The Deputy National Coordinator of the Feed Ghana Program, in charge of Institutional Farming, Hon. Gordon Asubonteng, has urged farmers nationwide to form associations and organizations to qualify as beneficiaries of the Feed Ghana initiative.
During his appearance on the GIFTs FM Morning Show, hosted by Kwaku Mensah Abrampa, Hon. Gordon Asubonteng highlighted that a key focus of discussions with agricultural officers regarding the implementation of the Feed Ghana Program is engaging farmers to form associations or Farmer-Based Organizations (FBOs) based on their crops.
He said this strategy aims to ensure they fully reap the benefits of the packages within the Feed Ghana initiative, thereby enhancing agriculture across the nation. He emphasized that the era of contacting farmers individually to distribute farm inputs has ended under this NDC administration, as such practices previously incurred costs for the country because some individuals would collect agro inputs and later sell them, a practice that must cease.
He therefore underscored the need for farmers to form associations to guarantee the efficient distribution of farm inputs among themselves as the government embarks on the feed Ghana Program.
Regarding the NDC’s Nkoko Nketenkete policy, a component of the Feed Ghana Program, the deputy coordinator highlighted that the government intends to distribute between five and twenty poultry birds to fifty-five thousand households nationwide. The initiative will also include the provision of cages and vaccines necessary for the successful rearing of these fowls, aiming to stimulate interest and appetite for poultry production across the nation.
He emphasized that over five hundred novice poultry farmers, managing between one hundred and five hundred birds, will receive between five hundred and two thousand birds, complete with vaccines and feeds. Additionally, twenty commercial poultry farmers will be selected to receive eighty thousand birds each, along with feed mills, vaccines, and support from veterinary and agricultural officers. This strategic supervision is designed to ensure successful rearing and to enhance output.
