Social Commentator, Bernard Allotey Jacobs has jabbed the Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto over his performance in the agric sector.
Contributing to Peace FM's morning show "Kokrokoo", Allotey Jacobs strongly opined that the Minister has failed in his duties to the farmers.
"The Ministry of Agriculture is at a standstill...Things are going bad", he said.
Although acknowledging that the government's "Planting for Food and Jobs" is a good initiative and has helped lots of farmers, he however believes the Minister has done little to improve the conditions of farmers, particularly those into poultry, piggery and cocoa planting.
According to him, many cocoa farmers have now turned their farms into rubber plantation due to inadequate fertilizers to fertilize their cocoa farms.
Allotey Jacobs also gave his own testimony of how pig farming is faring worse in the nation.
"In fact, at some point, I sold all my pigs just out. It's very frustrating that from GHC 12 to GHC 27, it's now GHC 52 per bag. How will the poultry farmer care for its birds?"
He therefore called on the Ministry of Agriculture to sit up and intervene in the situation of the farmers or else "in due time, if care is not taken, the poultry and the piggery industry will collapse. It will totally collapse. It's serious!"
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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1. THIS AGRIC MINISTER IS NOT SERIOUS GHANA HAVE BEEN IMPORTING DEAD CHLORINEJUICED CHICKEN SERIOUS HEALTH RISK, IMPORT WHEAT, RICE. FOR MANY YEARS. COMMERCIAL IRRRIGATED FARMING IS THE SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS OF SHORTAGES IF CHINA DOES COMMERCIAL FARMING TO FEED 1.4 BILLION POPULATION AND HAVE FOOD SECURITY TO FEED THEIR POPULATION FOR ONE YEAR WITHOUT IMPORTS.STOP THE ***barred word*** OF PEASANT FARMING TODAY CHINA BOOST OF SUFFICIENT GRAINS STORAGE FOR ONE YEAR TO FEED 1.4 BILLION OF THEIR POPULATION WITHOUT SCRAMBLING TO IMPORT AND GHANA CANNOT EVEN FEED 30 MILLION WHY BECAUSE CHINA DOES COMMERCIAL IRRIGATED FARMING EVEN FLOADING SOME OF THEIR LANDS THAT HAVE TOO MUCH ALKALINE WITH SEA WATER TO ENABLE THEM TO PLANT ON IT. JUST GOOGLE THEY HAVE ALL THAT ON YUTUBE TO WATCH WHY GHANA WITH ***barred word*** AGRIC MINISTER WASTING TIME AND MONEY ON PEASANT FARMING WHICH ANY SERIOUS COUNTRY WILL NOT IF THEY WANT TO BE SELF SUFFICIENT IN RICE MAIZE, WHEAT, CASHEWS, COPEAS, SUNFLOWER OIL AND ALL OTHER STAPLES. ONLY LAZY PEOPLE WORLD DOES THAT AND THAT SHOW UP IN OUR INFLATION YEAR TO YEAR.
He is looking to become a President, and still a minister with theories? Only in Ghana!
NOW YOU CANT EVEN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STOMACH POLITICIANS AND ***barred word*** PART SOLDIERS...THAT MAN AND THIS ENTIRE GOVERNMENT HAVE FAILED BEYOND REPAIR THIS GOVERNMENT IS THE MOST ***barred word*** GOVERNMENT ON EARTH...GOD SAVE GHANA
I must say that Ghana is experiencing some challenges which are external threats but for Allotey Jacobs to say the Ministry has failed is a total false, meaning he is not in grounds. The minister for food and Agriculture has done a great job in attempting to elevate the farming in Ghana to its highest level. He has made all sacrifices in promoting the conditions of farmers in Ghana. I therefore reiterate that, Allotey Jacobs must go to the field and come again because the Agricultural sector is working.