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\"\"<\/a>Government is poised to produce 20,000 metric tonnes of \u201chighest grade\u201d quality rice by 2012 to reduce rice importation.<\/p>\n

To this end, interventions such as providing the necessary machinery and promotion of Private Public Partnership policy have been intensified to enable Ghana to increase rice production to meet the target.<\/p>\n

Mr Fifi Kwetey, Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning announced this during a visit to the Fievie Rice Project in the Volta Region on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The project is a 30 years lease of 1000 hectares farm land granted to Global Agri-Development Company to develop rice farm.<\/p>\n

GADCO started operations in January and had so far developed and planted 700 acres and poised to harvest 1500 metric tonnes of rice by the end of July.<\/p>\n

The project is a partnership agreement with the local community and the South Tongu District to undertake rice production to create employment to the people.<\/p>\n

Ghana currently spends about $450 million annually on rice importation to augment local demand.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s self-sufficient in the rice production stands at about 30 per cent, leaving a short fall of 70 per cent.<\/p>\n

Mr Kwetey said government would encourage the Millennium Development Authorities and the beneficiary assemblies to take advantage of the opportunity to engage the private sector in developing infrastructural projects and services.<\/p>\n

He used the occasion to announce Cabinet approval of the Private Public Partnership Policy.<\/p>\n

Mr Daniel Amelorku, District Chief Executive said the project was the beginning of more development initiatives in the district to reduce unemployment.<\/p>\n

He said the rice project would be extended within fours years to 4000 hectares to make the district the highest producer of rice in West Africa.<\/p>\n

Source: GNA<\/p>\n

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