The Ministry of Fisheries has been urged to consider the Afram Plains in its plans to develop aquaculture in the country.  This is because the Volta Lake puts the area in immense comparative advantage when it comes to aquaculture.  Speaking to Radio Ghana at Amankwakrom in the Afram Plains a patron of the Abomasarefo Youth in Agriculture Project, William Dzamesi noted that the development of aquaculture in the Afram Plains will create employment in the area and reduce rural-urban migration of the youth. 

He called on the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports to consider turning the Amankwakrom Technical Institute into an aquaculture training institution.  Mr. Dzamesi also urged chiefs in the Afram Plains to make land available to individuals and organizations interested in fish farming.  He further called on the banks to offer financial assistance to individuals and organization interested in fish farming to motivate them to go into large scale ventures in the Afram Plains. 

Mr. Dzamesi noted that tilapia will especially do well in fish farms in the Afram Plains.