Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, has announced that agriculture will be his primary focus if he becomes President.
He promised farmers that he would partner countries like Brazil and China, known for their high crop yields, to adopt cutting-edge practices and technologies.
Dr Bawumia also committed to establishing District Agricultural Mechanisation centres and provide affordable equipment to boost production.
During a visit to Sandem-Nab, Nab Azaksuk Azantilow, Paramount Chief of the Builsa Traditional Area in the Upper East Region, Dr Bawumia emphasised “Agriculture is going to be my number one priority. We will make sure that we have all the different pillars in place for farmers.
“I want to bring in the best practices from countries like Brazil and China that have higher productivity in crops such as maize and rice. We want to also learn from them to adopt some of those technologies that are giving them two or three times the yields per acre that we are doing.”
D Bawumia further pledged to transition Ghana’s agriculture away from chemical fertilizers, opting for lime instead.
“I want Ghana to move away from chemical fertilizers for our soil to lime. Lime is the way forward. We have limestone in Ghana and is much cheaper than the fertilizer, and we want to help the farmers with this new soil fertility treatment through lime,” he stated.
