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Farmers in Bawku benefit from new 1V1D

Livestock and Vegetable farmers in some communities in the Bawku area have started making good use of the dams constructed under the one Village one, Dam policy.

Date Created : 2/27/2020 2:20:31 AM : Story Author : Irene Danso/Ghanadistricts.com

The Municipal Chief Executive of the area, Hajia Hawa Ninchemah, said the policy as it had begun , will provide jobs and would soon increase the income of the farmers of which she said farmers have started preparing lands for irrigation farming while their livestock have source of drinking water.

She said currently the farmers are growing Onion, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Carrots, cabbage and green leafy vegetables while others are also cultivating groundnuts, rice and maize.

The MCE said out of the ten dams ear-marked for the Municipality, five were completed and being used, while two were 80 per cent complete and they were at a tender stage of construction.

She further said since Bawku area is an agricultural hub noted for its vegetable production, the dams will be of much help to many.

She said the provision of human development policies that would protect the welfare of the citizenry was a priority to government and it was rolling out proactive policies that would ensure quality livelihood of the people.

Farmers in five Communities in the Bawku Municipality, four in Garu, three in Bawku West, four in Binduri and five in the Pusiga districts are currently using the dams for irrigation this dry season, with the optimism that they would produce enough food to enhance food security in the region.