{"id":43529,"date":"2023-03-14T10:51:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T10:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/14\/agriculture-will-lift-ghana-out-of-poverty-afriyie-akoto\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T10:51:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T10:51:26","slug":"agriculture-will-lift-ghana-out-of-poverty-afriyie-akoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/14\/agriculture-will-lift-ghana-out-of-poverty-afriyie-akoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture will lift Ghana out of poverty &#8211; Afriyie Akoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"404\"  alt=\"\" title=\"Dr-Owusu-Afriyie-Akoto-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dr-Owusu-Afriyie-Akoto-1-696x404.jpg\" data- class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"404\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Dr-Owusu-Afriyie-Akoto-1-696x404.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Dr-Owusu-Afriyie-Akoto-1\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-content_top  tdi_2 td_block_template_9\">\n<div class=\"td-all-devices\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"140\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1678791086_45_power_prophecy-inline.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1678791086_45_power_prophecy-inline.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Former Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said agriculture is the real deal to tackle poverty in Ghana.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He also said that the sector will ensure food security and generate the needed resources for the development<\/p>\n<p>Delivering a public lecture at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) on Monday, March 13, Dr. Afriyie Akoto said, \u201cI strongly believe agriculture will lift Ghana out of poverty and assure us not only of food security but also generate the necessary resources for the development of the other sectors including industry, health, education and infrastructure in the medium to long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) further indicated that Ghana has the potential of leading a new order that is emerging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is evident from the current economic challenges confronting the world, food, renewable energy, water and big data will drive this new order,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica, particularly Ghana can lead this new order by strengthening all sectors of the economy and transforming agriculture sustainably.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said agriculture is the real deal to tackle poverty in Ghana. 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