Business News of Monday, 28 December 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comAgric sector records positive gains despite coronavirus - GAWU calls for more attentionEdward Kareweh, General Secretary of the Ghana Agricultural Workers UnionThe General Secretary of the Ghana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Edward Kareweh has stated that the agriculture sector continues to be robust despite the existence of COVID-19. Speaking to Graphic Business, he said the growth in agriculture is an indication that it would remain the most resilient in the near future. Data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) showed that the agriculture sector has for the second consecutive quarter emerged as the only sector which recorded positive GDP growth in the country. The sector in the third quarter of 2020 recorded a GDP growth of 8.3 per cent. This comes after it recorded a GDP growth of 2.5 per cent in the second quarter.

Source: GhanaWeb December 28, 2020 15:11 UTC