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37 TH EDITION OF FARMERS’ DAY CELEBRATION HELD IN SOUTH DAYI

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The South Dayi District version of the National Farmers’ Day Celebration has been held at Peki Agbete. The celebration which attracted many farmers, workers and people from all parts of the District saw our gallant farmers being awarded with prizes and certificates for their selfless and dedicated work to the District  and the nation as a whole.

In a speech to mark the occasion, the South Dayi Director of Food and Agriculture, Mr. Enock Kwamla Dzadzra welcomed all to the program and congratulated the farmers for their immense contributions towards the development of the District and the country as a whole. He said that as Ghana is celebrating the 37th Farmers’ Day, there is the need for the authority or government to celebrate the day to award farmers with goodies since they play critical role to make the nation attain foodstuffs

Enock-Kwamla-Dzadzra-District-Agric-Director
Enock-Kwamla-Dzadzra-District-Agric-Director

He stressed that since farmers do not use modern methods of farming, it makes them achieve low yield and hinted that, government is putting measures in place to support farmers obtain high outputs. He used the occasion to catalogue the programmes introduced by the government through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. He encouraged the youth to consider farming as a business but not a pensioner’s job.

The Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Hon. Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor congratulated all the farmers for their wonderful work they have put in place especially during the arrival of COVID-19 pandemic. He also expressed his gratitude to the farmers for producing more foodstuffs in the District and the nation as a whole.

Hon. Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor
Hon. Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor (MP South Dayi Constituency)

He informed all the farmers to implement modern agriculture method. Since  most farmers now cultivate using cutlass and a hole. This result into low farm yield. He made an emphasis stressing that the two foreign fish farmers in the district can produce more than 10,000 tonnes but the whole fish farmers in the district total yield in fish farming is not half of the two foreigners output in the District . He encourage all fish farmers in the district to grab the new modern method of fish farming.

Hon. Godwin Kwame Dadzawa, District Chief Executive (DCE) for the district announced that in the 2022 composite Budget of the South Dayi District under the Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) initiative of government,  provision had been made to support the Department of Agriculture under the  Planting  for Export and Rural Development to raise a variety of seedlings such as oil palm, cashew, Mango , citrus and coconut  for all interested farmers, Assembly members, office staff and government institutions to access.

Hon. Godwin Kwame Dadzawa, (DCE) South Day
Hon. Godwin Kwame Dadzawa (DCE) South Day

Further disclosed that in 2021 alone, the district Agricultural Department has so far distributed a total of three thousand four hundred and seventeen (3,417) comprising two thousand, four hundred and Ten (2,410) males and one Thousand and Seven ( 1,007) females have benefited from the following inputs under the subsidy programme.

s/n        

1              NPK Fertilizer                                                     31,707 bags

  1. Urea 3,000 bags
  2. Liquid Organic Fertilizer 101,200 litres
  3. Granular Organic Fertilizer 300 bags
  4. Maize ( Open Pollinated Variety               121 bags
  5. Tomato seedlings 1,000 bags
  6. Onion Seedling 500 sachets
  7. Cucumber seeds 1,000 sachets
  8. Maize hybrid 240 bags

Hon Godwin Kwame Dadzawa urged all interested farmers to take advantage of the  seedlings available at the MOFA nursing sites to improve their income and promote PERD in the district.

In all, nine farmers drawn from various parts of the district were honoured. Overall Best, Johnson Bediako , Best Female Farmer Xornam Mantey, Best Agric Worker  Enock Kwamla Dzadzra , Best Crop Farmer Festus Agbedo, Best Physically Challenged Farmer  Bless Mawuvi Segbefia, Best Youth Farmer Delali Evans Afrifa, Best Livestock  David Golo, Best Host Community Farmer Vivian Agbemabia Addey, Host Community  Peki Agbateh.

In conclusion, Hon. Dzadza congratulated all the award winning farmers and urged those farmers in the District who have been working very hard all the years but have not yet been selected for award not to give up.

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