At a handing over ceremony held at Dawhenya Irrigation Scheme, the Director General of Cultural fir Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Professor Torto foresees that soon ghana will shorten its rice importation by 50%. According to him with 300 tons of certified rice produced now at Dawhenya Ghana will soon solve its food security. He was thankful to the Korea Government and assured that his department will provide all needed help to improve food security in the country.
On his part, the coordinator for the Korea company Dr. Kin said varieties such as Agla, Legon 1, Agyapa, Corea mo and some others will be multiplied to be distributed to farmers in the whole country. He hoped that , this time , his expectation will go beyond 300 tons to between 500 and 600 tons.
The Korean ambassador to Ghana in comparing said Ghana is privileged to have the land and water and that gives it the impetus to boost rice production in the country. “I expect that Ghana becomes bigger not in importation of rice in Africa but in exportation having the Volta River and the land.” He disclosed his country’s difficulty in producing rice saying they initially had to suffer for lack of fertile land and availability of water .
The deputy minister for Agric…. Was highly surprised to see certified seed produced in large quantities in Ghana at Dawhenya.
He applauds Dawhenya farmers and positions them as a key entrance to the promised land . He promised that Ghana is going to provide all support and strengthen her partnership with the Korea Government to make ghana what it wants to be.
Mr. R. M Afleh a farmer representative indicates that farmers are so grateful to the Korean government for the work they have done . He foresaw that if that should continue more jobs are going to be created and farmers’ financial standard would be improved. He said though farmers faced some petty challenges, much practical technologies are achieved to improve their next step of production .
