Fidelis Munyoro Senior Writer
Sierra Leone Vice President Victor Bockarie Foh has described the Harare Agricultural Show as a “world class” event, which brings together various sectors of the economy to showcase their products. He said the exhibition was wonderful and promised to replicate it back home. Mr Foh was speaking to journalists at the Harare International Airport shortly before his departure back home.

He was seen off at the airport by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Dr Joseph Made and other high-ranking Government officials.

“Yesterday (Thursday) was wonderful. First class,” said Mr Foh. “It is something we are going to replicate back home. We have been doing it on a very small scale in our country.”

Mr Foh invited Vice President Mphoko to visit that country.

“With the permission of my boss, the president of Sierra Leone, President Koroma, we are extending an invitation to the Vice President to visit our country,” he said. “That is also home, the second home. We love to see him home.”

Vice President Foh also commended the people of Zimbabwe for their hospitality. He said his two-day visit here was heavenly.

“My stay was wonderful,” he said. “I have enjoyed every minute in this country. It’s a beautiful country, beautiful people. Hospitable people.”

Mr Foh was the guest of honour at the 106th edition of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show.

He said treating agriculture as a business was a sure way for Zimbabwe and other African countries to transform their economies and move away from being dependent.,

He said African governments should also adopt mechanised farming to enhance productivity.

“We also have to change the mindset of our people and insist that agriculture is a business venture,” he said.

“There is a lot that we need to do together to ensure food security for our citizens by using technology to improve soil fertility, integrate water capture from rain-fall to irrigation by moving away from traditional labor-intensive to mechanised farming by promoting agro-processes and by encouraging life skills investment in the agriculture sector in n Africa.”

Mr Foh said Africans should exchange knowledge on agriculture over and above funding of research in agricultural activities.

He presented awards to best winners of this year’s agricultural show. Among the companies and organisations that walked away with top prizes were Alpha Omega Dairy, Premier Services Medical Aid Society, TelOne, Seed Co and the Zimbabwe Republic Police, among others.

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