{"id":347404,"date":"2011-03-29T14:59:53","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T14:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/29\/armed-forces-goes-into-food-production\/"},"modified":"2011-03-29T14:59:53","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T14:59:53","slug":"armed-forces-goes-into-food-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/29\/armed-forces-goes-into-food-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Forces Goes Into Food Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has re-launched its agriculture policy as part of efforts to engage the military in farming to increase food production in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The policy aimed at the establishment of commercial farms in all garrisons throughout the country, has been dubbed, \u201cGhana Armed Forces: Our Quota in National Food Production\u201d. It will focus on the cultivation of food and cash crops, livestock production, fish farming and afforestation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the re-launch ceremony at the Second Batallion of Infantry (2BN) Barracks at Apremdo, near Takoradi on Friday, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Rear Admiral Mathew Quarshie, said the policy was a re-activation of farming activities which were undertaken by the military during the early 1970\u2019s under the \u201cOperation Feed yourself\u201d (OFY) policy.<\/p>\n<p>He said under this new policy, all fallow lands in the various units across the country would be cultivated and the farms modernised into enterprises to be managed by committees.<\/p>\n<p>Rear Admiral Quarshie said each unit would solicit the assistance of experts such as agricultural extension officers, soil and weather scientists, veterinary offices and marketers to adopt suitable agricultural practices to maximize production and find market for the produce. \u201cThe Military High Command will also play its part by collaborating with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to assist in the procurement of implements and materials such as spraying machines, tractors and fertilizers to units which will demand them,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will also put mechanisms in place to monitor agricultural activities and assess performance at the end of each season\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Rear Admiral Quarshie said that the High Command had already set aside a package for the best performing units in this year\u2019s Food and Animal Fair programme which is scheduled for November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1816-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here: <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has re-launched its agriculture policy as part of efforts to engage the military in farming to increase food production in the country. 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