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Farm Radio International, a non-governmental agribusiness organization, has called on the government to enforce laws on the use of measurement scales across the board to standardize products in the agribusiness value chain.
In a statement to mark National Farmers Day 2020, Farmers Radio International (FRI) congratulated farmers on their hard work to feed the nation and grow cash crops for hard currency.
A statement signed by Mr. Benjamin Fiafor, Farm Radio International Country Director and copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said that without the use of weight and measure to sell agricultural products in Ghana, there can be no agribusiness significant in Ghana.
Mr Fiafor said that expanding the reach of agribusiness and the provision of extension services through the extensive use of information and communication technology (ICT) and the introduction of measurement scales were the obvious options to achieve results in the agricultural sector.
He said that Farm Radio International, in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) under the Directorate of Extension Services, was implementing the Digital Agriculture Advisory Services Strategy and Plan (DAASSP) project to offer digital advisory services to the farmers.
This, he said, would help expand agribusiness and outreach delivery, especially amid COVID-19, and its difficulties with physical outreach work.
Farm Radio International therefore calls on the government to promote and enforce the adoption and institutionalization of standards, weights and measures for trade in agricultural products to improve agribusiness in Ghana.
Stakeholders, including the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ghana Standards Authority, the media, development partners, farmers, and the public, were to join the national campaign on the use of standards, weights and measures in Ghana.
This year’s national event has the theme: “Agribusiness Development under COVID-19: Challenges and Opportunities.”
Mr. Fiafor also praised all the hardworking farmers who were contributing to the growth of agriculture in the country.
Source: GNA
