The Akrofuom District Assembly, in conjunction with the Office of the Member of Parliament (Akrofuom Constituency), has launched the distribution of 10,000 coconut seedlings to farmers in the district.
The exercise, which was executed over two days (May 4- 6, 2022) last week, formed part of the Assembly’s vision to get adequate raw materials to feed the proposed One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative in the district.
Distributing the seedlings to the beneficiary farmers, the District Chief Executive, Maurice Jonas Woode, said the Assembly had previously distributed over 4,000 coconut seedlings to farmers last year, and that there were more to be distributed in the coming months for farmers in the district.
The Member of Parliament, Alex Blankson, also expressed joy that more people were venturing into agriculture in the district.
He advised the beneficiaries to take good care of the seedlings to encourage others to take an interest in farming.
