Groupe Ndoum commissions rice mill at Worawora

GNA – The Groupe Ndoum (GN) has commissioned a refurbished Rice Mill at Worawora in the Biakoye District of the Volta Region to process locally grown rice.

GN Foods, a subsidiary of GN, will engage some 5000 farmers in the Volta and Northern Regions to produce an estimated 600 tons of paddy rice annually to be milled.

Dr. Papa Kwesi Ndoum, Founder, GN, said the 1.2 billion US dollars Ghana spends annually on rice importation could be invested in other areas of the economy to create wealth for her citizens.

He called on rice farmers to work hard to produce good quality paddy rice to attract investment into the industry and make Ghana a major rice producing country.

Nana Owusu Afari, Nkosuohene of Biakoye Traditional Area said the rice mill was established in 1973 as part of General Kutu Acheampong’s ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ initiative and had since 2004 been supported by Non-Governmental Agencies.

He said GN’s investment through the Ghana Growth Fund has refurbished the factory, provided machinery and built the capacity of the farmers to increase productivity.

Kwame Ofori Asomani, CEO, Ghana Growth Fund, said more than 20,000 lives would be “touched” directly or indirectly through rice investments.

GNA