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Company News of Thursday, January 24, 2019
Source: Myjoyonline.com
2019-01-24
Crop-specific fertilizer recommendations will help increase crop productivity
The Ministry of Agriculture has targeted 1 million farmers so that they can benefit from subsidized fertilizer as part of its Plant to Feed and Create Jobs program in 2019.
This goal has grown from 700,000 as a result of the increase in the number of farmers that were covered in 2018.
A total of 300,000 tons of inorganic fertilizers and 200,000 tons of organic fertilizer worth 400 million GHc will be distributed.
"The cereal and legume crops promoted as part of the campaign have increased. We will raise the achievements in 2019, "said Agriculture Minister Owusu Afriyie Akoto, at the launch of the Planter Program for Food and Employment 2019.
Introduction of crop fertilizer
In recent decades, Ghanaian farmers have implemented the recommendations for blank fire. This has been one of the main factors of low crop productivity among smallholders.
To meet this challenge, Afriyie Akoto said that the Soil Research Institute (SRI), in collaboration with his ministry, had been able to develop specific fertilizer recommendations for maize, sorghum , rice, soy, cbadava and vegetables for savannah and Guinea forest. Transitional agro-ecological zones of the country.
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto badured that his team will "vigorously promote the use of crop-specific fertilizer recommendations as part of the 2019 campaign."
Invasion of autumn legionaries
In the meantime, the Minister revealed that his team was confident of not reporting any cases of fall armyworm invasions in 2019. With 14,000 hectares of farmland devastated by the caterpillar invasion Fall legionnaire, the Minister of Agriculture said that mbadive spraying programs were underway to avoid any incident this year.
"The working group set up to tackle this problem has succeeded in its mission. They will continue to remain vigilant to deal with the problem should it re-emerge. I am convinced that we will conquer this invasion in 2019, "he said.
Approved Sales Prices for Fertilizers in 2019
Based on consultations with stakeholders, the Ministry of Agriculture announced the selling prices of the different types of inputs as of 23 January 2019.
Fertilizers (inorganic)
• NPK (all types) – 75 ¢ GH per 50 kg bag
• Urea – 70 ¢ per 50 kg bag
Organic fertilizers
• Granular – 45 ¢ GH ¢ per 25 kg bag
• Compost – 20 GH ¢ per 50 kg bag
• Liquid – GH ¢ 19 per liter
Seeds
• Corn (OPV) – GH ¢ 2 per kg
• Corn (hybrid) – 3 GH ¢ per kilo
• Rice – GH ¢ 2 per kg
• Soybeans – GH ¢ 3 per kg
• Sorghum – GH ¢ 2 per kg
• Groundnut – GH ¢ 2 per kg
• Cowpea – 3 GH ¢ per kilo
As a result of cases of fertilizer smuggling, the Ministry of Agriculture decided to implement the modalities with the help of NABCO officials.
The Planting for Food and Jobs 2019 program aims to ensure food security in Ghana and instill Ghanaians' habit of farming.
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