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Impression
Sunday, July 7, 2019
By
Jerry Azanduna, RNG
Bawku (U / E), July 7, GNA – about 90,000
the farmers were registered by the Bawku Municipal Department of Agriculture
participate in this year's Plant for Food and Employment (PFJ) program in the
Municipality of Bawku and its surroundings.
About 60 distributors of entries were also
registered under the program under the supervision of the Directorate for
farmers with government-subsidized agricultural inputs, including seedlings and
fertilizers.
Mr. Charles Akowtigah, Municipal of Bawku
Director of Agriculture, said this over the weekend in an interview with the
Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Bawku.
He called on farmers to take advantage of
the rains to plant to escape the drought period since the rain regimes
were not compatible.
Mr. Akowtigah said in the case of this
farmers were particularly interested in hybrid and open systems.
Sowing of pollinated varieties (OPV) and explained that the choice of many
farmers for this was the result of a government subsidy on these seeds, especially
but.
He said earlier that hybrid seeds cost 20 GHȼ.
per kilogram while OPV has been for GHȻ6.00 per kilogram and indicated
however, with the advent of the subsidy, the hybrid costs GHȻ3.00 per
kilogram while OPV cost 2.00 GH per kilogram.
Mr. Akwotigah stated that the government had stored the
district with four types of chemicals, including Bypel, Adepa, Emar-Star and Gro
sure to fight any form of army worm that can attack crops during the
season.
He said that the management was
training of farmers and extension workers on good agricultural practices
improve their knowledge and skills in agriculture.
The director urged farmers to pay
regular visits to their farms and search for any form of worms on their farms
and report to their extension agents for redress.
GNA
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