Business News of Friday, 3 November 2017Source: ghananewsagency.orgBrazil Agrobusiness Group to increase rice productionFile PhotoThe Brazil Agrobusiness Group, a company focused exclusively on rice cultivation at Kpenu, near Dabala in the South Tongu District is to double production by 2020. The Company’s rice harvest currently corresponds to 2,220 hectares annually with the potential to produce up to 155,400 tons of rice, Ms Lidiane Jaconi, Managing Director of the Company, said on Thursday. She described the Kpenu area as good for rice cultivation with the “right climate conditions, soil and humidity, which are primordial bases for farm development”. Ms Jaconi said those factors and their “cultivation methods” were raising the quality of grains produced high and changing the view of the quality of rice produced in the country. She said the Company was enjoying good relationship with the local communities and hinted of plans to acquire more lands.

Source: GhanaWeb November 03, 2017 15:11 UTC