The Millennium Growth Authority (MiDA) is committed to enjoying key function in Ghana’s agricultural transformation by making use of profitable methods from the $547 million Millennium Problem Company (MCC) Compact to the government’s new Grow24 initiative.
The Grow24, just lately launched by President John Dramani Mahama, is a daring agricultural coverage beneath the broader “24hr+” growth agenda.
This was disclosed by MiDA’s Chief Govt, Mr Alexander Kofi-Mensah Mould, in an exclusive interview, saying that the Grow24, launched by President John Dramani Mahama, was a daring agricultural coverage beneath the broader “24hr+” growth agenda.
At its coronary heart is the Volta Economic Hall mission, which goals to irrigate over two million hectares of land for intensive, is commercially viable farming.
The Volta Financial Corridor, seen as a flagship of the Grow24 coverage, is predicted to change into a key meals manufacturing hub, enhance export capability, and create 1000’s of jobs in rural communities.
Mr Mould acknowledged that MiDA, initially established to implement the U.S.-funded MCC Compact, would now tackle an expanded function as a nationwide supply company for agricultural transformation efforts.
In keeping with Mr Mould, MiDA’s broad expertise in infrastructure, vitality, and agro-industrial growth made it ideally suited to drive large-scale agricultural initiatives throughout the nation.
“By means of the MCC Compact, we developed confirmed, high-impact fashions prepared for nationwide implementation,” he acknowledged, adding that, “We’re now constructing on that basis to help meals safety, financial diversification, and rural industrialisation beneath Grow24.”
One of many key successes of the MCC Compact was its $189 million Agriculture Mission, which included the Land Tenure Facilitation (LTF) Exercise. This pilot programme enhanced land tenure safety, inspired funding in agriculture, and boosted productiveness.
Moreover, Mr Mould defined that core elements from the Compact—comparable to land preparation, irrigation engineering, and built-in agronomic techniques—could be tailored and scaled to fulfill Grow24’s formidable targets.
He described ongoing efforts to clear and stage land utilizing precision strategies, alongside the design of superior irrigation techniques tailor-made to numerous landscapes. These efforts mix agricultural science, economics, and engineering to construct sustainable, and large-scale farming enterprises.
MiDA’s function, Mr Mould emphasised, is to supply the technical and managerial spine crucial for the long-term success of the initiative.
“Grow24 represents a daring new imaginative and prescient for agricultural growth in Ghana, and MiDA is totally ready to ship on that promise,” he concluded.
As Ghana embarks on this new chapter of agricultural development, MiDA’s renewed mandate beneath Grow24 might rework the panorama of farming and agribusiness throughout the nation.
BY TIMES REPORTER
