A similar initiative has begun in earnest in the neighbourhood about 60 years after the thriving rice field owned by the former State Farms at Mepe-Adudornu in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region crumbled after the Nkrumah dictatorship was overthrown.
In order to grow rice, a Ghanaian organisation called Royal City Company Limited purchased 2,000 hectares from the locals. In five years, the organisation hopes to increase the rice field to 10,000 hectares.
Tuesday marked the start of the project, with rituals and prayers offered to the local gods by the chiefs and elders of Mepe-Adudornu.
Project
The project entails building a road from the community centre to the rice field, irrigation canals, farmhouse offices, and buildings for the equipment.
Ewura Ama Atta Gyamfi, the operations manager, said that $1 million had already been committed to the initiative, which aimed to bring in 500 young people from the neighbourhood.
She stated that several Thai technocrats from the corporation would execute the project.
According to Ms. Gyamfi, the project's main goal is to generate an excess of rice for both local consumption and export.
She said that Ghana had the ability to grow enough rice to significantly affect the global market and stop importing rice.
According to her projection, the initial 2,000 hectares would produce 20,000 metric tonnes of rice annually.
Support
Togbe Kwao Agoglu Adabla IV, the Divisional Chief of Mepe-Gbanvie-Adudornu, promised the complete support of the initiative, stating that it was a source of happiness and hope for the populace.
He claimed that the current state of calm in the region was beneficial to the development and success of the project, which would benefit future generations and allow the area to engage in more profitable economic activities.
William Dzamefe, the Volta Regional Director of Agriculture, pleaded with the locals to keep good relations with the business in order for the project, which had promising potential, to go smoothly.
There are roughly 1,000 people living in the tranquil rural town of Mepe-Adudornu.
Some locals said that the rice project will unquestionably restore the community's earlier prominence as a leading farming region before the Nkrumah dictatorship was overthrown.
Heavy rains temporarily made the fields muddy, which prevented a planned tour of the project site.
Some of the ceremonies were then carried out close to the site's edge.
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