The Ghanaian government will provide 15, 000 tons of improved seeds to 500, 000 local farmers in 2018, under the “Planting for food and jobs-PFJ” program initiated by the ministry of food and agriculture .

This information was disclosed yesterday April 8 by Owusu Afriyie Akoto (photo), the agriculture minister on the sidelines of the crop season.

The seeds include rice, maize, sorghum, tomatoes, groundnuts, pepper and soya beans. According to the official, this operation of seed distribution which has already started in the southern part of the country will be extended to the Western, Eastern and Northern regions by June this year.

Let’s note that the government’s PFJ initiative, launched in 2017, aims to enhance Ghana’s agricultural performance, through production support, technical assistance, easy access to inputs and agricultural information.

Espoir Olodo