Seven members out of nine have been sworn in as members of the National Seed Council. The members appointed by the President of the Republic of Ghana have been sworn in by the Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Hon. John Dumelo.
During the inauguration, the Hon. Dumelo charged the members to be dedicated and committed to serving the nation, Ghana, for the farmers to get good seeds.
He mentioned that with good fertilizers, irrigation, and mechanisation, if the seeds are not good, the farmers would work in vain; hence, seed is critical to the whole agricultural value chain.
“If you look at the Seed situation in Ghana, you will realise that we are trying as much as possible to reduce Seed importation and to certify home-grown Ghanaian seeds, and that is where the Council comes in, specifically”, he reiterated Ghana’s position on seed development.
He urged the council members to expedite the seed application to expedite the certification process for the home-grown Ghanaian companies to the market.
With government intervention like the farmer service centres and the other policies to transform the agriculture sector, seed is key, and with the right seed, Ghana’s agriculture would be in the right direction.
He commended the members for taking it upon themselves to work assiduously to enhance good-quality seeds for the farmers.
The Chairman of the National Seed Council, Alhaji Abubakari Mumuni, expressed the members’ gratitude to President John Dramani Mahama for the opportunity to serve on the National Seed Council.
He mentioned that the Council would work closely with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to eliminate all infiltrated seeds in the system to get the certified seeds for the country.
He assured of their dedication and readiness to work hard to live up to the expectation.
