Ghana-Togo sign MoU for food security

Ghana and Togo have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together in agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries to provide food adequacy and security to the West African sub-region.

Presidents of Ghana and Togo, John Dramani Mahama and Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe, signed the agreement during Gnassingbe’s three-day visit to Ghana.

As well as food security, the two countries also plan to collaborate in areas of electricity, trade and water supply for the integration process of the Economic Community for West African States.

Other projects to be undertaken by the two countries will include the Juale multi purpose dam project, which will help in developing constant power supply to the Northern parts of both countries.

One of the smallest countries in Africa, Togo, is bordered by Ghana.

President Mahama said the aim of all these initiatives was to move towards integrating the sub-regions as the countries believed that such moves could encourage other countries to speed-up their integration process.

President Gnassingbe added that there was a lot that Togo had to learn from Ghana in the areas of agriculture and electricity supply.

He said that farmers in Togo currently have to rely on Ghana for their farming activities, so a collaboration could strengthen their relations and boost food production.

The Ghanaian President also said that plans are underway to construct a hydro dam on the river Oti in the Northern Region to augment the supply of the commodity to Ghanaian communities and other communities in the Republic of Togo.

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Image: Ghana President John Dramani Mahama (right) and Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe signed a MoU to provide food adequacy and security to the West African sub-region. Photo: courtesy of Government of Ghana.