$6 million project will benefit 30,000 farmers in central Ghana

Silver Spring, Maryland—On Monday, March 3, 2008, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) signed an agreement with the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), a Ghana government agency that implements development contracts funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a United States government agency that funds efforts to advance sustainable economic growth in poorer countries. With the multi-million dollar, four-year agricultural project, ADRA will expand its ongoing efforts to reduce poverty in central Ghana.

The contract was signed in Ghana Monday morning at the Novotel Accra City Centre Hotel, with media coverage provided by national and private television, radio, and print media outlets. The country director for MCC Ghana, the country director for ADRA Ghana, and the chief executive officer of MiDA spoke at the event, emphasizing the importance of the agreement and the high expectations of MCC, the Ghanaian government, and MiDA.(more)