Ghana is to establish an assembling plant for agricultural equipment. To be sited at Essienimpong in the Ashanti Region, the $24.98-million project will start immediately. This follows a credit agreement signed between the governments of Ghana and India to be financed by the India EXIM Bank. It will be executed by the Action Construction Equipment Limited of India. The plant will assemble tractors and backhoe loaders and also undertake the fabrication of agricultural implements. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, and the Resident Representative of the India EXIM Bank, G. Selva Kumar, signed for their respective governments. Implementation schedule In line with the project implementation schedule, the construction and installation of the plants and machinery, as well as other civil works, will be completed within 18 months. Training programmes will be organised by experts from India for Ghanaians who will man the plant. Objective The project aims at bringing farm machinery w...