Participants in the inaugural Graphic National Development Series (GNDS) have advocated for a change in approach to revitalize the agriculture industry and guarantee food sufficiency.
A GNDS
The GNDS's topic was "Transforming Ghana's Agriculture with Home-Grown Solutions for Food Security," and it was organized by Graphic Communications Group Ltd. in partnership with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation under the distinguished patronage of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
Technocrats, specialists, and representatives of civil society from the agricultural value chain and academics attended the program.
The Kumasi Traditional Council's Chief of Asafo and Akwamuhene, Acheamfour Asafo Boakye Agyeman-Bonsu, who represented the Asantehene, Osei Tutu II, brought color to the occasion.
Participants in the discussion, which covered a range of topics related to agriculture and food systems in the nation, held that a radical change in agriculture would help revolutionize agriculture and guarantee food security in the nation.
Concerns
They said that such a revolution should start with the type of instruction provided to schools in order to spark interest in it, voicing worries that the practice of requiring students to weed as a form of punishment deters them from the region.
The panelists also argued that farmers should use increased irrigation to enable year-round farming because the present way of farming was not sustainable, particularly when farmers mainly relied on rain-fed agriculture.
They urged for the promotion of organic fertilizer, which they considered the best choice for farmers, and expressed worries about the high cost of inorganic fertilizer due to the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the resulting shortage of the product.
efficient agriculture
Fr. Godfrey Nzamujo, founder of the Songhai Centre in the Republic of Benin, moderated a panel discussion and urged the use of agro-ecological and clever agricultural methods to transform Ghana's food and agricultural systems into ones that are resilient, regenerative, extremely productive, and sustainable.
Fr. Prof. Nzamujo expressed worry that "our failure to relate our own story" was the problem facing African nations and urged a fresh approach to "revolutionize our economics."
He advocated for an integrated ecological system that naturally produced dynamic connections and synergies between industry, services, and agriculture.
Fr. Prof. Nzamujo asserted that using Songhai technology, Ghana and Africa as a whole had what it required to be self-sufficient in food and emphasized that the key was "we need to believe in ourselves."
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