According to former president John Dramani Mahama, the initiative Planting For Food and Jobs has been egregiously mismanaged.
Despite the endeavor, Mr. Mahama pointed out that food inflation in Ghana, which is currently 122%, is the highest in the world.
To this effect, Mr. Mahama stated in a tweet that:
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“Ghana has the highest food inflation in the world at 122%, despite the much-lauded but horribly mismanaged Planting for Food and Jobs program.
We are grappling with T-bill rates of about 30% as local investors in financial instruments suffer huge risks.”
Ghana has the highest food inflation in the world at 122%, notwithstanding the much touted but grossly mismanaged Planting for Food & Jobs programme. We are grappling with t-bill rates of about 30% as local investors in financial instruments suffer huge risks.
— John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) November 4, 2022
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About The Planting for Food and Jobs(PFJ)
One of the premier agricultural projects of the Akufo-Addo-led administration, Planting for Food and Jobs, included five (5) implementation components.
The first PFJ module, “Crops,” intends to support food security by making certain food crops immediately available on the market and by creating jobs.
On April 19, 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo officially launched this module in the Brong Ahafo Region at Goaso.
Basically, it is made up of five(5) main modules.
The five modules are: Agricultural Mechanization Services, Greenhouse Technology Villages (3 Villages), Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD), Rearing for Food and Jobs (PFJ), and Food Crops (PFJ) (AMSECs).
The Agric Minister’s Assertion
Contrary to what Maham is saying, the government’s major program in the agricultural sector, which is the PF&J, is succeeding, according to Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto (i.e Minister of Food and Agriculture).
Interestingly enough, the honorable member of parliament believes that the program has spared Ghana from experiencing a food shortage.
On Thursday, August 11, he spoke with Johnnie Hughes in an interview for TV3’s New Day program saying that:
“People wrongfully say there is a food shortage, there is no food shortage in Ghana.
“If you look at all the sectors, the agric sector stands out as the sector which is doing well. The sector, he said, grew by 4.9 percent in 2019 to 8.1per cent in 2021.
The “Planting for Food and Jobs is a good success,” he emphasized.
