The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has disclosed that the government was talking to some African development banks for funds to support rice farming in the Upper East Region. The sector Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, made the disclosure when he interacted with rice farmers at Gbedemgblisi in the Upper West region, as part of his tour in the northern part of the country. While commending the rice farmers, he stressed that Upper East holds loads of potential for rice production. We have noticed that this region [referring to Upper East] is a potential region for rice production as valleys are developed for rice farming,” he said. He was upbeat that Ghana will become the rice production centre in the whole of the West African Sub-region. On that score, Dr. Afriyie Akoto indicated that a bill had been sent to Parliament for a committee to be set up to reward in particular rice farmers in the Upper East. However, he pleaded with the farmers to cooperate with the government to he...