Hohoe: Madam Sandra Ofori, the Hohoe Municipal Director of the Department of Agriculture, has announced the Municipality's readiness for the government's 'Feed Ghana Programme'. The initiative aims to transform Ghana's agricultural sector, ensuring food security and economic growth by reducing import dependency and boosting domestic production and export.
According to Ghana News Agency, the programme, launched in April 2025, is designed to create sustainable employment opportunities while enhancing the nation's agricultural landscape. Madam Ofori addressed the Second Ordinary Meeting of the Second Session of the 9th Assembly of the Hohoe Municipal Assembly, expressing confidence in the Municipality's preparedness due to existing facilities such as farmlands, storage facilities, warehouses, a rice processing plant, and a farmhouse.
She highlighted the Municipality's potential to thrive in the programme's priority commodity value chains, including rice and maize under cereals and legumes, tomatoes and pepper under vegetables, cassava, yam, and plantain for starchy crops, as well as poultry, ruminants, coconut, and oil palm.
The programme comprises nine sub-development programmes covering crop and livestock development, farmers' service centres, farm banks, institutional farming, feed for industry, infrastructure development, agro-production enclaves, innovative agricultural financing, and regulatory frameworks.
Madam Ofori detailed activities aimed at improving productivity, including better access to irrigation, high-quality agro inputs, enhanced livestock breeds, and availability of mechanisation, extension, and veterinary services. Additionally, market linkages, secured land development for youth and women, and reliable market access are part of the strategic activities.
Beneficiaries of the programme will be interested farmers, either from existing farmer-based organisations or newly formed groups. Registration of beneficiaries in the Municipality is underway to ensure their preparedness for the programme.
Madam Ofori appealed to Assembly members to support the Directorate in securing lands necessary for the programme's success.
