The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has urged importers of organic fertilizer to consider sourcing their raw materials from Ghana as the Russia-Ukraine conflict hampers fertilizer supplies to Ghana and other areas of the world.
The present demand for organic fertilizer, according to the ministry, is 30,000 metric tons, far less than the demand for inorganic fertilizer, which is 600,000 metric tons.
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture, expressed the government’s commitment to supporting all efforts to produce more organic fertilizer in Ghana after inspecting the Accra Compost Recycling Plant.
“We are appealing to some stakeholders we met who are importing organic fertilizers. We have told them the policy is to encourage their partners abroad to come and set up here to use local organic material as input. Because, we have a lot of it. We have in the savannah belt, forest belt, middle and southern parts of the country, a whole lot of materials that can be used as input.”
“And government is committed to ensuring the right structures are set up to support the use of organic fertilizer. We have to look within ourselves to replace the shortage we are experiencing, and the answer is organic fertilizer,” he added.
