Tag: Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana
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Farmers worried about possible unfair distribution of MoFA machines
Some farmers have expressed worry over the last tranche of US$95 million machinery received by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to boost farming productivity. The Ministry on Wednesday commissioned farm processing machines worth $95 million in a bid to boost the efficiency of large-scale farming in the country. The over 2,000 pieces of machines…
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New cocoa pension scheme will attract youth into sector – Concerned Farmers Association
Following President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launch of a pension scheme for the country’s cocoa farmers, the President of the Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana, Nana Oboadie Boateng Opambour has welcomed the new scheme, but says an independent body with strong representation from cocoa farmers needs to manage the scheme to ensure it succeeds. Speaking…
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Monitoring system needed to curb destruction of cocoa trees – Farmers association demands
The Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana has called on the government to put in place a monitoring system to check the destruction of cocoa trees in the country. According to the association, though the government gives farmers over 60 million seedlings annually, there is no monitoring system to track the number of seedlings that the…