General News of Friday, 8 November 2019Source: www.ghanaweb.comGRIB celebrates 2019 Ghana Rice FestivalProf. Baffuor Agyeman-Duah (L) and Nana Adjei Ayeh II (R) opening the exhibitionThe Ghana Inter-Professional Body (GRIB), in collaboration with the John Agyekum Kufuor (JAK) Foundation, has today, September 08, 2019, celebrated the Ghana Rice Festival at the Afua Sutherland Children’s Park in Accra. The event marked under the theme: Achieving Rice Sufficiency in Ghana; the Role of the Investor witnessed attendance from members and executives of GRIB, which is largely made up of rice farmers and other persons along the rice value chain. He further called on the ministry to provide mechanisation support for rice farmers, as well as a special allocation of fertilizers for rice farmers, at a subsidised price. In sharing his expectations for the rice industry, Prof Baffuor said he is hopeful the rice industry in Ghana will be able to meet its target of increasing rice production in order to end the importation of rice into the country by 2023. The Ghana Rice Festival is an annual festival used to celebrate the local rice industry.

Source: GhanaWeb November 08, 2019 17:02 UTC