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06-11-08
STAKEHOLDERS in the vegetables industry have adopted a five-year action plan to enable them to increase the quality and quantity of vegetables produced for both the domestic and international markets.
They are projecting that by the next five years, Ghana’s vegetable export industry would be competitive, marketing about 10,000 tonnes per annum of high value vegetables globally.
The action plan was adopted at the end of the last in the series of workshops organised by ACDI/VOCA, an international NGO working in partnership with the Millennium Development Authority to implement the authority’s agricultural projects in the Southern zone.
Participants at the vegetables workshop included input suppliers, small and large-scale vegetable farmers, researchers, wholesalers, retailers and other exporters of vegetables, representatives of financial service providers, as well as agric extension and inspection officers.
At the end of the workshop, the participants identified access to adequate finance, inadequate infrastructure, access to high quality seeds and technology, as well as land tenure problems, as the main challenges facing vegetable players in the vegetable industry.
They suggested among other things that farmers should be educated to adopt modern framing procedures and change their attitudes towards loan repayment and appealed to banks not to perceive agriculture as a risky investment but rather employ consultants to oversee activities of farmers for enhanced vegetable production.
Apart from the request for the provision of adequate post-harvest infrastructure and equipment including irrigation systems, tractors, pack houses, cold chain, combine harvesters, planters and composting plans, the participants also called for provision of adequate information on the modern equipment and infrastructure to all actors.
Exporters must also make available information from the market to the farmers on the needs of the market including varieties on demand, prices and standards available.
While encouraging farmers to form associations and farmer-based organisations, participants in the workshop also emphasised the need to educate farmers on good agronomic practices to complement the efforts of demonstration centres.
A Senior Technical Assistant of ACDI/VOCA, Emmanuel Dormon, expressed his organisation’s preparedness to partner all players in the agricultural sector to help in the full realisation of the rich potential of the country’s agricultural and agribusiness sectors.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Company develops chemicals for local market
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05-11-08
WOOD Chemicals Limited (WoodChem), one of the participants at the 12th Ghana International Furniture and Woodworking Industry Exhibition (GIFEX 2008) has locally developed a variety of chemical products to meet the market demands of its customers.
They are extrafic, a water resistant wood glue; wood lac, a high gloss lacquer and wood glue which are designed to give excellent finishing to wood products manufactured locally to enable local furniture producers, especially to compete effectively with their foreign counterparts.
According to the Managing Director of the company, Mr Albert Kwame Bosomki???, the ultimate goal of the company was to expand and reach out to small scale wood users in every part of the country.
He also said although the company was yet to be set up in every region, its products could be found in the regions.
He said expansion had to do with finances and expressed concern about the bureaucracy of the banks, adding that such practice did not augur well for fast -growing businesses.
Mr Bosomki, therefore, called on the government to support small scale industries by setting up an institution that would certify firms and issue them with letters that would ensure that they had easy access to loans.
He said such a state institution would look at the business plans and operations of firms, pay them regular and surprise visits to ensure that the companies were doing the right thing before issuing them with the letters that would enable them to secure loans with lower interest rates.
“Many small scale industries have fantastic ideals but having access to loans is the problem. The bureaucracy and high interest rates are disincentives to the firms,” he said, adding that the small scale industries could help reduce the unemployment situation in the country.
Mr Bosomki said his company which had been operating for five years had made great strides in the wood working industry and had shown remarkable expertise in the production of wood chemicals such as glues and coatings for wood.
“At wood chemicals we don’t only know-how, but we have more than 30 years expertise acquired from renowned wood working countries like Spain, Sweden, Denmark and Cote d’ Ivoire,” he quipped.
He said the company had adopted adequate safety measures at its factory.
05-11-08
WOOD Chemicals Limited (WoodChem), one of the participants at the 12th Ghana International Furniture and Woodworking Industry Exhibition (GIFEX 2008) has locally developed a variety of chemical products to meet the market demands of its customers.
They are extrafic, a water resistant wood glue; wood lac, a high gloss lacquer and wood glue which are designed to give excellent finishing to wood products manufactured locally to enable local furniture producers, especially to compete effectively with their foreign counterparts.
According to the Managing Director of the company, Mr Albert Kwame Bosomki???, the ultimate goal of the company was to expand and reach out to small scale wood users in every part of the country.
