{"id":442997,"date":"2017-12-02T10:41:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T10:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/reduce-duty-on-imported-farming-equipment-farmers-to-government\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T10:41:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T10:41:09","slug":"reduce-duty-on-imported-farming-equipment-farmers-to-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/reduce-duty-on-imported-farming-equipment-farmers-to-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduce duty on imported farming equipment \u2013 Farmers to government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Saturday,  2 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/58844099.295.jpg\" alt=\"John Deere Tractor\" title=\"John Deere Tractor\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Farmers are calling on government to scrap tax on imported farming equipment<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512211269_877_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The government of Ghana must reduce the duty on farming tools imported into the country to enable the farmers purchase this equipment for their business, Daniel Nii Adey Tagoe Head of Nii Adey family &#8211; Krokrobite Langma Tuba, has said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, most farmers in Ghana are engaged in subsistence farming due to their inability to procure ultramodern farming tools that will help them engage in commercial farming.<\/p>\n<p>He told Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom on Accra 100.5FM show in-connection with the Farmers Day celebration that: \u201cIf we don\u2019t get the financial support, it will be difficult for us to engage in proper farming in Ghana to grow more yield. <\/p>\n<p>Now most of the people who do not have the capital strength are only engaged in subsistence farming [that is] from hand-to-mouth and this doesn\u2019t help so the government will need to come to the aide of all these farmers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain there should be a duty-free or very low duty on the agricultural machinery imported into this country to enable the farmers purchase these equipment. The high duty on them make the cost expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his government is poised to modernise agriculture in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, modernisation of the agriculture sector is key to this government, thus, all efforts will be channeled into that endeavour.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Kumasi on Friday, 1 December during the National Framers\u2019 Day celebration which was marked on the theme: \u2018Planting for Food and Job\u2019, Mr Akufo-Addo said: \u201cI wish to state that this government is convinced that agriculture is a key driver of growth and development. The modernisation of agriculture will, thus, remain a priority of this government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur prescription for tackling the problems of the agricultural sector is to operationalise a comprehensive plan to enhance food security, improved farm productivity, strengthen leakages in the stretch and thereby create jobs, improve rural livelihood and wealth for all Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thrust of the key policies is to promote agribusiness by placing emphasis on agricultural value chain development in partnership with the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe this is the way to transform Ghana\u2019s agriculture as we target to move from subsistence to a business-centered approach to agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to pay attention to all and not neglect any subsector in the pursuit of our goal. 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