The Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says government is leveraging on digital technology to unlock agriculture potentials in the country and stimulate economic growth.
To that end, he said government over the years, had been instituting appropriate policies and laws to ensure smallholder farmers, agripreneurs, small-and-medium scale enterprises, farm organisations and other critical stakeholders in the agriculture value chain use digital technology to engender efficiency in their operations.
He said Ghana had been using digital technology in farmer registration, inputs distribution, market information, farm and soil mapping, irrigation system management, surveillance at sea, weather forecast and supply of essential medicines to hard-to-reach areas.
He acknowledged some African countries such as Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal and Mauritania that were benefiting from digital tools in improving e-commerce and engendering growth in small businesses.
GNA