Establish Rice Devt Board ...for active state intervention to transform sector -- IFS - Ghanaian Times

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The Acting Executive Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), Dr Said Boakye, has called for the establishment of a Rice Development Board (RDB) to ensure active state intervention to transform the sector.
56% : The launch of the report was attended by rice farmers from Volta and Oti regions, representatives of development partners, members, farmer organisations, state agencies and members of the diplomatic corps.
52% : The call, he said, was against the backdrop of the poor performance of rice production in the country due to the lack of active government involvement in addressing critical constraints, unlike in Vietnam and Thailand, where governments played a leading role.
48% : He called for youth mobilisation into rice farming through access to start-up capital, regardless of political affiliation.
38% : The Brazilian Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Mariama Gonçalves Madeira, commended IFS for the study and urged government to adopt policies that would promote the rice sector, citing Brazil's success in large-scale rice production through strong government support.

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