Ghana and the US state of Nebraska have inked a strategic agricultural agreement with the goal of boosting domestic animal output, increasing agro-processing, and lowering Ghana’s reliance on imported dairy products.
Eric Opoku, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Legislative Council of Nebraska State in the United States and the Government of Ghana.
Ghana’s efforts to modernise its agricultural sector through foreign collaborations, knowledge transfer, and investment in value-added products have advanced significantly with this deal.
With vast experience in dairy farming, meat production, animal genetics, feed systems, and agricultural processing, Nebraska is regarded as one of the top livestock-producing regions in the world.
Plans are in place to build a dairy and meat processing facility in Ghana as part of the cooperation in order to boost domestic output and improve the nation’s food value chain.
The arrangement is a strategic intervention that is in line with the government’s larger objective for agricultural reform, according to Agriculture Minister Eric Opoku.
Along with generating new opportunities for farmers and agribusinesses, the program is anticipated to encourage investment in contemporary livestock production techniques, technology transfer, and skill development.
According to government representatives, the deal is a component of continuous initiatives to improve food security, encourage agro-industrialization, and create a more robust agricultural sector that can sustain exports and meet domestic demand.
Deeper collaboration between Ghana and Nebraska in livestock development, agricultural research, processing, and agribusiness investment is anticipated as a result of the alliance.
Source: newsthemegh.com