{"id":606544,"date":"2019-04-10T03:00:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T03:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Tuesday,  9 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citibusinessnews.com<\/p>\n2019-04-09\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/"},"modified":"2019-04-10T03:00:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T03:00:48","slug":"peasant-farmers-association-welcomes-planting-for-export-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/peasant-farmers-association-welcomes-planting-for-export-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Peasant farmers association welcomes Planting for Export policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Tuesday,  9 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citibusinessnews.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/48651905.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kobeda Farmers  .png\" title=\"Kobeda Farmers  .png\" width=\"295\" height=\"191\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Government will launch the new policy in two weeks\u2019 time<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has welcomed government\u2019s new Planting for Exports and Rural Development policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know we have said it over and over again that they should listen to the problems or the challenges we face with managing the economy.So if government now comes to realize that there is a need for us to improve the export sector, then for me I think it is the best way to go and it is long overdue\u201d Head of Programmes and Advocacy at the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana Charles Nyaaba told Citi Business News.<\/p>\n<p>Government will launch the new policy in two weeks\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p>The programme, according to the Agriculture Ministry is to increase the export volumes of six tree crops including rubber, coffee, cashew, coconut and oil palm.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Nyaaba says government must do well to make the plan succeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should not be quick to celebrate a luncheon; we should only celebrate when we see the action taking place\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>He however wants government to extend its new policy of planting for exports and rural development to other agricultural areas.<\/p>\n<p>He is optimistic there are other farm produce that qualify for export with a little push from government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should not only be limited to the areas that they are talking about  because we are already producing in other areas and we are not getting the export market so ideally we should also look at how we can improve those sectors\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Tuesday, 9 April 2019 Source: citibusinessnews.com 2019-04-09 Government will launch the new policy in two weeks\u2019 time The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has welcomed government\u2019s new Planting for Exports and Rural Development policy. \u201cYou know we have said it over and over again that they should listen to the problems or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":606545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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