Three female students displayng their certificates
Three female students of the Department of General Agriculture of Sunyani Technical University (STU) have undergone training to properly handle tractors as part of the mechanization training programme at Wenchi Farm Institute in the Bono Region.
The programme, organised by Ministry of Food and Agricultural, was funded by German International Cooperation (GIZ) on the theme, ’Women in Tractor Operation, Maintenance and Management Training.’
Sixty women drawn from various women farming groups, including three from STU, were equipped with skills to operate and manage agricultural machinery to improve productivity.
The trainees were taken through practical training in harrowing and ploughing, among others.
At the end of the training programme, the women are expected to use the machinery effectively.
Diana Morgue, the facilitator of the programme, stated that the Agriculture Department of STU, is to train students to venture into farming after their studies.
The beneficiaries are Kusan Jochedel, Owusu Darkwah Abigail and Obeng Poku Angela.
Speaking to DAILY GUIDE after the programme, Obeng Poku Angela, expressed satisfaction with the Ministry for Food and Agriculture for given women in agricultural the opportunity to improve their skills.
She said that if the programme is extended to more women in agriculture, it would increase food production since there are more women in the agriculture sector than men in Ghana.
The Vice Chancellor of STU Prof Kwadwo Adinkrah Appiah congratulated the students for successfully completing the programme, saying, “It will enhance women’s productivity in agriculture production and eliminate the use of hoe and cutlasses in farming which is laborious and retrogressive.”
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