He indicated that the Assembly will nurse 10, 000 coconut seedlings of which each farmer will get 69 seedlings which is equivalent to one acre farm land. “This will help the district derive raw materials in case the Government is to establish 1D1F in our district as the husk of coconut can be used to produce charcoal which is good for mining activities “He said

Mr. Maurice Woode touching on the theme for this year’s National Farmers’ Day Celebrations; Planting for Food and Jobs – Consolidating Food Systems in Ghana, said it is a call on well-meaning Ghanaians to come together to consolidate the gains the country has made in Agriculture so that events of 1983 when severe drought and famine hit the country will not be revisited.