NewsNot checkedFlagshipFeed Ghana · Manifesto · PDF page 53
Roll out a Feed Ghana Programme to boost food production and food security.
“we shall roll out a Feed Ghana Programme - an aggressive programme to boost”
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Food & Agriculture.
74 promises from the NDC 2024 manifesto and the 120-day social contract. 0 checked so far.
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Not checkedFlagshipAETA · Manifesto · PDF page 70
Roll out the Agriculture for Economic Transformation Agenda to modernise farming and agribusiness.
“roll out an Agriculture for Economic T ransformation Agenda (AETA)”
Not checkedFlagshipFertiliser · Manifesto · PDF page 70
Bring back the fertiliser subsidy for farmers to raise food production and cut food prices.
“Reintroduce the fertiliser subsidy programme for farmers”
Not checkedFlagshipFeed Ghana · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Run the Feed Ghana Programme to boost local food production and food security.
“The Feed Ghana Programme will ensure food security by promoting ‘SMART’ agriculture”
Not checkedFlagshipCocoa inputs · Manifesto · PDF page 74
Give cocoa farmers free fertiliser, improved seedlings and farm inputs again.
“re-introduce the provision of free fertiliser, improved seedlings and agro-inputs to cocoa farmers”
Not checkedFlagshipIrrigation · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Double the farmland under irrigation.
“double the cultivable land under irrigation”
Not checkedFarm credit · Manifesto · PDF page 40
Double agriculture's share of bank lending using GIRSAL and the Ghana Commodity Exchange.
“undertake measures to double agriculture’s share of”
Not checkedFarm insurance · Manifesto · PDF page 46
Use GIRSAL to give farmers and lenders insurance against disasters.
“leverage GIRSAL to provide agricultural insurance products to protect small-scale commercial and”
Not checkedFeed Ghana · Manifesto · PDF page 53
Set up Farmer Service Centres in all districts with modern equipment, technology and inputs.
“establishing Farmer Service Centres to support farmers with modern agriculture”
Not checkedFeed Ghana · Manifesto · PDF page 53
Create Farm Banks in agriculture zones to give young people access to land and irrigation.
“creating Farm Banks within agriculture zones to ease access to land, and irrigation”
Not checkedFarmer support · Manifesto · PDF page 70
Set up Farmer Service Centres in all agricultural districts with equipment, technology and farm inputs.
“we will establish Farmer Service Centres, to support farmers with modern agriculture equipment, technologies and inputs in all agricultural districts”
Not checkedFarm land · Manifesto · PDF page 70
Create Farm Banks in agriculture zones so farmers, especially youth, can get land and irrigation.
“We will also create Farm Banks within agriculture zones to ease access to land, and irrigation facilities”
Not checkedLarge-scale farming · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Give technical and financial support to farmers for large-scale farming and agro-processing.
“T echnical and financial support will be provided for farmers to promote large-scale farming”
Not checkedGrains · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Start a Transformational Grains Development Project to grow more maize, rice, soya beans and sorghum at home.
“implement a T ransformational Grains Development (TGD) Project”
Not checkedRoots and tubers · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Invest in research and local technology to grow more yam, cassava and other roots and tubers.
“improve the production of roots and tubers through investments in research”
Not checkedInstitutional farms · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Make the NSS and YEA institutional commercial farms work and expand them.
“operationalise and expand the NSS and YEA-supported institutional commercial farms”
Not checkedVegetables · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Launch the Yɛ Redua Vegetable Project with greenhouses and irrigated farm plots for tomatoes, onions and pepper.
“Vegetable Development Project (‘YƐ REDUA’)”
Not checkedResearch · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Fund research institutions for crop breeding, water harvesting, climate adaptation and post-harvest handling.
“resource research institutions to conduct basic and applied research in plant production”
Not checkedPoultry · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Revive the struggling poultry industry with incentives for farmers and a Buy Ghana drive.
“revamp the collapsing poultry industry by providing incentives for farmers”
Not checkedPoultry · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Roll out the Poultry Farm to Table Project with poultry farmers associations.
“roll out a ‘Poultry Farm to T able’ (PFT) Project”
Not checkedLivestock · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Roll out a Livestock Development Project to boost meat and milk, especially cattle, pigs and small ruminants.
“roll out a Livestock Development Project (LDP)”
Not checkedLivestock · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Introduce a National Livestock Day.
“introduce a National Livestock Day”
Not checkedLivestock · Manifesto · PDF page 72
Introduce new livestock breeds and build capacity centres for livestock farmers.