He also said although the company was yet to be set up in every region, its products could be found in the regions.
He said expansion had to do with finances and expressed concern about the bureaucracy of the banks, adding that such practice did not augur well for fast -growing businesses.
Mr Bosomki, therefore, called on the government to support small scale industries by setting up an institution that would certify firms and issue them with letters that would ensure that they had easy access to loans.
He said such a state institution would look at the business plans and operations of firms, pay them regular and surprise visits to ensure that the companies were doing the right thing before issuing them with the letters that would enable them to secure loans with lower interest rates.
“Many small scale industries have fantastic ideals but having access to loans is the problem. The bureaucracy and high interest rates are disincentives to the firms,” he said, adding that the small scale industries could help reduce the unemployment situation in the country.
Mr Bosomki said his company which had been operating for five years had made great strides in the wood working industry and had shown remarkable expertise in the production of wood chemicals such as glues and coatings for wood.
“At wood chemicals we don’t only know-how, but we have more than 30 years expertise acquired from renowned wood working countries like Spain, Sweden, Denmark and Cote d’ Ivoire,” he quipped.
He said the company had adopted adequate safety measures at its factory.
16,000 BECE candidates yet to be placed
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05-11-08
A backlog of 16,000 qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates are yet to be placed into senior high schools and technical institutes following the placement of 16,764 more qualified candidates by the Ghana Education Service (GES) last week.
Explaining why the backlog occurred, the Director of the Basic and Secondary Education Unit of the GES, Mr Stephen Adu, said the candidates failed to take advantage of the mopping up programme to contact their heads of former junior high schools (JHS) to find placements at the second cycle schools with vacancies.
The placement of the 16,764 candidates brings the total number of candidates who have been placed into second cycle schools this year to 156,242.
The first batch of 139,478 qualified candidates were placed in September, this year.
However, Mr Stephen Adu, told the Daily Graphic that there were vacancies for the 16,000 candidates, and that all they needed to do was to contact heads of community senior high schools with vacancies for placement or their heads of basic schools chose from the list of vacant schools.
He said the heads of community schools were expected to submit the names of the qualified candidates to the GES to formalise their placement into second cycle schools.
The GES, on September 16, 2008, released the placement of 139,478 candidates, including 1,579 re-entry candidates. It said the figure was out of a total of 173,315 candidates who qualified for the placement.
Parents whose children were not placed during the first exercise expressed their frustration with the Computerised Schools Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) and urged the GES to improve on the efficiency of the system.
Following that, scores of parents continued to besiege the GES Headquarters with their children, in search of schools.
According to Mr Paul Kofi Krampa, Deputy Director, Public Relations Unit of the GES, all the 16,764 candidates were to contact their former JHS heads as well as the district and regional offices of the GES from Monday, November 7, 2008 to know their placements.
A release from the GES said candidates could, however, access their placements on MTN 1755, 1756, Kasapa 7777 from Monday, November 3, 2008.
It said heads of community senior high schools, which still had vacancies, should compile lists of qualified candidates who sought admission to their schools, adding that the lists should be forwarded to the District Education Office for approval at the headquarters.
“It must be noted that only the 287 schools that had vacancies after the initial placement are to undertake this exercise. The GES, once again appeals to parents and their wards, to accept placement based on the choices they have made,” it said.
The statement expressed the hope that the public would co-operate with it to complete the 2008 exercise by November 15, 2008.
05-11-08
A backlog of 16,000 qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates are yet to be placed into senior high schools and technical institutes following the placement of 16,764 more qualified candidates by the Ghana Education Service (GES) last week.
Explaining why the backlog occurred, the Director of the Basic and Secondary Education Unit of the GES, Mr Stephen Adu, said the candidates failed to take advantage of the mopping up programme to contact their heads of former junior high schools (JHS) to find placements at the second cycle schools with vacancies.
The placement of the 16,764 candidates brings the total number of candidates who have been placed into second cycle schools this year to 156,242.
The first batch of 139,478 qualified candidates were placed in September, this year.
However, Mr Stephen Adu, told the Daily Graphic that there were vacancies for the 16,000 candidates, and that all they needed to do was to contact heads of community senior high schools with vacancies for placement or their heads of basic schools chose from the list of vacant schools.
