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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Agriculture

There were marginal increases in the production of major crops in the municipality. Animal husbandry improved significantly during the period, 16.7% for cattle, 49% for sheep, 95% for goat rearing, 60% for piggery and 26% for poultry. Cattle production however saw a significant increase of 16.7%. This could be attributed to intensive data collection embarked upon by the extension officers.

The Department was allocated a set of farm machineries including 2 tractors, 10 power tillers, 20 sprayers, 4 irrigation kit and 4 mobile Sheller's and planters in December of 2019. During the second quarter of 2020, the equipment was put into operation. The tractors ploughed a total of 64.4

hectares (161 acres).

A total of 35 farmers consisting of 31 males and 4 females benefitted from the tractor operation within the municipality.

The department was able to facilitate the establishment of three (3) Green House structures for the Franciscan Catholic Retreat Centre in Saltpond, for vegetable production. One of the Green houses is currently under production.

During the year, 716.7 mm of rains were recorded in 58 rain days compared to 1,176.2mm in 100 rain days for the same period in 2019

The food situation was normal except for a short period of price hikes in reaction to the COVID19 pandemic in the country.

Fall Armyworm devastation was high affecting 827.4 hectares of farms in all. The free insecticides from Government did helped to control the pest.

A total of 25,436 farmers consisting of 14,012 males and 11,424 females were reached with extension.

120 bags of highly subsidized seed maize, 78 sachets of vegetable seeds, 1300 of NPK and 250 bags of Urea under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme. A total of 1,667 farmers consisting of 1,203 males and 464 females benefited from the program.

The Veterinary Unit was able to vaccinate a total of 34,360 animals were vaccinated across the municipality.

Date Created : 4/9/2025 3:27:30 AM