Feed Ghana initiative more effective than PFJ – Eric Opoku

The government’s Feed Ghana Project is set to be a game-changer in Ghana’s agricultural sector, offering a more effective approach than the previous Planting for Food and Jobs initiative.

According to the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, the new programme will deliver lasting solutions to the country’s food security challenges, reduce reliance on imports, and stabilise food prices.

Speaking at a press conference ahead of the programme’s April 11 national launch, the minister emphasised that while the Planting for Food and Jobs initiative had its impact, the Feed Ghana Project is designed to be more comprehensive and sustainable.

He added that the government will not hesitate to deploy existing structures established under the previous program to ensure a smooth and effective rollout.

“After seven years of the implementation of the PFJ, the Planting for Food and Jobs programme, we were told that there was the need for it to be reviewed. And in fact, there was PFJ number two. Number two was to replace the PFJ one which was implemented within a period of seven years and then during the implementation of number two, we had a dry spell in the North.

“So we are now assessing the impact and the effectiveness of the PFJ II. But what we are saying that we have come with what we call the Feed Ghana Programme. If there are structures of PFJ on the field, we have to use those structures for the actualisation of the agenda because it is all meant to achieve the best for our country.

Except that the originators of the PFJ themselves wanted a review and we think that this is the most appropriate programme to deliver onto the mandate,” Opoku stated.