The President of the Ghana Rice Inter-Professional Body (GRIB), Nana Adjei Ayeh II, has praised the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs initiative, calling it a commendable program with great potential on paper.
However, he raised concerns about the actual execution of the project, pointing out that rice farmers have not yet seen the promised benefits.
He expressed his dissatisfaction with the government’s lack of support, particularly during the program’s implementation phase.
“We saw a very promising program, the PFJ (Planting for Food and Jobs) 2.0. I don’t know if it has been implemented. I’m a farmer, and most of my fellow farmers haven’t seen any results from the PFJ 2.0. We are still waiting to see,” he added as quoted by myjoyonline.com.
Nana Ayeh II emphasised that “It looks good on paper. Let’s see how PFJ 2.0 will actually benefit the farmers in practice, we are waiting to see.”
With the Christmas season drawing near, he expressed optimism for a boost in support from Ghanaians.
He encouraged the public to choose locally produced rice over imported varieties, emphasizing that this would help boost local production and strengthen the national economy.