Ghanaian farmers would have the opportunity to leverage the expertise and technology of an Israeli Company, Agritech, to improve their agriculture yield in the coming years.
The platform would be created upon finalisation of a partnership agreement between, FAGRO, to promote agriculture in the country and Agritech from Israel.
The two parties have subsequently met in Accra to deliberate on how best the partnership would bring the much awaited face lift to agriculture and the agric fairs at large.
Come next year, the annual National Food and Agric Show (FAGRO) would have a facelift from what pertains every year to and would showcase technology as a main feature for farmers to help them learn modern techniques of agricultural marketing and effective management aimed at ultimately increasing yield.
The Exhibition Director for FAGRO, Ms Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa, explained that with this strategic partnership, patrons to the annual agric fair should expect a bigger fair next year, where it would not only involve showcasing agriculture produce by farmers.
The General Manager of agritech, Mr Dan Meiri reiterated the need for government to support farmers with relevant infrastructure to help them transform the agricultural landscape in Ghana.
He said support must also be given to farmers to enable them attend international exhibition adding that would help open their eyes to what they can achieve outside.
The Executive Chairman of the Great Argon Holdings Limited, Dr Torgbor Mensah said FAGRO, which is the seed planted to showcase the nations agriculture produce was getting bigger and bigger by the year.
The partnership he stressed was a step in the right direction as it would help expose farmer to new ideas and techniques in farming to bring about what he termed “a revolution in agriculture.”
He said with the new face of technology in farming, the country’ agriculture would witness a leap frog from the old system of farming to what currently pertains in the world so long as agriculture was concerned. GB
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