Agricultural Development Bank. The new price for a 40 HP Outboard motor in 2012 is GH¢4,900.00 from GH¢7,500.00 and it would be sold to fishermen through the Landing Beach Committees on a cash and carry financial arrangement to ensure that genuine fishermen benefit.
A colourful ceremony was held on 20th March, 2012 in Rabat, Morocco to commission a new building for use as the Secretariat of the Ministerial Conference on Fisheries Cooperation among African Countries Bordering the Atlantic Ocean (ATLAFCO). The ceremony marked another milestone in the history of ATLAFCO since for the first time in the establishment of ATLAFCO in.
The President, H. E. Prof. Evans Atta Mills commissioned four (4) new patrols on 20th February 2012 for the Ghana Navy at the Sekondi Naval Base.
The acquisition and commissioning of the four (4) new patrol boats, the first of its kind in the past 32 years is fulfillment of the President's promise on assumption of office to provide patrol boats for the Ghana Navy for monitoring, control and surveillance operation in the fishery waters of Ghana.
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture in collaboration with the Private Enterprise Foundation, (PEF), have organized a round table forum in Accra to discuss Agricultural Investment in Ghana, to introduce Ghana's participation in the "Grow Africa Project". A project that seeks to stimulate greater private sector investments through concrete plans
MoFA's Mission is to promote sustainable agriculture and thriving agribusiness through research and technology development, effective extension and other support services to farmers, processors and traders for improved livelihood.
