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The President of Ghana, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, has returned from the United States after participating in the G8 Summit with a firm commitment and promise to ensure that benefits of the meetings become visible to Ghanaians. Moments after he touched down at the Kotoka International Airport on Monday, President Mills told a gathering of journalists that the meeting was worth attending. Ghana, he said, will receive about $600 million from a $3 billion fund for the new Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition being championed by the G8 countries. Ghana�s share of the fund will provide a major boost to the government in the implementation of the Medium Term Agriculture Sector Investment Plan (METASIP), which is expected to enhance agriculture production and alleviate over 1.3 million Ghanaians out of poverty.