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Company News of Monday, January 28, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-01-28
Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto delivering bags of fertilizer to Mr. Patrick Darko Missah
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has announced that it will distribute more than 300,000 tons of fertilizer to registered farmers this year under the Planting for Agriculture program. Food and employment (PFJ).
An additional 20,000 tonnes of organic fertilizer will be provided to farmers for organic farming.
Fertilizer prices
Seth Akoto, Culture Manager at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who shared this fact with Accra, added that out of 77 private companies that had applied for fertilizer under the program, 34 had been selected to provide inorganic type, while eight provide organic fertilizer.
Commercial Farmers
Mr. Akoto badured that commercial farmers would be supported by the PFJ because they had not been excluded from the program.
"What we usually do is if you're a commercial farmer and you want to participate, you write a letter to the minister for approval and, based on its content, the minister will forward it to us and we'll make sure that you get the necessary inputs as a commercial farmer, "he explained.
Mr Akoto pointed out that since the introduction of the program in 2017, these modalities existed and that there was no time for commercial farmers to be discriminated against.
He explained that the Ministry limited to two the number of hectares required for support in order to allow many farmers to qualify, adding that if this was not in place, inputs would only be provided to commercial farmers.
Seed suppliers
Ms. Felicia Amprofi, Director of the Ministry's Regulatory and Plant Protection Services, said that for the 2019 farming season, the ministry had declared "Clean Seeds".
She explained that it was the ministry's responsibility to ensure that quality seeds were provided to farmers. In addition, the ministry had increased the budget allocation to this area to ensure that seed breeders do a good job.
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