President Nana Akufo-Addo
The farmers in the Northern Regional have expressed their profound gratitude to government for reducing prices of fertilizer by 50 percent.
According to them, the Northern Region is predominantly agriculture based and produces 60 percent of the food in Ghana.
They reiterated their commitment to supporting the government’s agenda to transform agriculture in Ghana.
“Farmers in this region cannot afford to allow this opportunity to slip by, hence their support for the programme for food and income security.”
The farmers called on government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, to expedite action on the distribution of the needed input to all parts of the farming communities in their region to boost this year’s planting season.
Members of the Northern Region Farmers Union paid a courtesy call on the regional minister, Salifu Saeed to express their profound gratitude to President Akufo-Addo for the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme to boost agriculture in Ghana.
Chairman of the Union, Mohammed Abdul Nashiru, told DAILY GUIDE that the one-dam one-village, one district one factory policies are laudable initiatives that would further boost agriculture in the region.
Mr. Mohammed Abdul Nashiru appealed to government to strengthen the national, regional and district technical committees to enhance the effective implementation of the programme.
According to him, all the initiatives by the NPP government would improve the living conditions of residents and reduce rural urban migration.
He disclosed that farmers were in possession of 20,000 metric tons of paddy rice that immediately need a market to enable them prepare for the planting season.
The chairman said that the large quantities of rice could not be sold as a result of the demands of processors and aggregators, appealing to government to buy the stock to complement the School Feeding Programme, as well as enhance hospital and security services.
From Eric Kombat, Tamale