{"id":2182,"date":"2019-08-28T13:54:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T13:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2019-08-28T13:54:31","modified_gmt":"2019-08-28T13:54:31","slug":"rice-farmers-receive-over-2000-bags-subsidized-fertilizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/homepage-english\/rice-farmers-receive-over-2000-bags-subsidized-fertilizer","title":{"rendered":"Rice farmers receive over 2,000 bags subsidized fertilizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Navrongo-Tono Irrigation Co-operative Farmers Union in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region has taken delivery of two thousand, five hundred (2,500) bags subsidized fertilizer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The move was in fulfillment of a promise made by the Minister for Food and Agriculture when the leadership of the Tono Irrigation Co-operative Farmers Union paid a courtesy call on him in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The Navrongo-Tono Dam is one of the largest irrigation Dams in West Africa which serves all year-round farming.<\/p>\n<p>About Two Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety hectares of land is irrigated by the dam in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>The Fertilizer subsidy programme is aimed at enhancing food production and security. The two types of fertilizer in the subsidy category are compound fertilizer and Urea.<\/p>\n<p>It is expected to maximize the benefits of accelerated growth of the country and raise the average income of Ghanaians, especially peasant farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Tono Irrigation Co-operative farmers Union who are mainly rice farmers cultivate thousands of hectares of farmland during the wet season and the dry season respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Each hectare produces five point five metric tons. Farmers in the area described the move by MOFA to assist them with the subsidized fertilizer as timely.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with GBC\u2019s Radio Ghana, a rice farmer at Biu a community in the Kassena-Municipality, John Akayapakra, commended government for the gesture.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Radio Ghana, the Organizer of the Navrongo Tono Irrigation Co-operative farmers Union, Robert Kwame Apoka, praised government for the timely intervention and explained the procedure by which the fertilizers were distributed.<\/p>\n<p>The farmers said the fertilizer offered them will boost production, hence the need for government to direct managers of the School Feeding Programme to patronize their rice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Navrongo-Tono Irrigation Co-operative Farmers Union in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region has taken delivery of two thousand, five hundred (2,500) bags subsidized fertilizer. 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