The Municipal Chief Executive for Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly in the Eastern Region, Akosua Asabea Annoh has laments on the setback of agriculture in the area due to the activities of galamseyers.
According to her although the Municipality is predominantly of agriculture practice,
one major challenges confronting them has to do with Illegal mining activities whose negative affects have degraded arable lands and reduced the size of the agricultural lands.
Asabea Annoh adds, Galamsey is a treat to the existence of mankind and the water bodies because they are heavily polluted and if care is not taken, water would soon be become a scarcity.
“Let us not abandoned our farms and resorted to Illegal mining because it is not sustainable.”
The MCE stated that, as part of alternative livelihood project and land reclamation, Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly, in collaboration with the Mineral Commission and Tree Crop Development Authority has distributed 6,500 coconut seedlings to the Abuakwa South coconut farmers Association and Akyem Abuakwa Presbytery.
Additionally, 98,270 oil palm seedlings have been also distributed to farmers to reclaim the degraded lands and also serve as income generation activities to farmers.
She made this remarks at Ahwenease during the celebration of the Assembly’s farmers day. This year’s national 38th farmers day celebration would take place in the Eastern Regional capital, Koforidua on December 2,2022 that’s why all the 33 District And Municipal Assemblies in the Region celebrated theirs today, Friday, November 25,2022.
She then congratulated the farmers for contributing to Ghana’s recent feat of achieving the the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2 (” NO HUNGER”).
Furthermore, the 2022 Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly’s Best farmer, Issac Krampah told KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH OBOH, that he is happy he has been crowned as the best farmer of the Municipality.
He added that, it is not only the galamseyers whose activities are affecting them, but rather cows are also destroying their farms. He then pleaded with the Assembly to do something about the situation.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh
Source// Obohnews.
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