\n
President-elect John Dramani Mahama has identified agriculture and agribusiness as the main drivers of his yet-to-be-installed government.<\/p>\n
He said investing in the sector has the potential to transform the economy and create the needed jobs.<\/p>\n
During a courtesy call on him by the US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, in his office in Accra yesterday, the President-elect said he hopes to work with the US to derive the full benefits of the sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of my passions now is agriculture and agribusiness and we look forward to see how we can share knowledge and see how we can boost agricultural growth and be food self-sufficient,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ghana, he said was aiming to foster deeper relations with the United States to lift the West African country from the economic doldrums it finds itself.<\/p>\n
President-elect John Dramani Mahama noted that the need for closer collabora\u00adtion had become more crucial than ever before especially in the energy sector to salvage the economy from derailing further.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Deeper collaborations between Gha\u00adna and the US] is critical even more now than before because of what Ghana is going through both in terms of the econ\u00adomy and finances but more importantly the energy sector,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
According to him, the US has the requisite experiencing in transforming the energy sector and Ghana would not hesi\u00adtate to tap into that experience to enhance its power sector.<\/p>\n
\u201cKnowing the comparative advantage, technology and knowledge the US has we want to work closely to see how we can resolve some of the issues in that sector,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
He recalled how in his previous gov\u00adernment, he worked with the US on the Millennium Challenge Corporation before exiting power in 2017.<\/p>\n
That collaboration, the President-elect said made Ghana\u2019s electricity generation sector more resilient than it was before the MCC and looks forward to wrap-up the final phase of the Corporation agreement.<\/p>\n
On the security front, President-elect Mahama said Ghana would continue its cooperation with the US to tackle ter\u00adrorism and violent extremism in our sub region.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know what the issues in our sub region are. The US has been a long-stand\u00ading partner in terms of improving our resilience when it comes to security mat\u00adters and we look forward to continue that cooperation,\u201d Mr Mahama said.<\/p>\n
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, extended the US government\u2019s congratulations to Mr Mahama on his second coming and said America looks forward to working with him again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to working with you to deepen the Ghana-US partnership,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The President-elect also had a separate meeting with the Apostolic Fathers where he has been telling them of how he plans to work with them to restore Ghana\u2019s lost glory as the black star of Africa.<\/p>\n
\u00a0BY JULIUS YAO PETETSI<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President-elect John Dramani Mahama has identified agriculture and agribusiness as the main drivers of his yet-to-be-installed government. He said investing in the sector has the potential to transform the economy and create the needed jobs. During a courtesy call on him by the US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, in his office in Accra yesterday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":267262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0- President-elect - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0- President-elect - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President-elect John Dramani Mahama has identified agriculture and agribusiness as the main drivers of his yet-to-be-installed government. He said investing in the sector has the potential to transform the economy and create the needed jobs. During a courtesy call on him by the US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, in his office in Accra yesterday, […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-18T08:35:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"591\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0– President-elect\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-18T08:35:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":477,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Top News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/\",\"name\":\"Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0- President-elect - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-18T08:35:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png\",\"width\":591,\"height\":330},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/18\\\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0– President-elect\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0- President-elect - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0- President-elect - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"President-elect John Dramani Mahama has identified agriculture and agribusiness as the main drivers of his yet-to-be-installed government. He said investing in the sector has the potential to transform the economy and create the needed jobs. During a courtesy call on him by the US Ambassador to Ghana, Virginia Palmer, in his office in Accra yesterday, […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-12-18T08:35:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":591,"height":330,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0– President-elect","datePublished":"2024-12-18T08:35:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/"},"wordCount":477,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png","articleSection":["Top News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/","name":"Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0- President-elect - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png","datePublished":"2024-12-18T08:35:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/President-elect-John-Mahama-interacting-with-Virginia-PalmerUS-Ambassador-to-Ghana.png","width":591,"height":330},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/18\/agriculture-agribusiness-my-passion-for-growth-president-elect\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Agriculture, agribusiness my passion for growth \u00a0– President-elect"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}