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DORMAA E: Farmers get over 400,000cashew seedlings under PERD

About 2500 farmers in the Dormaa East District have the opportunity to transform their farming business having opt for one of government’s agriculture flagship initiative, Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD).

Date Created : 7/8/2019 8:21:28 AM : Story Author : Ghanadistricts.com

The district assembly nursed and handed over 400,000 cashew seedlings and 465,500 coffee seedlings to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) in the district for immediate distribution to the farmers under the PERD initiative.

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.

The programme seeks to create sustainable raw material base to spur up the decentralised industrialisation drive through One District Factory initiative. The 5-year PERD programme will support 1million farmers in 170 districts with certified free planting materials to cover over one (1) million hectares of farmlands and engage 10,000 young graduates as crop specialized extension officers.