{"id":754240,"date":"2019-11-28T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T16:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/28\/mofa-proposes-plan-to-boost-local-rice-consumption\/"},"modified":"2019-11-28T16:33:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T16:33:06","slug":"mofa-proposes-plan-to-boost-local-rice-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/28\/mofa-proposes-plan-to-boost-local-rice-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"MoFA proposes plan to boost local rice consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"544\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kennedy-Osei-Nyarko_06-696x544.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Kennedy Osei Nyarko_06\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Kennedy Nyarko Osei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has proposed<br \/>\neffective measures as part of efforts to boost the consumption of made in Ghana<br \/>\nrice. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, government policies are already in place to ensure none of the over 600 Senior High Schools (SHS) in Ghana deals with foreign rice likewise the caterers under the School Feeding programme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gender Ministry and the Education Ministry where Ghana Education Service supplies local rice, maize and beans to the SHSs and you dare not use foreign rice,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: <strong>Photos: Man breaks \u2018susu\u2019 boxes he started on 1st January; makes GH\u00a2 2,838<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Adom FM\u2019s <strong>Dwaso Nsem,<\/strong> Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Osei Nyarko reiterated government was committed to local rice production, consumption and processing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe we can go beyond the schools and focus on the<br \/>\nhospitals and all state institutions including our prisons and ensure nobody<br \/>\nbuys foreign rice then we proceed to our hotels. Other countries have done it<br \/>\nand we can do better,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nyarko cited Nigeria which continues to insist on clamping down on all rice importation channels with citizens left with no option than to eat what he describes as the low-quality local rice.<\/p>\n<p>READ ON: <strong>EOCO\u2019s GH\u00a2 550,000 share of GH\u00a2 2m donation not well thought out \u2013 GNPC Board Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He reiterated government\u2019s ambitious target to ban the importation of rice by 2022 to boost local rice production to grow the economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Kennedy Nyarko Osei The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has proposed effective measures as part of efforts to boost the consumption of made in Ghana rice. 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