Ghana’s
food and water security is under threat as the country’s arable lands are lost
to illegal mining activities as well as infrastructural expansion projects,
especially residential and industrial estates.
According
to Director of the Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific
and Industrial Research (CSIR), adequate measures must be put in place to
address the challenge of land and water pollution.
She
says the increasing human population demands that the country pursues the
conservation of farm lands and water bodies to help boost crop production.
She
however says the CSIR-CRI has the capacity to restore soil fertility to put destroyed
farm lands into productive use.
Dr.
Ennin spoke to LuvNews at a workshop on agricultural extension projects under
the Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (KAFACI).
KAFACI
is an intergovernmental and multilateral corporation body aimed at improving
food production, achieve sustainable agriculture and enhance extension services
of African countries through knowledge and information sharing on agricultural
technologies.
The
event brought together agricultural personnel from selected African countries
to share research findings to enhance extension services.
Dr.
Ennin believes the project would help capacity building and improve upon
extension offices as a guide against the shortage of food in the future.
No comments:
Post a Comment