General News of Thursday, 7 June 2018Source: classfmonline.comWe’ll achieve food security – NtimThe minister reiterated government's commitment to realizing SDG 2Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development in charge of Rural Economic Development and Agriculture, Collins Ntim, has enumerated government’s medium- to long-term policies on agriculture to the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), José Graziano da Silva. Touching on government’s current policies, Mr Ntim said the Government rolled out the Co-ordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development (CPESD) Policy in 2017. This, he said, is expected to put Ghana on the path towards ending all forms of poverty, hunger and malnutrition. Mr Ntim further revealed that government’s vision is to modernise agriculture, improve production efficiency, achieve food security, and profitability for farmers, which are all aimed at significantly enhancing agricultural productivity. Mr Ntim held a closed-door meeting with Mr José Graziano da Silva who pledged his total support and commitment to enhance rural economic development through agriculture and further congratulated Mr Ntim for his hard work in the implementation of the planting for export and rural development program (PERD).

Source: GhanaWeb June 07, 2018 14:03 UTC