{"id":1213308,"date":"2022-09-29T12:41:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T12:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/29\/africa-can-not-only-just-feed-itself-it-can-feed-the-world-yofi-grant\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T12:41:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T12:41:49","slug":"africa-can-not-only-just-feed-itself-it-can-feed-the-world-yofi-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/29\/africa-can-not-only-just-feed-itself-it-can-feed-the-world-yofi-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa can not only just feed itself, it can feed the world &#8211; Yofi Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"400\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Yofi Grant\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Yofi-Grant-696x400.jpg\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"400\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Yofi-Grant-696x400.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Yofi Grant\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<p><strong>The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Mr Yofi Grant has said that Africa has the ability to produce enough food to feed itself and the rest of the world.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He stated that Africa has about 65% of the world\u2019s remaining arable land, and all required mineral resources for transition energies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica can not only just feed itself, it can feed the world. With about 65% of the world\u2019s remaining arable land, and all required mineral resources for transition energies,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has remarkably large gas &#038; oil reserves as well. The potential of $38 trillion needs to be unleashed.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Africa can not only just feed itself, it can feed the world. With about 65% of the world\u2019s remaining arable land, and all required mineral resources for transition energies. It has remarkably large gas &#038; oil reserves as well. The potential of $38 trillion needs to be unleashed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 R. Yofi Grant (@RYofiGrant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RYofiGrant\/status\/1575442877915750400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He further indicated that Africa is a massive opportunity for global economic recovery. But it\u2019s agriculture is distressed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIMHO current global economics of food trade may be an obstacle to production on the continent. It has facilitated massive agro-inequalities too. Africa ready to change that. Invest\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Africa is a massive opportunity for global economic recovery. But it\u2019s agriculture is distressed. IMHO current global economics of food trade may be an obstacle to production on the continent. It has facilitated massive agro-inequalities too. Africa ready to change that. Invest<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 R. Yofi Grant (@RYofiGrant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RYofiGrant\/status\/1575433990361780228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) Mr Yofi Grant has said that Africa has the ability to produce enough food to feed itself and the rest of the world.\u00a0 He stated that Africa has about 65% of the world\u2019s remaining arable land, and all required mineral resources for transition energies. 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