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AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Agriculture is the main economic activity in the District, employing 74.4% of the economically active population. The District produces agricultural products such as cocoa, rice, oil palm, cassava, maize, plantain, cocoyam, and variety of vegetables. Besides crops, livestock rearing is also a major agricultural activity in the district with animals like cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, fish farming and poultry produced on commercial scale.

Subsidized fertilizers (NPK and UREA) were distributed to farmers. In addition to that rice and maize seeds were also distributed to a total of 827 farmers (males- 498, female- 329). Another remarkable achievement under the agric sector was the distribution of 5000 palm seedlings to 152 farmers within the Municipality.


Date Created : 3/29/2022 12:00:00 AM