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22 June 2011<\/span> Last updated at<\/span> 09:31 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Ghana’s former President John Kufuor has told the BBC a dramatic improvement in his country’s cocoa industry was the key to him winning the World Food Prize.<\/p>\n

Mr Kufuor shared the $250,000 (\u00a3155,000) prize with former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.<\/p>\n

Mr Kufuor cut hunger levels in Ghana by half during his eight-year rule.<\/p>\n

His government achieved this by modernising and commercialising cocoa farming, Mr Kufuor said.<\/p>\n

Cocoa production doubled to more than 700,000 tonnes during his first three years in office.<\/p>\n

He said his government focused on boosting agriculture because around 60% of Ghanaians lived in rural areas, and relied heavily on farming for their survival.<\/p>\n

“We knew that if we improved agriculture, we’ll be fighting unemployment and poverty,” Mr Kufuor told the BBC’s Network Africa programme.<\/p>\n

He appealed to African countries to pay more attention to improving farming methods.<\/p>\n

“Africa has 60% of the world’s unfarmed arable land. We need to use science and technology to produce food competitively,” he said.<\/p>\n

‘Hoarding food’<\/span><\/p>\n

Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cStart Quote<\/span><\/h2>\n
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A speculator never has an honourable motive\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

End Quote<\/span> John Kufuor<\/span> Ghana’s ex-president<\/span><\/div>\n

Mr Kufuor also said African countries should introduce laws to penalise speculators who were responsible for causing food prices to rise.<\/p>\n

They hoarded food, created an artificial shortage and released it on the market when prices rose, he said.<\/p>\n

“A speculator never has an honourable motive. His motive is to maximise profits,” Mr Kufuor said.<\/p>\n

“Those who try to monopolise and corner the market should be penalised,” he added.<\/p>\n

There is a report in Wednesday’s Kenyan Daily Nation newspaper about supermarkets rationing flour because of alleged shortages blamed on speculators<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mr Kufuor and Mr Lula would receive the World Food Prize at a ceremony in October.<\/p>\n

Mr Lula was awarded the prize because of his “zero hunger” programme.<\/p>\n

It included cash aid to poor families and food purchases from small-scale farmers.<\/p>\n

The World Food Prize was created 25 years ago by Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Bourlag to recognise the role of national leaders in fighting hunger.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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