“introduce new livestock breeds and support the establishment of Capacity Building Centres”
Not checkedRanches · Manifesto · PDF page 74
Revive abandoned ranches, farms and meat factories at Wulugu, Zuarungu, Kpong, Aveyime and Adidome.
“revive abandoned ranches, farms and meat factories with particular attention to the Wulugu,”
Not checkedBroilers · Manifesto · PDF page 74
Get at least 160,000 rural women each producing 100 broiler birds every six months.
“Broiler Production Cooperatives (BPC) project involving at least 160,000 rural”
Not checkedCOCOBOD · Manifesto · PDF page 74
Restore proper management of COCOBOD to revive the cocoa sector.
“restore prudent management of COCOBOD”
Not checkedCOCOBOD · Manifesto · PDF page 74
Spend more on cocoa production and less on wasteful administration.
“prioritize investment in cocoa production over wasteful administrative expenditure”
Not checkedCocoa galamsey · Manifesto · PDF page 74
Fight galamsey on cocoa farms and reclaim damaged cocoa land.
“wage a war against the use of cocoa farms for illegal mining (galamsey)”
Not checkedCocoa payment · Manifesto · PDF page 74
Release money on time to buy cocoa beans so farmers do not smuggle.
“ensure timely release of funds for the purchase of cocoa beans to prevent smuggling”
Not checkedCocoa research · Manifesto · PDF page 74
Support CRIG to produce new, strong, high-yielding cocoa varieties.
“improve support to CRIG to produce new resilient and high-yielding cocoa varieties”
Not checkedCocoa pests · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Strengthen cocoa pest watching and farm biosecurity to stop disease outbreaks.
“enhance cocoa pest surveillance and farm biosecurity”
Not checkedYouth in cocoa · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Start a Youth in Cocoa Farming project, including reviving abandoned cocoa farms.
“initiate a ‘Youth in Cocoa Farming’ project”
Not checkedCocoa colleges · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Set up Cocoa Colleges in cocoa regions to train farmers and extension officers.
“establish Cocoa Colleges in cocoa-growing regions”
Not checkedWomen in cocoa · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Support women cocoa farmers and create an award scheme for them.
“establish an award scheme for female cocoa farmers”
Not checkedCocoa price · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Bring back the Cocoa Price Stabilization Fund.
“re-introducing the Cocoa Price Stabilization Fund”
Not checkedCocoa price · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Raise cocoa prices regularly in line with world market trends.
“ensuring regular cocoa price increments”
Not checkedCocoa welfare · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Set aside part of cocoa receipts for health insurance for cocoa farmers.
“assigning a portion of cocoa receipts for health insurance for cocoa farmers”
Not checkedCocoa welfare · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Make the cocoa farmer pension scheme work.
“operationalising the cocoa farmer pension scheme”
Not checkedCocoa welfare · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Build and equip health facilities and basic schools in deprived cocoa-growing areas.
“constructing and equipping basic schools in”
Not checkedCotton · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Help produce at least 100,000 tons of cotton in the five northern regions for export.
“at least 100,000 tons of cotton in the five northern regions”
Not checkedTree crops · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Boost shea, oil palm, cashew, coffee, rubber, coconut, mango and citrus under a Tree Crop Development Programme.
“T ree Crop Development Programme will”
Not checkedCashew · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Establish a Cashew Development Board to set standards and prices and grow the cashew industry.
“establish a Cashew Development Board”
Not checkedShea · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Run a Shea Development Project with research and shea nurseries.
“implement a Shea Development Project”
Not checkedStrategic crops · Manifesto · PDF page 76
Launch a Strategic Crops Programme to grow and process cashew, cotton and rubber in agro-industrial zones.
“launch a new Strategic Crops Programme”
Not checkedPalm oil · Manifesto · PDF page 77
Develop a national palm oil industry policy with incentives, to cut the 200,000 tonnes of palm oil imports.
“develop the national palm oil industry policy”
Not checkedPalm oil · Manifesto · PDF page 77
Acquire land banks for commercial palm plantations and back out-grower farmers.
“acquire land banks for the development of commercial palm plantations”
Not checkedAbattoirs · Manifesto · PDF page 78
Build ultra-modern abattoirs and fit poultry farms with new dressing and packaging equipment.
“establishing ultra-modern abattoirs”
Not checkedStorage · Manifesto · PDF page 78
Support private firms to build warehouses, cold rooms and pack centres linked to GCX and NAFCO.
“develop fully functional warehouses, cold housing, and pack centres”
Not checkedVegetable terminals · Manifesto · PDF page 78
Support containerised Vegetable Terminals as sale and pick-up points.
