{"id":278141,"date":"2016-12-20T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T12:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=278141"},"modified":"2016-12-20T12:30:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-20T12:30:27","slug":"abl-provides-irrigation-plant-for-nabio-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=278141","title":{"rendered":"ABL provides irrigation plant for Nabio farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) under the Eagle Farmer Project has provided a mechanized solar powered borehole and a furrow irrigation facility for the people of Nabio in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n<p>The project is aimed at providing portable drinking water and irrigation facilities to enable farmers&#8217;, from whom they source their raw materials from, to undertake all year round farming.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the commissioning of the irrigation facility at NABIO, Senior Brands Manager of ABL,\u00a0Mr. Jerry Goka said, said his company &#8220;in 2016 spent over GHC 400,000.00 undertaking mechanized solar boreholes and irrigation facilities in the Volta, Western and Upper East Regions to improve productivity and livelihood of farmers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_20161215_1406561.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-278143\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/IMG_20161215_1406561-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"img_20161215_1406561\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that farming should not be limited to the raining season but also be done in the dry season. So what we have done is to provide a mechanized borehole with an irrigation facility attached to it so that people in NABIO can have portable drinking water and also farm all year round.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is because farmers are our key partners, they provide us with cassava and maize which are sourced locally for our production&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Goka, admonished residents to maintain the facility and take measures to protect the solar panel from destruction and theft.<\/p>\n<p>District Chief Executive for Kessena-Nankana West, Goerge Nontera commended ABL for the facility, adding that, the facility has the potential of reducing rural-urban migration and improving living conditions in the area.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged the commitment of the assembly and residents&#8217; of the area to maintain the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Some farmers told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the facility will support their quest to expand production and appealed for such interventions for other communities to make the region the food basket of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>ABL also use the opportunity to launch the Chibuku Super drink, a new product of the company in the Upper East Region, sold at GH1.50<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Frederick Awuni\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) under the Eagle Farmer Project has provided a mechanized solar powered borehole and a furrow irrigation facility for the people of Nabio in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region. 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