The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Eric Opoku, has called on the church and other institutions to venture into farming, especially under the flagship Feed Ghana Program (FGP).

The Minister made the call when the Apostolic Church - Ghana paid a courtesy on him at his office in Accra.

He used the platform to entreat religious, state, and private institutions to embrace the Feed Ghana Program and own it as a national campaign to attain food sufficiency.

The Minister named some institutions that have joined the Feed Ghana Program, including the National Service Secretariat, the National Fire Service, Ghana Prisons Service, Irrigation Schemes, and the Saviour Church

Hon. Opoku assured that his outfit remains ever ready to provide technical support to the institutions and entities that have boarded the Feed Ghana vehicle.

On the upcoming 41st National Farmer Day celebrations, the Minister revealed that there will be an award category for the best church in Agriculture for the year 2025.

On his part, Dr. Ebenezer Gyamera, the Director of Administration for the Apostolic Church- Ghana, said that the church is farming on 800 acres of land with plantain, pepper, and soya bean as some of the major commodities they produce.

The visit, according to him, was to collaborate with the Ministry to develop a strategic plan to support their farming activities and process their farm produce.