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Farmers in Dormaa West received 5000 oil palm seedlings

The Dormaa West District Chief Executive, Mr. Francis Kwadwo Oppong, on behalf of the assembly donated 5000 oil palm seedlings to farmers in the Dormaa West district.

Date Created : 7/8/2022 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Charles Amponsah Tweneboa- Kodua/Ghanadistricts.com

It may be recalled that, the president, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo -Addo launched a program under planting for food and jobs (PFJ) dubbed planting for export and rural development, (PERD) to help farmers in their farming business.

The Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) Programme is a decentralized National Tree Crop Programme to promote rural economic growth and improve household incomes of rural farmers through the provision of certified improved seedlings, extension services, business support and regulatory mechanisms.

To create a legacy towards the realization of the Ghana Beyond Aid Agenda, the Government of Ghana through the joint effort by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Ministry of Food and Agriculture, rolled out the PERD programme to develop nine (9) commodity value chains namely Cashew, Coffee, Cotton Coconut, Citrus, Oil Palm, Mango, Rubber and Shea through a decentralised system.

The Dormaa West District Assembly has therefore selected Oil palm to give to its farmers under the PERD program.

The District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr. Francis Kwadwo Oppong noted that the initiative by the government would not only create job opportunities but also encourage the youth into agriculture as well as ensure the supply of raw materials to support governments decentralized industrialization through the One District, One Factory initiative.

Donating the seedlings to the farmers, Mr Oppong charged the farmers to go and plant the seedlings and ensure that it becomes beneficial to them. Every registered farmer was entitled to 60 seedlings.( one acre of land).