A SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. WILLIAM AGYAPONG QUAITTOO (CEO OF TREE CROPS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY), FOR THE HON. DR. OWUSU AFRIYIE AKOTO (MINISTER FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE)
The Ghana Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) is developing regulations to govern the production, processing and trading of six major tree crops in a sustainable manner.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would inaugurate the Tree Crop Development Authority (TCDA) Board next week, Vice President Alhaji Dr.Mahamudu Bawumia said on Friday. Already, he said Parliament had passed the Tree Crop Development Authority Act that would manage the cash crop industry.
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A highly developed, diversified, value-added, globally competitive and sustainable tree crop sector in Ghana.
To facilitate the development and well-being, through research, capacity building and excellent services, of the selected tree crop industries with a view to achieving long-term commercial productivity and sustainability, while providing a higher contribution to the national economy of Ghana.
To regulate and create a conducive environment for the growth and development of tree and industrial crops in Ghana with consequential benefits to the economy of the country.
The Tree Crops Development Authority(TCDA) is a body established by an Act of Parliament, the Tree Crops Development Authority Act 2019 (Act 1010,2019). TCDA is corporate with perpetual succession to regulate and develop in a sustainable environment; production, processing, and trading of six tree crops: Cashew, Shea, Mango, Coconut, rubber, and oil palm in Ghana.
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