Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto
\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nA senior lecturer and Research Fellow of the Kumasi Technical University\u2019s (KTU) Institute of Research, Innovation and Development (IRID), Dr Smart Sarpong, has advised the Minister of Agriculture to stop piling up agricultural modules and consolidate the existing ones. <\/p>\n
Dr Sarpong was commenting on Adom FM\u2019s Burning Issues<\/strong> on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, on the 2020 Budget Statement and Financial Policy of the government presented by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.\u00a0 <\/p>\nHis comments come on the back of the Finance Minister\u2019s failure to state any increment in food production during the budget presentation. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe gains made this year are mostly from the Service sector even though we\u2019ve been preaching agriculture over the years and it does not auger well for us as an agrarian economy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
During the 2020 budget presentation, the Finance Minister mentioned meaningful progress in the agric sector resulting from the initiatives the government had adopted since it came to power in 2016.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cOver the last three years, significant progress has been made in the agricultural modernisation programme. We are delivering this agenda through our key flagship initiative: Planting for Food and Jobs under the following modules; Food Crop Production; Planting for Export and Rural Development; Rearing for Food and Jobs; Greenhouse Technology Development as well as Mechanisation for Food and Jobs,\u201d Mr Ofori-Atta told Parliament.<\/p>\n
He said \u201cthe interventions also created significant jobs along the commodity value chain. A total of 746,601 and 794,944 jobs were created in 2017 and 2018 respectively. About 94 per cent of these jobs are linked to farm level employment, four per cent to value addition and post harvest service provision and the remaining two per cent to extension delivery and Information Communication Technology\u201d.<\/p>\n
But the KTU IRID researcher said the bumper harvest from the sector over the last two years, which has saved the nation some funds from importation, could be lost due to the over-concentration on the modules.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cWe didn\u2019t import maize the last two years yet we may be importing in the third year because much attention has been given to the numerous modules in the sector instead of concentrating on increasing productivity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Dr Sarpong also cast doubt over whether the government would be able to attain its 2020 revenue target of GH\u00a267.1 billion because the Minister did not give new ideas to increase revenue mobilisation through taxes.<\/p>\n
He urged the House to take advantage of the Right to Information Law which would be operational in 2020 to \u201cverify the figures in the budget statement\u201d to settle any future \u201ccooked figures\u201d allegations as claimed by the Minority, National Democratic Congress a few days ago.<\/p>\n
Dr Sarpong, however, explained why he thinks figures from credible sources across the country are sometimes challenged, especially by politicians, noting that it is an indictment\u00a0on the nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe politicians are doubting the figures not because they don\u2019t believe in them but because they know there are some first-time voters who may fall for that to vote for them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Source: Ghana|Adom News| Felix Anim-Appau|kwadwoasiedu2012@gmail.com <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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