The New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that agriculture will be his foremost priority if he wins the 2024 general elections.

During a campaign visit to Sandem-Nab, Nab Azaksuk Azantilow, Paramount Chief of the Builsa Traditional Area in the Upper East Region, Bawumia outlined his plans to partner with countries like Brazil and China, known for their advanced agricultural techniques, to boost Ghana’s farming industry.

He pledged to create District Agricultural Mechanisation Centres across key farming areas to offer affordable equipment and support to enhance production.

“Agriculture is going to be my number one priority. We will make sure that we have all the different pillars in place for farmers.

“I want to bring in the best practices from countries like Brazil and China that have higher productivity in crops such as maize and rice. We want to also learn from them to adopt some of those technologies that are giving them two or three times the yields per acre that we are doing.”

Additionally, Bawumia promised to shift from chemical fertilizers to lime for soil improvement.

“I want Ghana to move away from chemical fertilizers for our soil to lime. Lime is the way forward. We have limestone in Ghana and it is much cheaper than the fertilizer, and we want to help the farmers with this new soil fertility treatment through lime.”