加纳总统 John Mahama 先生盛赞食品与农业部长 Eric Opoku 先生是加纳历史上最杰出的农业部长之一。

马哈马在阿香蒂省南 Asunafo 区 Atukum 举行的国家农业战略新蔬菜发展项目启动仪式，以及 Ahafo 地区 Bechem 鸡肉肉类加工中心奠基仪式上作出这番表彰。

总统在活动中强调，新鲜蔬菜推广计划是提升粮食安全、减少进口依赖、赋能全国小农和自给农户的关键举措。

作为南 Asunafo 选区议员的奥波库部长，自今年四月启动 "喂养加纳计划" （Feed Ghana Programme）以来，持续推动重大改革举措。

该计划旨在变革农业领域，提高国内粮食产量，稳定食品价格，创造就业机会并为农产品加工业提供原料。

在该计划框架下，农业部推出了 "YƐREDUA 蔬菜发展项目"，通过温室种植、灌溉支持的露天种植技术，为城市、城郊及农村农户提供支持。全国范围内正在建立蔬菜育苗基地，让家庭便捷获取优质种苗，鼓励发展家庭园艺和户级粮食生产。

在家禽业领域，Opoku 部长主导了全面振兴计划，包括针对妇女和青年的 "Nkoko Nketenkete" 后院家禽计划，以及支持大中规模禽类养殖户的 "农场到餐桌" 框架。

加纳农业部已向数千家庭分发禽苗，并正在扩大国内家禽产量以减少对进口禽制品的依赖。作为振兴计划的一部分，北部正在建设现代化大豆加工厂，为豆农提供稳定市场并融入禽类饲料价值链。

"喂养加纳计划" 还扩展了灌溉基础设施，修复水坝，支持涵盖学校、安全机构、宗教团体和青年的机构农业，以提高主粮、蔬菜和牲畜产量，同时减少收获后损失。

在 Bechem 奠基仪式上，马哈马总统为 Opoku 部长倡导的禽肉加工中心破土动工，该项目被视为加纳家禽价值链发展和本地肉类加工的基石。

舆论指出，新蔬菜推广计划和对家禽业及农产品加工的新投资，正推动加纳实现长期粮食自给和经济转型，将农业从生存型生产重塑为注重粮食安全、进口替代、农村生计和价值链发展的多元化农工业部门。

Mahama Hails Food and Agric Minister Eric Opoku

President John Mahama has hailed Eric Opoku, the Food and Agriculture Minister, as one of the best Ministers of Agriculture in the history of Ghana.

He made the commendation during the launch of a new vegetable development project under the national agricultural strategy at Atukum in the Asunafo South District, and the groundbreaking ceremony for a chicken and meat processing centre at Bechem in the Ahafo Region.

Speaking at the event, President Mahama underscored the fresh vegetable drive as a key step toward improving food security, reducing import dependence, and empowering smallholder and subsistence farmers across the country.

Mr Eric Opoku, who is also the Member of Parliament for Asunafo South, has been steering major interventions by launching the Feed Ghana Programme in April this year, designed to transform the agricultural sector, boost domestic food production, stabilise food prices, create jobs and supply raw materials for agro-industries.

Under the programme, the Ministry rolled out the YƐREDUA Vegetable Development Project, promoting vegetable cultivation through greenhouse farming, irrigation-supported open field cultivations, and support for the urban, peri-urban and rural farmers.

Nationwide vegetable nurseries are being established to give families easy access to quality seedlings, encouraging home gardening a household-level food production.

In the poultry subsector, Mr Opoku has spearheaded a broad revitalisation effort, including the Nkoko Nketenkete Programme, a backyard poultry initiative targeting women and youth and a “Farm to Table” framework supporting large and medium-scale poultry farmers.

The Ministry has distributed birds to thousands of households and is scaling up domestic poultry production to reduce Ghana’s reliance on imported poultry products.

As part of the revitalisation, a state-of-the-art soya processing plant is being set up in the North to provide a reliable market for soybean farmers and feed into poultry feed value chains.

The Feed Ghana programme has also seen expanded irrigation infrastructure, rehabilitation of dams and support for institutional farming covering schools, security agencies, religious institutions, and youth to boost production of staples, vegetables and livestock while curbing postharvest losses.

At the Bechem groundbreaking, President Mahama broke ground for the construction of a chicken and meat processing centre, championed by Minister Opoku as a cornerstone of Ghana’s poultry value chain development and local meat processing.

The public noted that the new vegetable push and renewed investment in poultry and agro-processing position Ghana for long-term food self-sufficiency and economic transformation, recasting agriculture from subsistence-level production to a diversified, agro-industrial sector with emphasis on food security, import substitution, rural livelihoods, and value chain development.

来源：加纳新闻社

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