{"id":167557,"date":"2015-11-17T16:39:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T16:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=167557"},"modified":"2015-11-17T16:39:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T16:39:53","slug":"u-s-ghana-announce-agreements-to-increase-agricultural-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=167557","title":{"rendered":"U.S, Ghana announce agreements to increase agricultural productivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42714\" class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42713\">Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden and Ghanaian Minister of Food and Agriculture Fifi Kwetey announced two Food for Progress agreements today to support agricultural development and trade within Ghana\u2019s poultry sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42717\" class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42716\">\u201cThe Food for Progress agreements are the latest example of the partnership between the people of Ghana and the United States,\u201d Harden said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42716\">\u201cWhen the government of Ghana asked for assistance to improve its poultry sector, USDA and its partners were ready to help. We are happy to be here today with ACDI\/VOCA and the American Soybean Association <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42754\">to launch new economic development and producer outreach initiatives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42720\" class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42719\">The agreement with ACDI\/VOCA targets producer groups and cooperators and works with those groups to improve feed quality and veterinary services.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42719\">The agreement with the American Soybean Association focuses on educating producers about the importance of high-quality feed and improves the industry\u2019s capacity to test feed.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42719\">The agreements are valued at $36.6 and $21.5 million, respectively and the projects will operate over five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42726\" class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42725\">USDA\u2019s Food for Progress Program helps developing countries modernize and strengthen their agricultural sectors.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42725\">U.S. agricultural commodities are donated, sold on the local market and the proceeds are used to support agricultural, economic or infrastructure development programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42781\" class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1447758977158_42780\">The projects supported by these new agreements will help Ghanaian farmers improve the health and quality of their poultry flocks, increasing farm income and improving operational efficiencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv5059226583MsoNormal\">Source: US Embassy Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Agriculture Secretary Krysta Harden and Ghanaian Minister of Food and Agriculture Fifi Kwetey announced two Food for Progress agreements today to support agricultural development and trade within Ghana\u2019s poultry sector. \u201cThe Food for Progress agreements are the latest example of the partnership between the people of Ghana and the United States,\u201d Harden said. \u201cWhen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":167558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38,17],"class_list":["post-167557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-palaver-newspaper","tag-wassa-akropong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=167557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/167558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=167557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=167557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=167557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}