In an effort to encourage young people to pursue farming, President Akufo-Addo has launched a new round of outreach. He thinks that's the most reliable approach to keeping the nation's agricultural industry alive.
This occurred yesterday at the Presidential Conference on the "Youth in Agriculture" programme hosted at the University of Ghana's Legon campus.
He emphasised that the young people represent Ghana's future and that "We count on their vibrancy, fresh ideas, and innovation to improve our collective fortune."
In light of this, he urged the nation's young, both educated and illiterate, to support the new government effort known as the "Youth in Agriculture" programme and to choose agriculture as a lifetime career.
He noted with emphasis that "to take advantage of this opportunity, I urge the youth to rally around this initiative and form cooperatives and partnerships for the maximum benefit of the programme" because "it is obvious that expanded opportunities for the youth are inherent in the design of the programme (Youth in Agriculture), which focuses on value-chain development."
President Akufo-Addo spoke on the health of the economy and the steps his administration is taking to promote economic stability and growth. He said there are obvious indications that the economy is on a recovery path, and the inflation trend is proof of this.
"The chances of a recovery are getting better and better. He emphasised, "We are working hard to maintain this momentum.
The fact that "inflation has reduced from 54.1% in December 2022 to 38.1% in September, and there is every indication that by the end of the year it will be around 27%," he claimed, was clear. 15% by the conclusion of my term in the following year.
The new "Youth in Agriculture" initiative, which is a part of the second phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme, is intended to support the young population in entering agriculture as stress-free as possible, according to the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong.
This will require cultivating 400,000 hectares of arable land, he claimed.
Maize, rice, and vegetables will be the intervention's primary target commodities.
"If we put all 400,000 hectares of land under rice cultivation alone," the minister predicted, "we will exceed our food self-sufficiency production target of 1.8 million metric tonnes in two years instead of the five-year plan under the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme."
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