Tag: Asokwa
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A/R: Vegetable farmers call for plan to produce quality seeds locally
Some vegetable farmers within the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region have renewed calls for stakeholders in Ghana’s agricultural sector to develop a sustainable plan to produce quality seeds locally to avoid the over-reliance on importation of seeds. Researchers at the Department of Horticulture under the faculty of Agriculture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of…
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Asokwa: Poultry farmers seek financial support after losing birds to unfavourable weather
Some poultry farmers in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region have urged government and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, to assist them to access soft loans from the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre, MASLOC, and other financial institutions to sustain their businesses. The farmers say they may be forced to lay off workers…