Ghanaian vegetable traders and farmers hail the government's agriculture digitalization agenda

Some vegetable traders and farmers in the Assin Fosu Municipality in the Central Region, have hailed government's envisioned digitalization agenda as captured in 2022 budget statement read on Wednesday. The farmers who are largely into tomato, onion, shallots, okra, garden-eggs, sweet pepper, carrots, cabbage, chili pepper, and hot pepper agribusiness told the Ghana News Agency that the move will facilitate information sharing and easy access. It will also enhance productivity, give strong assurance to farmers for ready markets for their produce to sustain national food security and export to better their lot. Mr. Ken Ofori Atta, the Finance Minister, presenting the 2022 budget in alignment with Government’s overall vision and medium-term priorities on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, pledged to accelerate agricultural modernisation as a major intervention under GhanaCARES. The objective is to build on existing programmes, such as “Planting for Food and Jobs” and ...