The National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Wednesday expressed fear over potential decline of food production in the country and appealed to the government to address pertinent challenges facing farmers and the agricultural sector in general.
According to the Party, the army worm infestation had resurfaced and devastating large maize farms and crops, not only in Brong-Ahafo, but parts of the country which required realistic intervention to eliminate the army worms and save the farms.
At a news conference in Sunyani, the NDC said it was also disappointed in the government on the implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PfFJs), which it believed was a laudable policy that could increase national food production.
Mr. Francis Atta Kusi, spokesman and the Sunyani East Constituency Secretary of the NDC said the way the fall army worms (FAWs) were infesting maize farms required urgent intervention.
According to him, the army worm infestations are widespread in Nkoranza North and Techiman North Districts as well Atebubu-Amantin, Sunyani, Nkoranza South and Techiman South Municipalities.
“You are all aware that the 2017/2018 approved budget for the PfFJs and the army worm control was GHC25 million. So what has happened to the money” he questioned.
Flanked by other constituency executives, Mr. Kusi called on the government to expedite action for the disbursement of the money so that affected farmers would easily access pesticides and other agro-chemicals to fight the worms.
He indicated that as the largest opposition political party, the NDC could not sit unconcerned on issues bordering the agricultural sector which employed majority of Ghanaians and contributed largely to the Gross Domestic Product.
He alleged because the PfFJs programme was unattractive, many of the unemployed youth had no desire to register and engage in farming, as an economic activity.
Source: GNA
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There are no buyers of food produced and some people who have no sympathy the farmers are talking about decline in food production. May be they are talking proverbially that the free monies are no more coming. Get off your buttocks and find work to do because the MPs can no longer pay your wards' school fees.
my uncle has a cocoa farm. and the harvest this year unsurpassed in many years. and also i have been enjoying fried red plantain and kelewele uninterrupted for 2 continuous years now. shame unto you liars, ndc!
Are the NDC members in Ghana. There is abundant foodstuff everywhere in Ghana now. Is this the answer to the naming of one social intervention introduced in Ghana? PROPAGANDA ALL THE WAY
I called my mum today and was asking her about how their farming went this year. She told me this year food is in abundant and its been decades upon decades they experience such situation. I ask myself how NDC gets their fact. If they have nothin to criticize, they should keep quiet for God intervention to continue
When the budget was read NDC held a press conference to tell the whole world that there would be famine in Ghana like we experienced in 1983. Unfortunately for NDC, we have a bumper harvest in all food stuffs in Ghana, and for the first time in a very long while, we have not imported maize into the country. Even now that there is bumper harvest and food is overflowing everywhere throughout the country, they are still crying that there will be famine. Where they get their information is a mistery. All they do is propaganda and nothing else. Propaganda will kill NDC.