The visit by the head of the NSS on Tuesday, was to support and supervise personnel at the farms as they begin the harvest of the 250 acres of maize farm.

[contextly_sidebar id=”URlPOZ2UuH7juUGzq013HN2lbYlkTNSL”]Speaking to the media, Mr. Ussif said he was impressed with the yield on the farm.

He added that, “close to 1,000 bags have been packed, and we are looking forward to hit 15,000 bags after harvesting on all our farms.”

According to him, the Scheme only concentrated on maize and poultry this year, but will venture into other cereals and animal husbandry in the next year.

He also used the opportunity to thank Government for releasing a budget of Gh¢25,000,000 to support the Scheme’s programs such as Youth in Agriculture, reviving the borehole drilling unit and other entrepreneurship programs.

“The Scheme has so far posted over 5000 personnel to support the agriculture sector. Some of these personnel were posted to support Planting for Food and Jobs, the Scheme’s farms, Private and state owned farms,” he added

The NSS boss was accompanied on his trip by the acting Deputy Director in charge of Finance and Administration, Madam Gifty Oware-Aboagye, and Director of Project for the Scheme, Madam Dorinda Agar.

Harvesting is currently ongoing on the 600 acre land at Ejura in the Ashanti Region, 150 acre at Yeziesi, Tatala and 60 acres in Damango all in the Northern Region, 150 acres at Brenam in the Brong Ahafo Region.

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Source: NSS

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The visit was to afford the Deputy Minister the opportunity to acquaint himself with the nature of the infestation and to also monitor the progress of the fight against the Armyworms.

The Fall Armyworms have destroyed farms at certain parts of the country, particularly the Ashanti, Greater Accra, Brong Ahafo and the Eastern Regions, causing destructions to crops especially Maize and Cocoa.

The Deputy Minister stated in an interaction with the media expressed his excitement on the progress of the Scheme’s farm and called on all farmers to go strictly by the directions of the Ministry in combating the Armyworms infestation just like the NSS.

He added that, the government was very much concerned about the outbreak since it has the tendency to derail efforts at revamping the Agric sector.

He said chemicals, and personnel have been made to combat it.

The Acting Executive Director of the Scheme, Mustapha Ussif thanked the Minister for the support the Ministry has provided to the Scheme.

He reemphasized the Scheme’s effort to support the President’s “Planting For Food Policy” by deploy over 2100 service personnel’s to the program.

The Ag. Director of Crops at the Ministry,  Seth Osei-Akoto rebutted the claims that, detergents such as Omo, “Alata” among others could be used to fight Armyworms invasion on farms and called on the to only go by the education from the Ministry.

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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