He said the heads of community schools were expected to submit the names of the qualified candidates to the GES to formalise their placement into second cycle schools.
The GES, on September 16, 2008, released the placement of 139,478 candidates, including 1,579 re-entry candidates. It said the figure was out of a total of 173,315 candidates who qualified for the placement.
Parents whose children were not placed during the first exercise expressed their frustration with the Computerised Schools Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) and urged the GES to improve on the efficiency of the system.
Following that, scores of parents continued to besiege the GES Headquarters with their children, in search of schools.
According to Mr Paul Kofi Krampa, Deputy Director, Public Relations Unit of the GES, all the 16,764 candidates were to contact their former JHS heads as well as the district and regional offices of the GES from Monday, November 7, 2008 to know their placements.
A release from the GES said candidates could, however, access their placements on MTN 1755, 1756, Kasapa 7777 from Monday, November 3, 2008.
It said heads of community senior high schools, which still had vacancies, should compile lists of qualified candidates who sought admission to their schools, adding that the lists should be forwarded to the District Education Office for approval at the headquarters.
“It must be noted that only the 287 schools that had vacancies after the initial placement are to undertake this exercise. The GES, once again appeals to parents and their wards, to accept placement based on the choices they have made,” it said.
The statement expressed the hope that the public would co-operate with it to complete the 2008 exercise by November 15, 2008.
Koforidua Poly meets deadline-In submitting marked scripts for verification
5-11-08
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STUDENTS of the Koforidua polytechnic have become the first in the country to receive the Higher National Diploma (HND) results, within the same year of completing school.
The National Board for Professional and Technicians Examination (NABPTEX) last week released the results of students of the polytechnic who completed school in June this year.
Hitherto, it took about a year for the HND results of the polytechnics to be released due to the delay of the polytechnics to submit the marked scripts of their final year students to NABPTEX for verification.
The submission of the marked scripts for verification by an external examination body, is part of the quality assurance measures by NABPTEX.
The Executive Secretary of NABPTEX, Mr Ben Antwi-Boasiako, told the Daily Graphic that the Board was not responsible for the delay in the release of results of polytechnics, and that once the institutions submitted the scripts of their students early, their results would be released on time.
He commended the authorities of the Koforidua polytechnic for setting the pace, adding that “this is the first time a polytechnic has submitted its marked scripts for verification by an external examination body within the given time frame”.
“Koforidua polytechnic has shown that students can finish school in a year and get their results in the same year,” he explained, adding that students of the polytechnics who completed this year should have their certificates by the end of the year.
Mr Antwi-Boasiako, therefore, urged the polytechnics to emulate the example of the Koforidua polytechnic by submitting their scripts to the Board on time for verification and release.
“According to our regulations, marked scripts should be ready six weeks after the students had written their examinations. But most lecturers do no go by that deadline and sometimes take six months to submit the marked scripts of students,” he lamented.
He announced that NABPTEX, in collaboration with the Dutch Government would next week hold a four-day meeting with the polytechnics on four HND programmes - Agricultural Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Civil Engineering and Fashion that were using competency-based training (CBT) methods.
The methods, according to him, were in line with the new way of restructuring Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) curriculum, which the government has agreed should be competency-based.
Mr Antwi-Boasiako said the CBT methods had inputs from the industry.
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STUDENTS of the Koforidua polytechnic have become the first in the country to receive the Higher National Diploma (HND) results, within the same year of completing school.
The National Board for Professional and Technicians Examination (NABPTEX) last week released the results of students of the polytechnic who completed school in June this year.
Hitherto, it took about a year for the HND results of the polytechnics to be released due to the delay of the polytechnics to submit the marked scripts of their final year students to NABPTEX for verification.
The submission of the marked scripts for verification by an external examination body, is part of the quality assurance measures by NABPTEX.
The Executive Secretary of NABPTEX, Mr Ben Antwi-Boasiako, told the Daily Graphic that the Board was not responsible for the delay in the release of results of polytechnics, and that once the institutions submitted the scripts of their students early, their results would be released on time.
He commended the authorities of the Koforidua polytechnic for setting the pace, adding that “this is the first time a polytechnic has submitted its marked scripts for verification by an external examination body within the given time frame”.
