The Tano South Municipal Directorate of the Department of Agriculture, is set to register 6,000 farmers in 2024 for the second phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ 2.0) program.
According to Mr. Paul Addai, Tano South Municipal Director of the Department of Agriculture, his outfit is embarking on a series of community engagements, to create the needed awareness of the PFJ 2.0, to enroll as many farmers as possible on the program to make it successful and impact positively on both the local and national economies.
Mr. Paul Addai added that the PFJ 2.0, was to improve on the success of PFJ 1 indicating that PFJ 2.0 will focus on crops and commodities such as maize, rice, sorghum, soybean, tomato, pepper, onion, cassava, yam, plantain, and poultry.
He emphasized that the program also aims to reduce dependence on imported food products by promoting domestic production of the eleven commodities adding that it is also to promote sustainable agricultural practices and ensure food sufficiency and resilience, to be able to withstand global shocks.
He denoted that another outcome of the program is price stability and increased supply of food in the market as well as boosting exports by supporting increased production to meet required standards stressing that the second phase is the introduction of aggregators, who shall be responsible for providing production inputs including, seeds, fertilizers, and chemicals, as well as mechanization and extension services to ensure that farm produce are equivalent to the cost of inputs and other services.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com
