Government Secures $100 Million Credit To Implement Agricultural Projects

Government has secured a 100 million-dollar credit from the World Bank and USAID for the implementation of the Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project. The loan is to facilitate investors� access to land, strengthen Ghana�s Investment promotion and infrastructure to attract agri-business and, promote public -private -partnership and small holder linkage in the Accra Plains and the SADA Zone. This was contained in a speech read on behalf of the Minister of Food and Agriculture by the Deputy Director of the Eastern Regional Directorate of Agriculture, Edward Kofi Ametepe, at the 13th Biennial Workshop of the Ghana Science Association at Tafo in the Eastern Region.