Edward Kareweh is of the view that Ghana is making steady progress in terms of adoption of technology in agriculture but more needs to be done to boost policy implementation. “You can see that we are beginning to accept the fact that technology is critical for the sector.
For instance, we’re now using the electronic systems to register and create database of farmers under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme” “Following implementation diligently to the end is not going to be done by human discretion alone.
Technology will make those given that responsibility efficient, ensure they don’t circumvent the system and also ensure the inputs are utilized the way they are supposed to be,” he noted.
Research is also key in finding for solutions to challenges that have bedeviled the sector for years. “Research is a continuous activity. What we have seen over the period is that we have not actually utilized the many agricultural research findings by the research institutions. For instance, they have developed many varieties of crops and so on but yet to be implemented,” he revealed.
