Kosane (B/A), Feb. 6, - The Ministry of Food and Agriculture(MOFA)
in Dormaa Central Municipality would engage 10,000 farmers for the Planting for
Food and jobs programme in the Dormaa Central Municipality, Mr Munkaila Jawad,
the Municipal Director of MOFA has announced.
He said the Dormaa Municipal
Assembly was in the process of writing a proposal for funding at the Planting
for Food and jobs Secretariat in Accra to drive the agenda within the
Municipality.
Mr Jawad said this at a mini
durbar of chiefs and people of Kosane, when he accompanied the Municipal Chief
Executive on a duty tour to the area.
He stated that an additional 100
youth would be trained to teach farmers how to plant cashew and cocoa with 20
more to receive training on cashew grafting and how to take care of seedlings
at the nursery at Wenchi.
The MOFA Director appealed to
interested youth in the area to take advantage of the programme and register
with his outfit to improve on their livelihoods.
Nana Yeboah Kukudebi, the
Adontehene of Kosane, appealed for the construction of the roads in the area.
Mr Shadrach Adjei, the Assembly
man for the Kosane Electoral Area, asked for a Community based Health Planning
Service compound, boreholes, and extension of streetlights to the area.
Mr Samuel Adjei, Assistant Station
Officer, Ghana National Fire Service in Dormaa-Ahenkro advised the inhabitants
to desist from negative habits such as charcoal burning, cooking on farmlands
and bush burning, hunting for game.
He said these activities were
banned in the harmattan activities and anyone found culpable would be made to
face the full rigours of the law.
The Assistant Station Officer
added that it was done to preserve and conserve the environment and the natural
vegetation for posterity.
GNA
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