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Small holder women farmers in the Domeabra Obom Constituency have called on the aspiring Members of Parliament (MP) in the constituency to improve farming activities in the area when voted into power.
They said even though the community had fertile lands for sustained agricultural development, certain activities such as sand winning which led to the removal of the topmost and fertile layer of the soil, was slowly affecting farming activities in the area.
They also spoke about bad roads, lack of modern farming equipment and loans to farmers, as some of the challenges hindering farming activities in the area.
The farmers made the call during an interaction with parliamentary aspirants in the area to make their concerns known and also get to know what the aspirants have planned for the constituency if voted into power.
It was organised by Green Earth Organisation (GEO, in collaboration with ActionAid Ghana as part of its advocacy programme to increase food production.
The interaction was on the theme; “Smallholder Agriculture Sensitive Manifestos and Party Pledges to Reduce Poverty.”
Those who attended the gathering were the National Democratic Congress Parliamentary aspirant and incumbent MP, Mr Daoud Anum Yemoah, Mr Sylvanus Tettey Martey, New Patriotic Party (NPP), parliamentary candidate for the area, Mr Issac Awuku Libor, an Independent candidate, chiefs, farmers and the people of the constituency.
Each of the aspirants spoke on five key issues they intended to tackle when voted into power. These were youth employment, education, agriculture, local governance, and health.
On the issue of agriculture, the Mr Yemoah of the NDC expressed concern about the increasing sand winning activities in the area and said even though sand was needed for construction works in the area there was the need to have a rapid intervention to stop it.
He, therefore, pledged to put up measures that would reduce the sand winning activities in the area in order to save the lands for agricultural use and also improve upon the roads in the area.
The NPP Parliamentary aspirant, Mr Martey said even though the major activities in the constituency was farming, there was no extension officers to help check what they produced.
He, therefore, pledged to introduce extension officers to the farmers, curb the sale of land in the constituency and also do all in his power to solve the problems of farmers when voted into power.
Mr Awuku Libor, the independent candidate for the constituency, said there was the need to have an association of the smallholder farmers so that resources would be shared amicably.
He also pledged to improve the transportation section of the area and also lobby for the construction of factories in the constituency to provide ready market for the fruits cultivated in the area.
The Chief Executive Officer of GEO, Mr George Ahadzie, in his remarks said even though agriculture was one of the major contributions to the nation’s economy, little investment was given to the sector.
He, therefore, urged the MP’s to heed to their pledge in order to make the agricultural sector better.
Picture: The aspiring members of Parliament from left, Mr Issac Awuku Libor (Independent), Mr Sylvanus Tettey Martey (NPP) and Mr Daoud Anum Yemoah (NDC) listening to the concerns of the people of Domeabra during the interactions.
Small holder women farmers in the Domeabra Obom Constituency have called on the aspiring Members of Parliament (MP) in the constituency to improve farming activities in the area when voted into power.
They said even though the community had fertile lands for sustained agricultural development, certain activities such as sand winning which led to the removal of the topmost and fertile layer of the soil, was slowly affecting farming activities in the area.
They also spoke about bad roads, lack of modern farming equipment and loans to farmers, as some of the challenges hindering farming activities in the area.
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| A member of the women farmers groups in the Domeabra Obom Constituency putting forward her concerns to the aspiring parliamentarians. |
The farmers made the call during an interaction with parliamentary aspirants in the area to make their concerns known and also get to know what the aspirants have planned for the constituency if voted into power.
It was organised by Green Earth Organisation (GEO, in collaboration with ActionAid Ghana as part of its advocacy programme to increase food production.
The interaction was on the theme; “Smallholder Agriculture Sensitive Manifestos and Party Pledges to Reduce Poverty.”
Those who attended the gathering were the National Democratic Congress Parliamentary aspirant and incumbent MP, Mr Daoud Anum Yemoah, Mr Sylvanus Tettey Martey, New Patriotic Party (NPP), parliamentary candidate for the area, Mr Issac Awuku Libor, an Independent candidate, chiefs, farmers and the people of the constituency.
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| Add caThe aspiring members of Parliament from left, Mr Issac Awuku Libor (Independent), Mr Sylvanus Tettey Martey (NPP) and Mr Daoud Anum Yemoah (NDC) listening to the concerns of the people of Domeabra during the interactions.ption |
Each of the aspirants spoke on five key issues they intended to tackle when voted into power. These were youth employment, education, agriculture, local governance, and health.
On the issue of agriculture, the Mr Yemoah of the NDC expressed concern about the increasing sand winning activities in the area and said even though sand was needed for construction works in the area there was the need to have a rapid intervention to stop it.
He, therefore, pledged to put up measures that would reduce the sand winning activities in the area in order to save the lands for agricultural use and also improve upon the roads in the area.
The NPP Parliamentary aspirant, Mr Martey said even though the major activities in the constituency was farming, there was no extension officers to help check what they produced.
He, therefore, pledged to introduce extension officers to the farmers, curb the sale of land in the constituency and also do all in his power to solve the problems of farmers when voted into power.
Mr Awuku Libor, the independent candidate for the constituency, said there was the need to have an association of the smallholder farmers so that resources would be shared amicably.
He also pledged to improve the transportation section of the area and also lobby for the construction of factories in the constituency to provide ready market for the fruits cultivated in the area.
The Chief Executive Officer of GEO, Mr George Ahadzie, in his remarks said even though agriculture was one of the major contributions to the nation’s economy, little investment was given to the sector.
He, therefore, urged the MP’s to heed to their pledge in order to make the agricultural sector better.
Picture: The aspiring members of Parliament from left, Mr Issac Awuku Libor (Independent), Mr Sylvanus Tettey Martey (NPP) and Mr Daoud Anum Yemoah (NDC) listening to the concerns of the people of Domeabra during the interactions.
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