{"id":743829,"date":"2019-11-13T18:20:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T18:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/13\/finance-minister-announces-juicy-package-for-1-2-million-farmers\/"},"modified":"2019-11-13T18:20:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T18:20:43","slug":"finance-minister-announces-juicy-package-for-1-2-million-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/13\/finance-minister-announces-juicy-package-for-1-2-million-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance Minister announces juicy package for 1.2 million farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Budget-2020-11-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Ken Ofori-Atta\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ken Ofori-Atta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Finance Minister, Ken\u00a0Ofori-Atta,\u00a0has revealed that the\u00a0government will\u00a0continue\u00a0to\u00a0supply organic and\u00a0inorganic\u00a0fertilisers and\u00a0seeds\u00a0to\u00a0about 1.2\u00a0million\u00a0farmers\u00a0in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: Video: Minority taunts Finance Minister over \u2018Bye Bye\u2019 budget<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said the initiative is to significantly improve production in rice, soya beans, sorghum, cowpea, cassava, sweet potatoes and assaulted vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the agric modernisation programme government will continue to supply organic and\u00a0\u00a0 inorganic\u00a0fertilisers and improve seeds to about 1.2 million farmers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THIS: Ghana\u2019s economy has seen a miraculous turn-around \u2013 Ken Ofori-Atta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0the\u00a0Minister, the\u00a0initiative is government\u2019s\u00a0own\u00a0way\u00a0to\u00a0ensure\u00a0pest\u00a0control.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition government will continue surveillance to keep pest under control\u00a0to ensure food\u00a0\u00a0 security,\u201d\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Ofori-Atta The Finance Minister, Ken\u00a0Ofori-Atta,\u00a0has revealed that the\u00a0government will\u00a0continue\u00a0to\u00a0supply organic and\u00a0inorganic\u00a0fertilisers and\u00a0seeds\u00a0to\u00a0about 1.2\u00a0million\u00a0farmers\u00a0in Ghana. 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