european union gives ghana 44.7 million euros to boost agricultural in ghana to save the world
hello and welcome back to another thrilling video from africa reloaded the relationship between
africa and europe has strengthened and progressed over time resulting in economic social and
infrastructure benefits for both africa and europe to strengthen friendship connections and benefit
european countries the european union collaborates with individual african countries or blocks
in recent decades the european union eu has improved food production education health
care and much more alongside its african partners benefiting not only africa but the entire world
ghana on the other hand has been a long-term european union partner also as one of the most
developed and agriculturally advanced countries not only in east africa but across africa
it is capable of feeding the world if it has the resources and financial backing
ghana's ministry of finance announced on 5th april 2022
that the agricultural water management project will receive a 44.7 million euros
grant from the european union 39.7 million euros and the french development agency
5 million euros to help strengthen the country's irrigated agriculture system a
wmp the agriculture water management project 44.7 million euros was signed by the genning government
the agent's friend says to develop pimen a fd and the european union eu to establish and renovate
third 3-5 irrigation systems in northwestern ghana the ghana irrigation development authority gida
and the ministry of food and agriculture mo-fa will undertake the project which seeks
to promote green and inclusive growth reduce inequities and improve ghana's food security
the agreement was co-signed by judd erplanen european commissioner for international
partnerships and and sophie ave french ambassador to ghana and witnessed by dr usu afri akoto
minister of food and agriculture and urchid razali eu ambassador to ghana the signatories
to the agriculture water management project have pledged to work together to promote irrigation
in northern ghana where agriculture employs 85 percent of the population
irrigation system construction is critical for increasing yields in the targeted upper west
savannah and northeast regions it will provide a stable and extra source of income for
over 6 000 smallholder farmers who are now reliant on unreliable rain-fed agriculture
and are more vulnerable to catastrophic climatic disasters like droughts and floods
the grant will help build and maintain irrigation infrastructure in 14 districts in northern ghana
and fd will handle the european union third and nine seven million euros and french five million
euros funding with the mo f a n g id is serving as implementing partners on the black volta river
it will fund the renovation and construction of 15 dams 11 boreholes and 9 pumping stations
as well as 1 300 hectares of irrigated perimeters the project will help farmers
transition from rain fed to irrigated agriculture as well as helping water
users associations in running irrigation schemes and increasing g ida's capacity to oversee them
a wmp is part of your 132 million european union ministry of food and agriculture partnership to
support agriculture in northern ghana eu ghana agriculture program eugp the major
goals of the program are to improve the quality of life of the communities that benefit from it
according to judd erplanen european commissioner for international partnerships
the initiative we're signing today will help smallholder farmers boost their income
and make their harvest more predictable it is a significant and ambitious investment that
would improve the socioeconomic development of northern ghana's regions which is critical for
the country's development and stability and to the french ambassador her excellency and sophie
of a agriculture investment is an investment in the future humans will always require food
regardless of technology or how drastically the world changes planting for food and jobs yes but
also for peace and security and for sustainability this project will result in more jobs and revenue
environmentally friendly agriculture year-round production and food security for all
benefits of the grand according to the united nations the russia and ukraine
crisis has driven the international food prices to an all-time high the price of vegetable oil
has grown by 23.2 percent owing to larger quantities of sunflower seed oil
of which ukraine is the main exporter this will result in a food shortage rather than increasing
food prices there is need for the food production to be diversified and thus ghana will be able to
diversify and increase food production thereby preventing shortage of food in the long run
african farmers including ghanian depend on rainfall for irrigation
with this grand more than 25 boreholes and irrigation dams will be created or rehabilitated
thus this will improve and increase food production not only the savannah region of ghana
but the entire country this will also increase african and global food supply
thus this grant will help alleviate poverty in africa and reduce dependence
agriculture is essential to economic development and the eu is poised to
promote agriculture in all its sectors this project will assist over 6 000 household and
farmers to increase and make their yields more productive thus standards of living will improve
agriculture is the backbone of many african countries development efforts and economies
including ghanas ghana's economy will strengthen and diversify as a result of this project
thus ghana's reliance ratio is reduced thank you for taking the time to watch the entire video
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