{"id":6727,"date":"2019-12-06T14:39:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=6727"},"modified":"2019-12-06T14:39:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:39:32","slug":"follow-my-example-eat-local-rice-president-akufo-addo-to-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/follow-my-example-eat-local-rice-president-akufo-addo-to-ghanaians","title":{"rendered":"Follow my example, eat local rice \u2013 President Akufo-Addo to Ghanaians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President Akufo-Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Nana Akufo-Addo used his speech at the 35th National Farmers\u2019 Day celebration to continue advocacy for the local rice industry.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He urged Ghanaians to support farmers by consuming their produce in a bid to boost self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe success of government\u2019s efforts in ensuring self-sufficiency in rice production depends largely on the level of consumption of local rice. We must eat what we grow to motivate our farmers and support the development of the local food industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebecca, my beautiful wife; our First Lady, insists that we eat local rice at home and has made sure of this. I call on all Ghanaians to follow my example and eat local rice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As part of the government\u2019s moves to support local rice production, President Akufo-Addo said the state was imported milling materials from China and Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The materials are expected to arrive in Ghana in the middle of 2020 to provide \u201cappreciable relieve to farmers and boost the grain industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President also said his administration will continue \u201cto prioritize and support agriculture to make the sector one of the most viable driving forces of Ghana\u2019s economic development and transformation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Akufo-Addo President Nana Akufo-Addo used his speech at the 35th National Farmers\u2019 Day celebration to continue advocacy for the local rice industry. 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