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Farmers in the Savannah region have appealed to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to assist them with farm machinery at subsidised prices.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to them, such a move will help them to be able to purchase the needed farm inputs to reduce their operational cause and increase production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The farmers, who were mainly into rice and cashew farming, made the appeal at a staff durbar organised by the MoFA at the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) on Thursday, December 8, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The staff durbar, which involved agricultural extension officers and various farmers, formed part of the MoFA\u2019s tour of the northern part of Ghana which kick-started on Monday, December 5, 2022, from the Upper West region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, the sector Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, who had been leading the tour could not be part of the event because he had to attend to an urgent government business in Accra at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the farmers, the government should consider setting up rice and cashew processing centres in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These facilities, they explained, would serve as ready markets, and also add value to their produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, they asked the government to intervene in the pricing of their produce, stressing that it was having an adverse impact on their businesses.
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Irrigation Service (GIS), Ing. Wilson Acquah on behalf of the minister, commended farmers in the region for their hard work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndeed there was surpluses in production for all the commodities which clearly showed the positive impact of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the issue of pricing of food items, he told the farmers that the government was working to set up a committee to generate standard prices for various farm yields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEspecially with the grains, a committee christened the Grains Development Committee will be set up to check the pricing of grains including maize, cereals, millets etc.),\u201d he divulged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was particularly happy that the PFJ policy was yielding positive results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the wake of shortage of inorganic fertilisers, Ing. Wilson Acquah encouraged the farmers to adopt organic fertilisers.
He charged the extension officers to educate the farmers on how to maintain the machinery and application of the organic fertiliser on their farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the government has also imported some farm machinery such as threshers to be sold to farmers at a subsidised price of 40%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He tasked the extension officers and directors to check the illegal exportation of food to neighbouring countries, stating that this measure is aimed at ensuring that \u201cGhana becomes self-sufficient in terms of food.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you want to export your produce, first write to the government for permit so we could get taxes on them, without permit you can\u2019t export. Let\u2019s all act as a check to illegal export,\u201d Ing. Acquah Wilson urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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