“Koforidua polytechnic has shown that students can finish school in a year and get their results in the same year,” he explained, adding that students of the polytechnics who completed this year should have their certificates by the end of the year.
Mr Antwi-Boasiako, therefore, urged the polytechnics to emulate the example of the Koforidua polytechnic by submitting their scripts to the Board on time for verification and release.
“According to our regulations, marked scripts should be ready six weeks after the students had written their examinations. But most lecturers do no go by that deadline and sometimes take six months to submit the marked scripts of students,” he lamented.
He announced that NABPTEX, in collaboration with the Dutch Government would next week hold a four-day meeting with the polytechnics on four HND programmes - Agricultural Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Civil Engineering and Fashion that were using competency-based training (CBT) methods.
The methods, according to him, were in line with the new way of restructuring Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) curriculum, which the government has agreed should be competency-based.
Mr Antwi-Boasiako said the CBT methods had inputs from the industry.
Identification exercise takes break
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04-11-08
THE national identification exercise which began on July 1, this year is on a review break in the Eastern Region to enable the National Identification Authority (NIA) to retool ahead of the second phase of the exercise.
The break, among other things, is to ensure that the equipment and materials used for the exercise are put in place.
The Head of the Information Department of the NIA, Ms Bertha Dzeble, told the Daily Graphic that the authorities had met the drivers and the technical team of the NIA as part of the review and retooling.
According to her, a few things were left to be cleared, after which the second phase of the exercise in the Eastern Region would commence.
She said areas covered under the first phase in the region included the Birim North and South, Kwahu West, Kwaebibirem, Atiwa, East and West Akyem, Suhum and New Juaben districts.
The second phase would involve the Yilo Krobo, Manya Krobo, Fanteakwa, Asuogyaman, Kwahu South, Afram Plains, Akuapem North and Akuapem South districts.
Ms Dzeble explained that the division of regions into two during the exercise was to help make the exercise less stressful, since the use of two machines at a centre shortened queues.
She said the apathy shown in the course of the exercise was a problem, as people waited till the last minute before rushing to register, saying such a practice resulted in the formation of long queues.
Ms Dzeble said after the Eastern Region, the exercise would move to the Volta Region, after which the Greater Accra Region would follow, adding that in every region about 6,000 personnel would be deployed during the exercise.
On the issue of allowances, she said the procedure through which the NIA Secretariat had to go before the allowances were paid was what led to the delays, adding that the matter was being addressed.
She deplored the attack on personnel by some people who wanted to be attended to after jumping queues.
Ms Dzeble said five of such attacks took place during the first phase of the exercise in the Eastern Region, saying that in one instance, the police had to be called in to save the situation.
The matter, she said, had been taken up by the NIA authorities who had alerted the Police Administration to that effect.
She, therefore, appealed to the public to desist from attacking registration officials but rather give them the necessary support to do a good job.
04-11-08
THE national identification exercise which began on July 1, this year is on a review break in the Eastern Region to enable the National Identification Authority (NIA) to retool ahead of the second phase of the exercise.
The break, among other things, is to ensure that the equipment and materials used for the exercise are put in place.
The Head of the Information Department of the NIA, Ms Bertha Dzeble, told the Daily Graphic that the authorities had met the drivers and the technical team of the NIA as part of the review and retooling.
According to her, a few things were left to be cleared, after which the second phase of the exercise in the Eastern Region would commence.
She said areas covered under the first phase in the region included the Birim North and South, Kwahu West, Kwaebibirem, Atiwa, East and West Akyem, Suhum and New Juaben districts.
The second phase would involve the Yilo Krobo, Manya Krobo, Fanteakwa, Asuogyaman, Kwahu South, Afram Plains, Akuapem North and Akuapem South districts.
Ms Dzeble explained that the division of regions into two during the exercise was to help make the exercise less stressful, since the use of two machines at a centre shortened queues.
She said the apathy shown in the course of the exercise was a problem, as people waited till the last minute before rushing to register, saying such a practice resulted in the formation of long queues.
Ms Dzeble said after the Eastern Region, the exercise would move to the Volta Region, after which the Greater Accra Region would follow, adding that in every region about 6,000 personnel would be deployed during the exercise.
On the issue of allowances, she said the procedure through which the NIA Secretariat had to go before the allowances were paid was what led to the delays, adding that the matter was being addressed.
