{"id":398520,"date":"2018-02-05T11:37:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T11:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=398520"},"modified":"2018-02-05T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T16:22:00","slug":"745000-planting-for-food-jobs-are-full-time-agric-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/745000-planting-for-food-jobs-are-full-time-agric-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"745,000 ‘Planting for Food’ jobs are full-time \u2013 Agric Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says the 745,000 jobs which have been created under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme are full-time employment ventures.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Monday, a deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, George Oduro said many of those employed under the programme help with a number of farming activities including the tilling of lands and the harvesting of crops.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026This is [a] full-time job. You start from land preparation until harvesting\u2026These are not jobs that you go for interviews,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”etr3eKxOB4i1ohesseGiDQtVDYfrVub8″]The deputy Minister’s comments follow suggestions the 745,000 jobs government claims to have created under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme were rather short-term ventures that would end after a few months.<\/p>\n Some critics have suggested that these ventures should be classified as “activities and not jobs” as they are not sustainable for the entire year.<\/p>\n The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, who first made the announcement said most of the jobs which had been created were \u201cunofficial jobs\u201d and not subject to taxation.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 the Planting for Food and Jobs campaign has absorbed this [rural] labour to the extent that we targeted 750,000 rural labour and we were able to generate 745,000 jobs and these jobs are unofficial jobs. They are not pensionable, they are not tax deductible so you cannot actually measure it like those in the formal sector where you re-registered, you are paid a wage, you have to pay tax and so on and therefore, it is very easy to monitor.\u201d<\/p>\n