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President commissions Ejura College of Agriculture, warehouse

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commission the newly rehabilitated Ejura College of Agriculture and a warehouse built under the One District One Warehouse project at Ejura Sekyerdumase.

Date Created : 10/11/2019 9:02:25 AM : Story Author : Susana Danso/Ghanadistricts.com

The Ejura College of Agriculture which was mandated to train young Ghanaians to provide advisory and technical services in crop and animal production, Agricultural mechanization and engineering has not been able to deliver the expected quality training over the years due to limited capacity, poor infrastructure and poor maintenance culture.

The President noted that the expansion and modernization of the facilities of the college will ensure the delivery of quality practical and vocational training in the certificated programmes of the College adding that the upgraded infrastructure comprises the rehabilitation and re-tooled mechanization workshop, refurbished ICT library equipped with computers and accessories, a fully equipped new science laboratory and five rehabilitated demonstration workshops to house poultry and piggery production units.

President Akufo-Addo also commissioned a warehouse as part of the 1-District-1-Warehouse initiative to handle produce, as well as to store surpluses from farmers in the Municipality.

The President reinforced the commitment of his government to accelerate the construction of warehouses across the country and will also ensure that they would be furnished with modern equipment, including drying or freezing systems.

“These warehouses will also be certified to enable them participate in the Warehouse Receipting System, being implemented under Ghana Commodities Exchange project. This system will promote financial inclusion of our smallholder farmers. The farmers will be able to deposit their farm produce in these warehouses, and use them to address their financial needs in various ways under the Warehouse Receipt System,” he added.