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ECONOMY OF GHANA LECTURER: DR. RAYMOND DZIWORNU

ECONOMY OF GHANA LECTURER: DR. RAYMOND DZIWORNU. ECONOMY OF GHANA GROUP 4 MEMBERS CONFIDENCE, GEORGE JEMIMA, EMMANUEL, PRINCE, FIDELIS REJOICE, MATILDA FRANKLIN, SAMUEL. PRESENTATION ON GOVERNMENT’S INTERVENTIONS TO ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IN GHANA.

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ECONOMY OF GHANA LECTURER: DR. RAYMOND DZIWORNU

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  1. ECONOMY OF GHANALECTURER:DR. RAYMOND DZIWORNU

  2. ECONOMY OF GHANA GROUP 4 MEMBERSCONFIDENCE, GEORGEJEMIMA, EMMANUEL,PRINCE, FIDELISREJOICE, MATILDAFRANKLIN, SAMUEL

  3. PRESENTATION ON GOVERNMENT’S INTERVENTIONS TO ENSURING FOOD SECURITY IN GHANA. OBJECTIVES:At the end of the presentation the student will be able to: • defined food, security and food security. • understand the pillars or dimensions of food security. • discuss some of the government interventions to ensuring food security in Ghana. • identify problems hindering successful implementation of the policies and suggestion solutions.

  4. INTRODUCTION What is food? What is security? What is food security?

  5. What are the pillars or dimensions for food security? • Food security can be based on three (3) main pillars or dimensions. These are:FOOD AVAILABILITYFOOD ACCESSIBILITYFOOD UTILIZATION /USAGE The various interventions taken by the Ghana government to ensuring food security in the country. These are:1.Youth in agriculture program (YIAP)2. Agricultural mechanization3. National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO)4. African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD)5. Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)6. Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA)

  6. BODYWhat is the Ghanaian government doing to improve food security? • YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE PROGRAMME (YIAP). • It is government of Ghana’ initiative. • It was first conceived by the late president of Ghana, • Professor Evans John Atta Mills from 1996 to 2000. • It is to motivate the youth to accept and appreciate farming as a commercial venture, thereby taking up farming as a life-time vocation to ensure food security. • AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION. • It is government of Ghana’ initiative. • The agricultural mechanization services enterprise centers (AMSEC) was established to offer tractor to farmers to hire all over the country for land preparation services such as ploughing.

  7. the government of ghana has been providing subsidized agricultural machines to individual farmers and private enterprise since 2007. Images on Youth In Agriculture Program (YIAP) Images on Agriculture Mechanization African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development (AMESD)

  8. The use of earth observation technologies or satellites to know the changes in climate and seasons National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) It is a government institution that buys excess products from farmers, stores it, distribute and even sell it at affordable prices during shortage of products. Some functions of NAFCO includes: • To provide window to farmers to produce in large quantities NAFCO over the years has boosted food stock through: Stabilizing Food Grain Supply and Price. Ensuring Emergency Food Reserve. Therefore, NAFCO food reserves could be used as an emergency food relief.

  9. CONCLUSION Problems of implementation of policies are: • Poor road network. • Inadequate information (database) on farmers. The policies concerning the improvement of food security should be a legal mandatory tool to every government in their tenure of office.

  10. END OF PRESENTATION TIME FOR DISCUSSIONS AND QUESTIONS THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND COOPERATION. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

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