“containerised Vegetable T erminals”
Not checkedAgro-industrial zones · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Map land use and set up Agro-Industrial Zones and agro-production enclaves with irrigation and warehouses.
“establish Agro-Industrial Zones to support allied industries”
Not checkedFarmer centres · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Set up Farmers' Services Centres in agro-production zones, especially for smallholders.
“establish ‘Farmers’ Services Centres’ (FaSC) in agro-production zones”
Not checkedSilos · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Refurbish and build silos and warehouses to cut post-harvest losses.
“refurbish and construct strategic silos and warehouses”
Not checkedYouth estates · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Develop agricultural estates to attract youth and women into farming.
“develop agricultural estates to attract youth and women into agriculture”
Not checkedFertiliser plants · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Back local fertiliser blending and help build fertiliser factories in Ghana.
“facilitate the establishment of fertilizer manufacturing plants in Ghana”
Not checkedIrrigation · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Rehabilitate irrigation projects including Nasia-Nabogo, Pwalugu dam, Accra Plains, Tamne, Kamba, Wli and Dekpor-Weta-Afife.
“rehabilitate various irrigation projects including Nasia-Nabogo, Pwalugu multi-purpose dam”
Not checkedCooperatives · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Set up farmer cooperatives in every district and run a compulsory agriculture census.
“Farmer’s Cooperatives in every district”
Not checkedInsurance · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Introduce a Government Agriculture Insurance Subsidy programme.
“Government Agriculture Insurance Subsidy (GAIS)”
Not checkedCredit · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Resource GIRSAL to reduce lending risk and provide insurance cover for farm loans.
“resource GIRSAL to mitigate lending risks”
Not checkedCredit · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Create a Farmer-Collateral Registry so insured farmers can use insurance as collateral for loans.
“Networked Farmer-Collateral Registry and Insurance Collateral System”
Not checkedCommodity exchange · Manifesto · PDF page 79
Improve the Ghana Commodity Exchange for farm production, financing and marketing.
“improve the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX)”
Not checkedBank lending · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Encourage commercial banks to put at least 8% of deposits into agriculture.
“at least 8% of deposits in the sector”
Not checkedYouth farming · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Set up the Youth Agriculture-Estate Programme giving young farmers money, land, advice and machines.
“Youth Agriculture-Estate Programme (YAP)”
Not checkedSchool farms · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Coordinate school farms with GES, with expert extension officers.
“coordinate school farms initiative in partnership with GES”
Not checkedInstitutions · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Restructure and strengthen the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA).
“restructure and strengthen the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA)”
Not checkedVeterinary · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Upgrade the Veterinary Services Directorate into an Authority.
“upgrade the Veterinary Services Directorate to an Authority”
Not checkedVeterinary · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Equip the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Pong-Tamale to make more animal vaccines.
“equip the Central Veterinary Laboratory in Pong-T amale”
Not checkedHerder-farmer · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Build infrastructure along cattle routes and set rules to reduce herder-farmer clashes.
“develop infrastructure along migration corridors and regulatory framework”
Not checkedHerder-farmer · Manifesto · PDF page 80
Set up local arbitration committees to settle farmer-herder conflicts.
“establish local multi-stakeholder Arbitration Committees”
Not checkedIrrigation · Manifesto · PDF page 101
Develop the Nasia Nabogu and Pwalugu multi-purpose dam for year-round farming.
“developing the Nasia Nabogu and Pwalugu multi-purpose dam”
Not checkedIrrigation · Manifesto · PDF page 101
Expand and upgrade irrigation systems through the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority.
“supporting the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority to expand and upgrading irrigation”
Not checkedIrrigation · Manifesto · PDF page 101
Build solar-powered irrigation channels for small, medium and large farms.
“establishing solar-powered irrigation channels”
Not checkedWomen economic empowerment · Manifesto · PDF page 147
Launch 'Women in Agriculture' giving young women land, finance and business support.
“launch the "Women in Agriculture" initiative to promote young women’s participation in agriculture by expanding access to land”
Not checkedZongo & inner-city · Manifesto · PDF page 155
Partner private firms to build new abattoirs such as at Turaku and fix existing ones to WHO standards.
“Partner with the private sector to build new abattoirs in communities such as Turaku and rehabilitate existing abattoirs to conform with WHO standards”
Not checkedCannabis · Manifesto · PDF page 189
Support Ghanaians to grow industrial and medicinal cannabis under the 2020 Act.
“cultivation of industrial and medicinal cannabis”
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