{"id":608251,"date":"2019-04-17T19:14:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T19:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n2019-04-17\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/951"},"modified":"2019-04-17T19:14:44","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T19:14:44","slug":"ivory-coast-destroys-dangerous-rice-rejected-by-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/17\/ivory-coast-destroys-dangerous-rice-rejected-by-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivory Coast destroys \u2018dangerous\u2019 rice rejected by Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citinewsroom.com<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-17<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/95191727.295.jpg\" alt=\"Rice Ton Rejected By Ghana 2.png\" title=\"Rice Ton Rejected By Ghana 2.png\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>BBC reports that the said rice from Myanmar had been rejected by countries including Ghana<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">About 18,000 tonnes of rice declared unfit for consumption has been destroyed by authorities in West African Country, Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>BBC reports that the said rice from Myanmar (also known as Burma) had been rejected by countries including Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shipment of rice, from Myanmar (also known as Burma), had been refused entry at several West African ports in recent weeks, including Lome, Conakry and Accra.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goods were finally unloaded in Abidjan and then tests were done, which showed there was a problem with the rice,\u201d BBC added.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ghana to reduce rice import by 50% in 2019 \u2013 Agric Ministry<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture had earlier assured that plans are in place to reduce the importation of rice by at least 50 percent this year.<\/p>\n<p>This is to enhance the growth and consumption of local rice in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Ghana imports 331 million dollars of rice annually, a development stakeholders had described as worrying.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Citi Business News, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, George Oduro said measures such as the \u2018planting for food and jobs\u2019 as well as the newly introduced Irrigation land facility system should help reduce the importation of rice by half.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year alone, our target to stop the importation of rice by 50 percent, maybe we can achieve that or more.\u201d he said.<\/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>General News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019 Source: citinewsroom.com 2019-04-17 BBC reports that the said rice from Myanmar had been rejected by countries including Ghana About 18,000 tonnes of rice declared unfit for consumption has been destroyed by authorities in West African Country, Ivory Coast. 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