{"id":248335,"date":"2016-09-15T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=248335"},"modified":"2016-09-15T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-15T06:00:13","slug":"all-districts-agric-mechanization-ambitious-gawu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/all-districts-agric-mechanization-ambitious-gawu\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC&#8217;s all districts agric mechanization ambitious \u2013 GAWU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The General Agricultural Workers\u2019 Union (GAWU) has cast doubts over the NDC\u2019s manifesto promise to provide every district with a farming mechanization center when elected into power.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do the agric workers view the promise as an ambitious one, they also believe the targets are misplaced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we are talking about having a mechanization structure in every district with a minimum of ten tractors that is too much an ambitious project and I don\u2019t think that it is feasible,\u201d General Secretary of GAWU, Edward Kareweh observed.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cWe could be thinking of increasing the existing number and making sure that in every region, there are not less than 10 or 15 districts with the interventions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President John Mahama at a presentation of the NDC\u2019s manifesto highlights on Tuesday [September 13, 2016], outlined <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/14\/biz-of-elections-ndcs-manifesto-promise-on-agric\/\" target=\"_blank\">over a dozen initiatives<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to develop Ghana\u2019s agric sector.<\/p>\n<p>The promise followed concerns over the continuous decline in agric\u2019s contribution to GDP.<\/p>\n<p>The situation has been attributed to many reasons including the absence of improved mechanization and the adverse impact of the weather.<\/p>\n<p>The sector\u2019s contribution has declined from 31.8 percent in 2009 to 19 percent in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Edward Kareweh also tells <strong>Citi Business News<\/strong> the time period for achieving the promise is unconvincing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am just not too much convinced that this could be achieved within four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>GAWU commends initiative on post harvest losses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the agric workers have lauded government intervention aimed at reducing the increasing post harvest losses faced by producers of agricultural products.<\/p>\n<p>They explain the move will help stabilize the incomes of the farmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe only hope that as they have promised, they will fulfill the promise since it is unfortunate when you harvest and you have to sell it off because you have low prices. It is a good thing to salvage the fisher folks from the huge losses when there is bumper harvest and also to stabilize their incomes,\u201d Mr. Kareweh further remarked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minority punches holes into 1 million tonnes cocoa output target<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Mahama also indicated that an NDC government will put in place sustainable measures to push up cocoa output in the next crop season.<\/p>\n<p>But the Minority Spokesperson on Agric and Cocoa Affairs in Parliament and MP for Kwadaso, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, tells <strong>Citi Business News<\/strong> the country does not have the financial strength to meet the high cost of increasing production levels.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citibusinessnews.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/16\/cocobod-to-achieve-20152016-output-target\/\" target=\"_blank\">current developments in Ghana\u2019s cocoa sector<\/a><\/span><\/strong> will make it difficult to attain the 1 million tonnes output target outlined by President Mahama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo say that cocoa production is going up at this time when we know that the peak of 1 million tonnes was recorded in 2011\/2012 crop season, is throwing dust into the eyes of Ghanaians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no way that Ghana could even hit 750,000 tonnes this crop season (2015\/2016) which has about just 14 days to end,\u201d Dr. Akoto intimated.<\/p>\n<p>Cocoa production levels have witnessed a decline from the over 1,000,000 tonnes in the 2010\/2011 crop season to a little over 740,000 tonnes in the 2014\/2015 crop season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The General Agricultural Workers\u2019 Union (GAWU) has cast doubts over the NDC\u2019s manifesto promise to provide every district with a farming mechanization center when elected into power. 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