{"id":700345,"date":"2019-09-06T17:54:48","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/06\/akufo-addo-commissions-omnifert-fertilizer-factory\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T17:54:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T17:54:48","slug":"akufo-addo-commissions-omnifert-fertilizer-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/06\/akufo-addo-commissions-omnifert-fertilizer-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo Commissions Omnifert Fertilizer Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Nana Addo\u00a0Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the\u00a0OmniFert\u00a0Fertilizer Factory, a wholly-owned Ghanaian fertilizer manufacturing company.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the commissioning ceremony on Friday, 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0September, 2019, President Akufo-Addo applauded\u00a0the promoters of this project for the work they have done in establishing a world-class facility, which, when its second phase is completed, will make it the largest indigenous blending plant in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Emphasising\u00a0the importance of the\u00a0factory, the President stated the creation of a buoyant agricultural sector\u00a0is\u00a0at the heart of\u00a0his\u00a0government\u2019s transformation agenda, \u201cbecause agriculture continues to be the anchor of the country\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201ctoday, through our flagship programme for the revival of Ghanaian agriculture, dubbed \u201cPlanting for Food and Jobs\u201d, we have provided support to some 1 million smallholder farmers, who produced, last year, a bumper harvest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo stressed that \u201cfor the first time in a very long while, we exported food to our neighbouring countries, and we have also signalled our intention to reduce rice imports by at least 50 per cent this year. There is every indication that this year\u2019s harvest will be even greater than last\u00a0year\u2019s.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With most small-holder Ghanaian farms characterised by low productivity, the President stated that the application of correct amounts of fertiliser will be a factor in multiplying yield and enhancing farmers\u2019 incomes from the same acreage of land.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why a key component of the programme for \u201cPlanting for Food and Jobs\u201d is the provision of subsidized fertilizers to farmers,\u201d the President said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He, thus, applauded\u00a0OmniFert\u00a0for\u00a0blending fertilizers locally, and offering the right blends to farmers according to their crops and specific soil types, explaining that \u201cit will, surely, help create jobs for those of our youth interested in agriculture, and will increase productivity on our farms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Realising the vision of a Ghana Beyond Aid, he noted, means \u201cwe must produce more locally to satisfy the demands of the domestic market, and we must equally produce in excess to meet international demands. Companies like\u00a0Omnifert\u00a0can help in achieving our goal of making Ghana the agricultural hub of West Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo encouraged private sector players across all value chains of agriculture, such as improved seeds and fertilizer companies, and companies engaged in agricultural mechanisation, irrigation and water management, warehousing, food manufacturing and processing, logistics, cold storage and transportation, information technology and telecommunications, to join hands with government, and play their part in creating a Ghana Beyond Aid.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have great confidence in the Ghanaian\u2019s sense of enterprise, creativity, innovation and hard work, and believe firmly that, given an enabling atmosphere, the sky is the limit for us. The promoters of\u00a0Omnifertprovide the evidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI congratulate them on this remarkable achievement, and encourage them to continue to be shining examples of Ghanaian success,\u201d the President added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<strong>Myjoyonline.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Nana Addo\u00a0Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the\u00a0OmniFert\u00a0Fertilizer Factory, a wholly-owned Ghanaian fertilizer manufacturing company.\u00a0 At the commissioning ceremony on Friday, 6th\u00a0September, 2019, President Akufo-Addo applauded\u00a0the promoters of this project for the work they have done in establishing a world-class facility, which, when its second phase is completed, will make it the largest indigenous blending plant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":700346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-700345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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