Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, has announced that agriculture will be his top priority if he is elected President in the 2024 general elections.
He assured farmers that he plans to collaborate with countries like Brazil and China, known for their higher crop productivity, to adopt best practices and technologies.
Dr. Bawumia pledged to establish District Agricultural Mechanisation Centres across farming districts to provide affordable equipment and expand production.
These remarks were made during a courtesy call on Sandem-Nab, Nab Azaksuk Azantilow, the Paramount Chief of the Builsa Traditional Area in the Upper East Region, as part of his campaign tour.
“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,” Dr. Bawumia stated.
Additionally, Dr. Bawumia emphasized the need to move away from chemical fertilizers.
“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 it is much cheaper than fertilizer. We want to help the farmers with this new soil fertility treatment through lime,” he added.