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Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto \u2013 Minister of Agric<\/strong><\/p>\n

Farm machinery worth about $33 million has been imported from Brazil to support agriculture in Ghana.<\/p>\n

President Nana Akufo-Addo made the disclosure in his ongoing encounter with the media at the Jubilee House in Accra.<\/p>\n

He revealed that the machinery was imported in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is made up of two hundred and fifteen tractors, two hundred and thirty-one farm implements, one hundred and forty-one maize shellers, twenty-five multi-crop threshers, sixty-eight planters\/seed drills etc,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cthese are available at 40\u2105 subsidised cost to farmer associations, private investors and selected District Assemblies for the establishment of Agricultural mechanization centres.\u201d<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto \u2013 Minister of Agric Farm machinery worth about $33 million has been imported from Brazil to support agriculture in Ghana. President Nana Akufo-Addo made the disclosure in his ongoing encounter with the media at the Jubilee House in Accra. 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