She deplored the attack on personnel by some people who wanted to be attended to after jumping queues.
Ms Dzeble said five of such attacks took place during the first phase of the exercise in the Eastern Region, saying that in one instance, the police had to be called in to save the situation.
The matter, she said, had been taken up by the NIA authorities who had alerted the Police Administration to that effect.
She, therefore, appealed to the public to desist from attacking registration officials but rather give them the necessary support to do a good job.
Three escape unhurt in train accident
4-11-08
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THREE persons escaped unhurt when the vehicle in which they were was run into by a train on the Graphic Road yesterday evening.
The accident, which occurred at about 5.40 p.m, involved a Toyota Corolla saloon with registration number GW 2454 Y and a Tema-bound train.
The train was travelling from the train station at CMB while the vehicle was travelling from the Graphic area towards the Obetsebi-Lamptey Circle.
The accident, which drew a large number of people from Adabraka and its environs, led to heavy traffic because the dual carriageway got temporarily blocked.
Passengers from Kaneshie or Accra had to alight from their vehicles and walk from the accident scene.
According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the Toyota car, which had stopped on the railway line due to heavy traffic, had to abandon the vehicle when she saw the training coming her direction.
They said as the train approached, the two other persons in the vehicle also jumped out of it, and since the vehicle was in the path of the train, it ran into its side, dragging it for a few metres.
“I saw the woman in Customs uniform get out of the vehicle, hold her head and start crying. We had to shout at her to move away from the vehicle before the train would crash into her,” Kofi, an eye-witness, said.
The driver of the train refused to talk to the press, saying that according to the Railways Regulations, they had to report to the Control Office first.
However, Enoch Siaw, a Clearing Agent, who was sitting by the driver of the Toyota vehicle, when the traffic control officer of the Railways stationed at the point of the accident saw the Tema-bound train around a curve towards his control point, he started shouting at the drivers to clear the way for the train.
He said at that time, the Toyota vehicle was right on the track with other vehicles in front and behind it, leaving the driver little room to manoeuvre, adding that they had no option, but to come out of the car.
No sooner had they come out of the car than the traffic started to move, but the attempt to get back into the car prove futile as the train almost approached the scene.
pAGE 20
THREE persons escaped unhurt when the vehicle in which they were was run into by a train on the Graphic Road yesterday evening.
The accident, which occurred at about 5.40 p.m, involved a Toyota Corolla saloon with registration number GW 2454 Y and a Tema-bound train.
The train was travelling from the train station at CMB while the vehicle was travelling from the Graphic area towards the Obetsebi-Lamptey Circle.
The accident, which drew a large number of people from Adabraka and its environs, led to heavy traffic because the dual carriageway got temporarily blocked.
Passengers from Kaneshie or Accra had to alight from their vehicles and walk from the accident scene.
According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the Toyota car, which had stopped on the railway line due to heavy traffic, had to abandon the vehicle when she saw the training coming her direction.
They said as the train approached, the two other persons in the vehicle also jumped out of it, and since the vehicle was in the path of the train, it ran into its side, dragging it for a few metres.
“I saw the woman in Customs uniform get out of the vehicle, hold her head and start crying. We had to shout at her to move away from the vehicle before the train would crash into her,” Kofi, an eye-witness, said.
The driver of the train refused to talk to the press, saying that according to the Railways Regulations, they had to report to the Control Office first.
However, Enoch Siaw, a Clearing Agent, who was sitting by the driver of the Toyota vehicle, when the traffic control officer of the Railways stationed at the point of the accident saw the Tema-bound train around a curve towards his control point, he started shouting at the drivers to clear the way for the train.
He said at that time, the Toyota vehicle was right on the track with other vehicles in front and behind it, leaving the driver little room to manoeuvre, adding that they had no option, but to come out of the car.
No sooner had they come out of the car than the traffic started to move, but the attempt to get back into the car prove futile as the train almost approached the scene.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Cabinet approves new irrigation policy
03-11-08
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CABINET has approved an irrigation policy that seeks to provide strategies and appropriate regulatory framework for irrigation development and expansion in the country.
The policy also seeks to make the operation and maintenance of irrigation schemes more participatory through the involvement of farmers in all aspects of management at all levels.
