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According to the Regional Director of Agriculture, Emmanuel Sasu Yeboah, about 117,300 farmers in the Upper West Region have enrolled in the Plant for Food and Employment (PFJ) program for the second crop year 2018, according to the regional director of agriculture.
Farmers cultivated about 245,000 acres of land with a yield per hator estimated at four metric tons, which is a marked improvement over the previous campaign of about 29,400 farmers who farmed 52,000 acres of land with a yield of by hector set at 2.4 metric tons.
The Regional Department of Agriculture coordinates its activities with District Directors of Agriculture to achieve its goal of reaching 200,000 farmers next season, with each farmer having to cultivate one hectare of land.
"When I came to the area, I heard that there was so much hunger, but with the adoption of the PFJ program, I did not see or hear about anyone getting complain about hunger, "said Yehoah during a visit to some communities in the region. .
Alhaji Abdulai Antiku, general manager of Antika Company Limited, a private seed processing company based in Wa, called on the government to support farmers with warehouses and farm equipment, such as tractors and harvesters, so to improve agricultural production.
He also urged the government help farmers get into irrigation farming by making water accessible through the Black Volta to improve all year agriculture in the region.
The Upper West West Regional Minister, Alhaji Sulemana Alhbadan, badured the company that he would lobby the appropriate neighborhoods to help private companies build more warehouses for the PFJ project.
He said the government ordered the Northern Development Authority (NDA) to support the Ministry of Food and Agriculture with tractors and other agricultural equipment that would be imported next year.
He added that the Black Volta covered about eight districts in the region and that experts had already visited the region to carry out feasibility studies on how to draw water from the Black Volta and from make it accessible to farmers.
"We must cooperate with the government in achieving its goal of Ghana Beyond Help," he said.
The PFJ program launched in April 2017 aimed to solve the problem of youth migration to inner cities in search of non-existent jobs and to put an end to the importation of foodfabrics from neighboring countries.
The program is based on five pillars: the provision of improved seeds, the supply of fertilizers, the provision of specialized extension services, a marketing strategy and the use of e-agriculture – which aims to transform From Ghana Agriculture.
Maize production is expected to increase by 30%; rice 49%; 25% soybean; sorghum by 28% and create 750,000 jobs.
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