The Agricultural sector is one major aspect that can provide more employment for the people in the country.
Under the leadership of His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, Ghana is going to develop up to 100,000 hectares of oil palm plantation to give 250,000 people jobs opportunities.
Under the Farmer Service Centres initiative, the government will provide agriculture machinery for 50 agriculture districts with over 4000 different machinery.These are types of machineries the government is going to purchase:
• 660 Tractors;
• 300 Tractor Trailers;
• 200 Minitractors;
• 200 Minitractor Trailers;
• 200 Minitractor Tillers;
• 200 Minitractor Cultivators;
• 200 Minitractor Ploughs;
• 200 Minitractor Harrows;
• 200 Minitractor Cutter bars;
• 200 Minitractor Mowers;
• 460 3-Disc Ploughs;
• 200 4-Disc Ploughs;
• 330 16-Disc Harrows;
• 100 1000kg Mineral Fertilizer Spreaders;
• 100 4-Row Precision Seed Drills;
• 100 6-Row Precision Seed Drills;
• 100 32-Row Pneumatic Seed Drills;
• 300 800L Boom Sprayers;
• 50 Combine Harvesters;
• 50 Maize Headers for Combine Harvester; and
• 25 Soy Headers for Combine Harvester.
With these investments taking the nation into a future of food security and prosperity. Agriculture is not just an occupation; it is the engine of Ghana’s renewal.
Cc: Ghana Motherland