Business News of Friday, 5 October 2018Source: www.ghanaweb.comAkufo-Addo to launch Planting for Exports and Rural Development 2019 - Agric Ministerplay videoAgriculture Minister, Dr Afriyie Akoto addressing the gathering at maiden Ghana Coffee ConferenceBarring any unexpected circumstances, government will implement the Planting for Exports and Rural Development (PERD) initiative to boost rural economy and reduce the reliance on cocoa. "We have started that in earnest at the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development who now has the responsibility of implementing our agricultural policies from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture because of the decentralisation policy of the government. The District Directors of Agriculture now reports to the District Chief Executives, that is the President's representatives at the districts" he recounted. We are christening it Planting for Exports and Rural Development." Addressing the conference, President of the Coffee Federation of Ghana, Chief Nat Ebo Nsarko, commended the government for showing appreciable level of political will towards the development of Coffee.

Source: GhanaWeb October 05, 2018 17:47 UTC