{"id":248181,"date":"2016-09-14T11:39:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T11:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=248181"},"modified":"2016-09-14T11:39:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T11:39:41","slug":"biz-of-elections-ndcs-manifesto-promise-on-agric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=248181","title":{"rendered":"Biz of Elections: NDC’s manifesto promise on agric"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag bearer for the December elections, President John Mahama, has stated the next\u00a0NDC administration after 2016 will roll out a number of initiatives aimed at boosting the agric industry.<\/p>\n

The sector has seen massive decline in growth over the years due to the absence of modern agricultural practices, weather patterns among others.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch of highlights of the party’s manifesto yesterday [Tuesday], President Mahama outlined 15 key initiatives his government will roll out in the agric sector when voted into power.<\/p>\n

Below are the initiatives <\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Revamp the Agricultural cooperative initiatives.<\/li>\n
  2. The Youth in Agric program to be aggressively boosted.<\/li>\n
  3. Storage facilities to be constructed across districts to minimise post-harvest losses.<\/li>\n
  4. Farmer Service Centers to be established within reach of the 5 million or so farmers. The first 50 of these are already under development in collaboration with SADA.<\/li>\n
  5. Every district shall host a farming mechanisation center with a minimum of 10 tractors, all equipped with the full complement of implements such as harvesters.<\/li>\n
  6. An agro-credit scheme shall be established to serve all farmers.<\/li>\n
  7. All farmers shall receive inputs on a credit basis. Repayments shall be processed post-harvest through produce purchasing boards in the districts.<\/li>\n
  8. A new plantation scheme shall be established by Cocobod to attract youth sharecroppers.<\/li>\n
  9. Two more shea butter factories in the North<\/li>\n
  10. A new Cashew Board for Ghana, headquartered in Brong Ahafo region.<\/li>\n
  11. Cotton production to be taken to 100,000 metric tons a year based on input subsidies.<\/li>\n
  12. Free coffee seedlings to be provided to all interested farmers.<\/li>\n
  13. million of these are already being nursed. 6,000 metric tons of coffee are currently being produced in Ghana. The volume of production is to increase to 100,000 metric tons as a result of this policy.<\/li>\n
  14. Cold-chain infrastructure shall be deployed across all landing sites in coastal Ghana.<\/li>\n
  15. Expand investments into SADA, including provision for more than 100,000 hectares of irrigation-fed farmland.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    –<\/p>\n

    By:\u00a0 Vivian Kai Lokko\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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