Vice President Jane Nana Opoku Agyemang referred to as for elevated funding within the rice sector to strengthen meals safety and drive agricultural transformation throughout West Africa.
Talking on the West African Rice Funding Roundtable hosted by the ECOWAS Fee, she mentioned meals safety and agricultural transformation within the area with regional stakeholders, improvement companions and buyers.
He mentioned the dialog was basically about Africa’s capacity to feed itself, strengthen financial resilience and cut back vulnerabilities related to over-reliance on meals imports.
She mentioned rice is among the most consumed staple meals in West Africa, providing strategic alternatives for financial transformation, industrial development and job creation.
The Vice President famous that the federal government’s Reset Agenda is rooted in rising home consumption and lowering import dependence. He mentioned investments within the rice sector will assist strengthen meals safety whereas creating worth throughout the agricultural chain.
He burdened that West Africa should begin viewing rice as a strategic financial asset that may drive rural improvement, employment and regional prosperity.
Professor Opoku Agyemang mentioned Africa has a number of the world’s youngest populations, huge arable land and immense agricultural potential.
He added that as world meals methods evolve and provide chains are restructured, the continent has a singular alternative to place itself as a number one agricultural energy by the mobilization of capital, expertise and coverage help.
He reaffirmed Ghana’s dedication to work intently with ECOWAS, improvement companions, buyers and Member States to advance the regional agenda, saying the way forward for meals safety in Africa have to be on African soil, supported by African ingenuity and pushed by a standard dedication to sustainable improvement.
