{"id":268056,"date":"2024-12-19T15:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/president-elect-john-mahama-announces-renaming-of-ministry-to-focus-on-agribusiness\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T15:05:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T15:05:23","slug":"president-elect-john-mahama-announces-renaming-of-ministry-to-focus-on-agribusiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/19\/president-elect-john-mahama-announces-renaming-of-ministry-to-focus-on-agribusiness\/","title":{"rendered":"President-Elect John Mahama Announces Renaming of Ministry to Focus on Agribusiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header><!--$!--><template data-dgst=\"DYNAMIC_SERVER_USAGE\"\/><!--\/$--><\/p>\n<h2>President-Elect John Mahama Announces Renaming of Ministry to Focus on Agribusiness<\/h2>\n<p class=\"Detail_info__sQmUB\"><span>News Hub Creator<\/span><span>18h<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"Detail_render__N0U44\">\n<p>President-elect John Mahama has revealed that his government will rename the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to better align government policy with the needs of the agricultural sector. The new name, the Ministry of Food and Agribusiness, is aimed at concentrating on value addition and agro-processing to address challenges of food security in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/00b86be5b9d2458b95ba32fdc17e168c\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to Ghana web, Mahama stressed the need for modernizing the agriculture sector using technology. \u201cWe have not exploited our potential in agribusiness,\u201d he said. \u201cWe always encourage farmers to farm and provide them with subsidized fertilizers and all that. But once the farmer is left to himself, there\u2019s nobody to buy the produce or add value to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To tackle this issue, Mahama explained that the orientation of the Ministry of Agriculture would change significantly. \u201cIt will now be called the Ministry of Food and Agribusiness because we want to emphasize the agro-processing end of the agricultural value chain,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople will be encouraged to set up factories to buy the excess cassava that we have, produce cassava starch, cassava flour. That\u2019s an area we are going to look at.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the incoming National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will also support young entrepreneurs in agriculture to boost their operations. \u201cWe want to create a direct value chain between Ghana and the markets outside,\u201d Mahama said. \u201cCurrently, we export raw cashews, but it\u2019s possible to process those cashews ourselves, brand them as Ghanaian cashews, and export them. 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