Bunsohene, Osabarima Abeam Brekatu Ofori Aninkra has said, Ghanaian farmers are encountering lots of challenges in their works.
He indicated that, roads linking to some farming communities are in a deplorable state, as result when they harvest their crops they find it difficult bringing it home leaving it to rot in the farms.
Osabarima Ofori Animkra adds, many farmers has on many occasions compliant bitterly on how cocoa officers who scaled their produce cheat them.
He then urged gov’t to attend to the plight hindering Cocoa farmers in the area.
Osabarima Abeam Brekatu Ofori Aninkra made this remark at Akyem Asafo in the Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly of the Eastern Region during the 37th National Farmers Day Anniversary Celebration.
Concluding his speech, he advised the youth that, after Schools, they should vent into farming and desist from looking for a white colour jobs since seeking for jobs in recent times after school has become a hard nut to crack.
Akosua Asabea Annor, the MCE for Abuakwa South Municipality on her part noted, the gov’t did no mistake for choosing ” PLANTING FOR AND JOBS”: CONSOLIDATING FOOD SYSTEM IN GHANA as a theme for this year’s celebration because the Theme goes with the happenings in the Agric Sector.
Mr. Asabea Annor stated that, Agriculture is one of the topmost priority of Prez Akufo-Addo that is why he introduced programmes such like the; 1D1F, Planting for Export and Rural Development, Youth in Greenhouse enterprising and Agric Mechanisation to ensure food doesn’t go scarce in the country and to also export some.
The MCE continue that, since the activities of illegal miners has destroyed most lands in her municipality, therefore much as 608 oil palm seedlings were distributed to farmers in the area to replace them to enable the land regain it nutrients.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnews.
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