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KINTAMPO N: Agriculture department holds mini trade fair

The Kintampo North Municipal Department of Agriculture in the Bono East Region has held a day’s Mini Trade fair as the government takes measures to improve and establish agriculture as a major contributor to the economy of Ghana.

Date Created : 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Rufina Yuoni /Ghanadistricts.com

The fair brought together various stakeholders in Agriculture including consumers, farmers, processors, input dealers, peats control units in the Agriculture sector and a whole lot of people. The fair consisted of six (6) selected Districts from the Bono East Region which were; Kintampo North and South, Nkoranza North and South and Techiman North and South.

Madam Cecelia Kejah Ayemang the Regional Director for Agriculture of Bono East Region in her address acknowledged the government for having Agriculture at heart by introducing a lot of flagship projects such as Planting For Food and Jobs (PFJ), Planting For Export (PFE) and others which have come to provide the people of Ghana with jobs, food and livelihood.

She added that farmers cultivate different varieties of rice, maize, and beans just to make sure there is enough food and serve as income to them and their families.

She urged all to encourage investors wishing to invest in the Agriculture sector to come to Bono East Region for “We are the food basket of the Country, Ghana”, she said.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Kintampo North Municipality, Mr. Isaac Baffoe Ameyaw speaking at the programme, asked farmers to be motivated by what the Canadian Government has come to do for them “by changing Agriculture sector in Ghana by deciding to grow their businesses and tremendously increasing food production especially in the Bono East Region” he said.

Mr. Baffoe commended the Agric sector in spite of their daunting challenges; such as bushfires, fulani herdsmen menace, and some farmers not getting enough money for their produce due to unavailability of ready market for their produce and so on.

He used the opportunity to appeal to all to exhibit the habit of planting trees most especially economic trees such as cashew, coconut, shea butter, teak among others.