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MISTOWA and MTN to sign contract
Hohoe, Sept 13, Ghanadot/GNA- A Regional
Agricultural Market Information Systems and Trades'
Organization (MISTOWA), expected to operate in the West
Africa sub region would soon sign a contract with MTN-Ghana,
a telecommunication Company.
This is aimed at creating an electronic trades platform on
the company's cellular network to facilitate agriculture
business among farmer-based organizations and other clients
in the sub-region.
Dr. Siegfried Kofi Debrah, Coordinator of MISTOWA, announced
this at the inauguration of Agri-Business Information Point
(ABIP) at Hohoe on Tuesday, bringing its outlets of the
facility to 17 in Ghana and a total of 150 in the sub
region.
He said MISTOWA was challenged to provide accurate and
timely agricultural market information to assist in
increasing trade in agricultural produce in the sub-region.
Dr. Debrah said over 4,700 interested parties have been
registered and over 2,000 stakeholders including farmers and
trade associations were being trained in computer and
internet connectivity to facilitate transactions in the
sub-region.
He said a farmer who had for instance 100 cattle to sell
would only be required to feed the platform with this
information with his contact address and intended price per
cattle and a prospective buyer would readily respond,
triggering a fruitful transaction.
"This provides an accurate and timely information on what is
available, where, at what price and who to contact," Dr.
Debrah said.
Mr. John Peter Amewu, Hohoe District Chief Executive,
appealed to MISTOWA to work hard towards the success of the
project.
He pledged the Assembly's support for MISTOWA, in view of
its inclusion in the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA)
pact.
Mr. Innocent Kouassi, official of MISTOWA, said the Anokati
ABIP sold maize amounting to 15 million dollars in the last
five-months through the networking and appealed to farmers
to embrace the concept.
MISTOWA is organized under the auspices of International
Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development,
Ministry of Food and Agriculture and sponsored by the United
States Agency for International Development.
GNA
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