In Ghana "the government has announced a subsidy on the price of 40 HP
outboard motors from GH¢7, 500 to GH¢4,900 to help boost the fishing season
which is expected in late June."
This is a quote from an article of the "Daily Graphic" appearing the Govrnment of Ghana's official portal (date: 18 April 2012).
Translated into USD : a price reduction from around 4,000 USD to 2,644 USD per motor.
Furthermore Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, said on 11 April 2012 that "fishing communities, comprising 2,000 artisanal fishermen, were provided
with echo sounders, a fisherman, were provided with echo sounders, a
fishing device that made it easy for the fishermen to locate shoals of
fish at sea.fishermen will receive"
The article goes further and mentions that: "Mr Ahwoi disclosed that as part of the package to ensure the success of 2012
fishing season, MASLOC, in collaboration with MoFA, expected 1,000
outboard motors for sale to fishermen. In addition, MASLOC had
ordered 100,778 metric tonnes of various mesh sizes of the legal netting
materials for sale to fishermen."
Here is the link to the article in Ghana's official portal:
Here is the link to the article in Ghana's official portal:
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