The agricultural policies, programs and interventions of the government are meant to ensure food security and enhanced the incomes of farmers, Mr. Francis Kwadwo Oppong, Dormaa West District Chief Executive (DCE), has indicated.
Mr. Oppong reiterated to practicalise and actualise its plans of ameliorating the socio-economic conditions of the citizens, the government had introduced a number of initiatives such as the Planting for Food and Jobs (PfFJ), Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD), and Rearing for Food and Jobs (RfFJ) being implemented
He cited “one coconut seedling now costs GH¢10.00”, saying “if a farmer receives 100 seedlings free, the government is enabling him/her to be making profit and more money out of GH¢1000.00 in a short time”.
Mr. Oppong was speaking at a short presentation ceremony of 7,000 coconut seedlings to some beneficiary farmers in the District at Nkrankwanta, in fulfillment of the government’s pledge under the PERD’s program to improve their livelihoods.
He advised the farmers to use the seedlings for its intended purpose, adding “the Assembly will liaise with the District Directorate of Agriculture to monitor the progress of their activities in their farms”.
Mr. Paul Avah, the District Director of Agriculture expressed the government’s determination to enhance the agriculture sector through distribution of seedlings to farmers in the district and across the country.
He advised farmers not only to engage in cocoa cultivation but must diversify their production base to include the cultivation of tree crops.
Mr. Avah entreated the farmers to take proper care of the seedlings to enable them to achieve positive results.
Cash crop farmers in the district had previously benefited from the distribution of 5,000 oil palm seedlings and 8,000 coffee seedlings from the Assembly.