“The policy takes into account the aspirations of existing and potential irrigation practitioners in both the private and public sectors,” the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Ernest Debrah, said in a address read on his behalf at the opening of a sensitisation workshop on the feasibility study of the Accra Plains Irrigation Project.
The feasibility study, which is being conducted by STUDI International, an engineering consultancy firm, is expected to identify 200,000 hectares after which the zoning process of the area would identify 5,000 hectares as priority for irrigation development.
Mr Debrah announced that a national inventory of dams and dugouts had been compiled by the government, and in addition to the database and assessment of potential of existing dams and dugouts, the inventory would also facilitate the development of a national irrigation master plan that would guide irrigation development in the country.
In June this year, he said, the government gave the green light for the start of rehabilitation on the Tono Irrigation Project, saying that the GH¢8 million project, which would be completed in December this year, was well known for the production of tomatoes and rice.
He said crops to be cultivated on the Accra Irrigation Plains included banana, soyabean, rice, pineapple, mango, maize, groundnut and cowpea, adding that “this project will increase agricultural production and contribute to the satisfaction of the growing domestic demand for food and raw materials for agro-based industries”.
Mr Debrah indicated that the ministry had set a target of having about 50,000 hectares under irrigation by 2010, and that under the project the government would ensure the completion of all on-going projects on schedule.
“The interrelationship between proper water control and its management on one hand and food security and poverty reduction on the other is so obvious. Ghana will realise the extent and full potential of irrigation development for enhancing food security and poverty reduction through judicious exploitation of the water resources of the country,” he emphasised.
Mr Boujemaa Remili, a representative of STUDI International, said conducting the project was a real challenge, since the group had to measure the real potential of the area taking into account the multiple characteristics of soil, rainfall slope, as well as underground water quality and quantity.
The current step of the study, he said, dealt with the zoning of the Accra Plains Irrigation Project.
A consultant, Mr Nelson Offei Osae, who chaired the function, said it was important to know the potential of the Accra Plains so that the government could prepare for its development.
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CABINET has approved an irrigation policy that seeks to provide strategies and appropriate regulatory framework for irrigation development and expansion in the country.
The policy also seeks to make the operation and maintenance of irrigation schemes more participatory through the involvement of farmers in all aspects of management at all levels.
“The policy takes into account the aspirations of existing and potential irrigation practitioners in both the private and public sectors,” the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Ernest Debrah, said in a address read on his behalf at the opening of a sensitisation workshop on the feasibility study of the Accra Plains Irrigation Project.
The feasibility study, which is being conducted by STUDI International, an engineering consultancy firm, is expected to identify 200,000 hectares after which the zoning process of the area would identify 5,000 hectares as priority for irrigation development.
Mr Debrah announced that a national inventory of dams and dugouts had been compiled by the government, and in addition to the database and assessment of potential of existing dams and dugouts, the inventory would also facilitate the development of a national irrigation master plan that would guide irrigation development in the country.
In June this year, he said, the government gave the green light for the start of rehabilitation on the Tono Irrigation Project, saying that the GH¢8 million project, which would be completed in December this year, was well known for the production of tomatoes and rice.
He said crops to be cultivated on the Accra Irrigation Plains included banana, soyabean, rice, pineapple, mango, maize, groundnut and cowpea, adding that “this project will increase agricultural production and contribute to the satisfaction of the growing domestic demand for food and raw materials for agro-based industries”.
Mr Debrah indicated that the ministry had set a target of having about 50,000 hectares under irrigation by 2010, and that under the project the government would ensure the completion of all on-going projects on schedule.
“The interrelationship between proper water control and its management on one hand and food security and poverty reduction on the other is so obvious. Ghana will realise the extent and full potential of irrigation development for enhancing food security and poverty reduction through judicious exploitation of the water resources of the country,” he emphasised.
Mr Boujemaa Remili, a representative of STUDI International, said conducting the project was a real challenge, since the group had to measure the real potential of the area taking into account the multiple characteristics of soil, rainfall slope, as well as underground water quality and quantity.
The current step of the study, he said, dealt with the zoning of the Accra Plains Irrigation Project.
A consultant, Mr Nelson Offei Osae, who chaired the function, said it was important to know the potential of the Accra Plains so that the government could prepare for its development.
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