{"id":1250215,"date":"2022-11-14T12:18:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/14\/mofa-upgrades-website-to-address-public-needs\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T12:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T12:18:34","slug":"mofa-upgrades-website-to-address-public-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/11\/14\/mofa-upgrades-website-to-address-public-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"MoFA upgrades website to address public needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/MoFA.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Kwasi Korankye (right), Head of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Unit of the ministry, making a presentation on the website\" class=\" bd-imagestyles-16\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nFrancis Kwasi Korankye (right), Head of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Unit of the ministry, making a presentation on the website <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>A\u00a0well functioning website has become part of every business in this information era. It provides ready and in-depth information about a company, its services and products to attract patrons and other stakeholders.<\/h2>\n<p>So integral has the website become that it adds to the credibility factors with which a company earns the endorsement of its stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>In an information age, the Internet and the world wide web (WWW) continues to transform the way people connect with others, share information and live quality lives.<\/p>\n<p>Access to the organisation on the international and local markets will grow exponentially with a website and bring in investors across the globe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is for this reason that the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is engaging stakeholders to upgrade its current website to a much comprehensive one that will address the needs of the public.<\/p>\n<p>The upgraded website, among other things, is expected to create investment opportunities while depicting relevant statistics pertaining to the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the number of people who spend much of their time on the internet, businesses, in order to survive, have also shifted their products and services onto the network space.<\/p>\n<p>Business websites do not only promote business (product) but also attracts potential customers online to one\u2019s business. Knowing the importance of a website is key to growing every business.<\/p>\n<p>A major benefit of a business website is that it is accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inread\" align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mdundo.com\/widget_song\/2107957\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"125\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1668298206_872_uT5R4nnA_o.png\" alt=\"Get New DJ Mixes\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even during non-business hours, customers can always access the website and apprise themselves of the services or obtain information they need.<\/p>\n<p>Last Wednesday (November 9), the ministry held a stakeholder\u2019s consultative workshop to discuss measures to upgrade and modify the its website.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting drew representatives from academia, development partners, departments and agencies of the ministry, and some members of the private sector.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stakeholder consultations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The acting Chief Director at the Directorate of Crop Services, MoFA, Solomon Gyan Ansah, said the meeting was to do an in-house review of the website, determine its responsiveness and strategise on how to improve the website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to engage a cross section of stakeholders to solicit valuable inputs through an honest, objective and constructive process which aims at improving the content and structure of the website,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Factors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Head of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Unit of the ministry, Francis Kwasi Korankye, said there were several factors that contributed to redevelopment of the website.<\/p>\n<p>That included the current website not workable enough for customization, lacking relevant information, outdated content and poor user interface and experience, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Korankye explained that some services rendered by the various directorate were not easily accessible by the public and private individuals.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the current website did not also outline relevant statistics pertaining to the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade website, the head of ICT said, would contain new designs to better convey the ministry\u2019s message and boost its content and image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"89fb5bdfa3b0f0d134192040-text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '771749920311523', {}, {agent: 'pljoomla'});\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script type=\"89fb5bdfa3b0f0d134192040-text\/javascript\">(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t  js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=342494502508165\";\n\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francis Kwasi Korankye (right), Head of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Unit of the ministry, making a presentation on the website A\u00a0well functioning website has become part of every business in this information era. It provides ready and in-depth information about a company, its services and products to attract patrons and other stakeholders. 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