He noted that this will end the smuggling of goods to neighbouring countries. Speaker, Ghana CARES is providing catalytic support to drive efficiency and improve outputs in the agricultural sector by investing in data and digital technology. “Additionally, the program would support the reform of the fertilizer subsidy system using digital technology, to make it more efficient and less prone to smuggling. The registration will provide information on farmers’ bio data, crops cultivated, acreage, digital location of farms to track seed and fertilizer subsidy programme. Ken Ofori-Atta indicated that government was seeking to provide interest rate subsidies for farmers and also link them to markets.

Source: GhanaWeb July 30, 2021 15:11 UTC