Some 2,500 coconut seedlings under the government’s flagship programme, Planting for Food and Jobs have been distributed to farmers in the Sunyani Municipality.
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Ansu Kumi, urged the beneficiaries from all the farming zones within the municipality to adopt the intercropping techniques to increase production and feed the market.
According to the MCE, “The government is investing so much into agriculture and since it took over office, thousands of cashew seedlings have been supplied to the municipality for free, and under my tenure as the Chief Executive, I opted for coconut seedlings in addition to the cashew seedlings for which reason you are here today to receive seedlings.”
He noted that the future of the country still remains in how the country makes agriculture attractive by way of interventions such as the provision of these inputs and the technical support being rendered through the directorate of which the government has ensured the recruitment of additional Extension officers across the country.
He assured the farmers of his readiness to follow up on the farmers together with his workaholic Agriculture Director to ensure the seedlings as received are planted today.
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