As part of the industrialization agenda of the Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) which also falls in line with the Alternative Livelihood Project of the Minerals Commission, the Agric Department of the Akuapim South Municipal Assembly distributed three thousand (3000) coconut and two thousand (2000) palm seedlings to farmers in the municipality starting the first week of May, 2023. In all thirty-six (36) males and six (6) females benefited in this batch of distribution.
The criteria for selecting beneficiary farmers included being a farmer known to the extension officer and having land to put to long term crop or plantation.
Benefits of the program include alternate sources of income from their regular farming activities and also to serve as raw material base for industry.
AKUAPIM SOUTH MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY
Distribution of Coconut and Palm Seedlings to Farmers in Akuapim South
The criteria for selecting beneficiary farmers included being a farmer known to the extension officer and having land to put to long term crop or plantation.
Benefits of the program include alternate sources of income from their regular farming activities and also to serve as raw material base for industry.
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