{"id":16192,"date":"2026-03-17T12:57:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16192"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:57:23","slug":"mahama-modernising-agriculture-key-to-ghanas-transformation-prosperi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=16192","title":{"rendered":"Mahama: Modernising agriculture key to Ghana\u2019s transformation, prosperi"},"content":{"rendered":"

President\u00a0John Dramani Mahama<\/span><\/span>\u00a0has underscored the critical role of innovation and technology in transforming Ghana\u2019s agricultural sector into a major driver of economic growth and national prosperity.<\/p>\n

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Speaking as the special guest at the opening of the\u00a0Ghana AgroTech Fair 2026<\/span><\/span>, themed \u201cTransforming Agribusiness through Local Innovation and Technology,\u201d the President said platforms such as the fair go beyond exhibitions and play a vital role in linking key sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvents such as this do more than just showcase machinery and technology; they connect ideas to enterprise, research to industry, and innovation to investment. In doing so, they help to transform agriculture from a sector of survival to a sector of opportunity, productivity, and national prosperity,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

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President Mahama noted that the event comes at a crucial time in Ghana\u2019s development, as agriculture across Africa is often viewed narrowly through the lens of subsistence farming and vulnerability.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis AgroTech fair comes at an important moment in Ghana\u2019s development journey. Across Africa, agriculture has often been discussed only in terms of subsistence farming vulnerability, but if properly structured, agriculture is one of the most powerful engines of transformation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He stressed that agriculture must be seen beyond cultivation, highlighting its broader economic impact.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAgriculture is not merely about cultivation, agriculture is also about productivity, it is about value addition, it is about industrial development, it is about jobs and exports, and increasingly agriculture is about technology and innovation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The President further emphasised the need to modernise the entire agricultural value chain to unlock its full potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis fair reminds us that the future of agriculture lies not simply in expanding acreage but in modernising the entire agriculture value chain. From the farm to the factory, from production to processing, from logistics, packaging, and global marketing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He also commended the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Agribusiness, the\u00a0Ghana Exports Imports Bank<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and other partner institutions for organising the event, describing it as an important platform for promoting agricultural technology and agribusiness development in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President\u00a0John Dramani Mahama\u00a0has underscored the critical role of innovation and technology in transforming Ghana\u2019s agricultural sector into a major driver of economic growth and national prosperity. Fish mm\u0254fra mmer\u025b quiz Speaking as the special guest at the opening of the\u00a0Ghana AgroTech Fair 2026, themed \u201cTransforming Agribusiness through Local Innovation and Technology,\u201d the President said platforms […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":16193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3788,3525,41,4302],"tags":[4033,5123,1256],"class_list":["post-16192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-economy","category-general-news","category-technology","tag-agriculture","tag-ghana-agrotech-fair-2026","tag-mahama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16194,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16192\/revisions\/16194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}