The Youth in Agriculture Programme is to benefit from a 300 acre land in the Krachi West District to boost its operations.

Krachiwura, Nana Mprah Besemunah III, made the promise when the Volta Regional Minister, Mr. Joseph Amenowode paid a courtesy call  on him and requested for a 20 acre land for the agric module to be expanded.

The said land located by the lakeside is ready for cultivation and only needed pumps for irrigation purposes, he added.   

"We are ready to give out any stretch of land for agriculture or
development purposes, but what we need is irrigation to ensure all year farming," Nana Besemunah said.   

He noted that agriculture and farming in particular was the preoccupation of the people in the area, but had become seasonal due to the rainy pattern.   

He expressed the hope that with irrigation services, the area could
produce enough foodstuffs for the nation.   

Nana Besemunah commended government for its policies on agriculture especially the Youth in Agric and the re-afforestation programmes and stated that the readiness of the traditional area to support and take advantage of the programmes.   

Mr Amenowode urged young people in the Area to develop interest in programmes such as fish farming and re-afforestation.

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