{"id":3073,"date":"2024-08-21T21:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2024-08-21T21:00:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T21:00:57","slug":"prof-kanton-criticizes-gidas-40000-irrigation-cost-estimate-as-excessively-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=3073","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Kanton criticizes GIDA&#8217;s $40,000 irrigation cost estimate as excessively high&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Prof-Kanton-750x375-1-1-696x348-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Prof-Kanton-750x375-1-1-696x348-1.png 696w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Prof-Kanton-750x375-1-1-696x348-1-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Roger Kanton, a Research Scientist at the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), has expressed surprise at the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority\u2019s (GIDA) estimated cost of $40,000 to develop an irrigation scheme for a hectare of farmland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described the amount as \u201cunreasonably high\u201d during an interview on Citi FM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GIDA\u2019s Acting CEO, Ing. Richard Oppong-Boateng, had earlier stated that the cost is necessary to explore and develop irrigation schemes to mitigate the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/?s=drought+\">drought<\/a>&nbsp;affecting northern Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Prof. Kanton argued that the amount is excessive, especially considering the existence of local water bodies and indigenous systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He suggested that a significant portion of the funds might be allocated to consultancy services and bureaucratic costs, rather than the actual development of the irrigation scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kanton emphasised the need for a more cost-effective approach, utilising local expertise and resources to address the pressing issue of drought in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Kanton said, \u201cThe source of water bodies exists so you are not going to start from scratch. So, that amount that he [GIDA] gave you is unreasonably rather on the higher side. If you use our own local, proper and indigenous systems, we would have without putting so much money into consultancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf he breaks down that $40, 000 per hectare dam, you will see that a lot of them go back to bureaucrats like them. They will put consultancy services and others.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Roger Kanton, a Research Scientist at the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), has expressed surprise at the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority\u2019s (GIDA) estimated cost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3075,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3073\/revisions\/3075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}