{"id":314242,"date":"2017-04-27T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T06:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=314242"},"modified":"2017-04-27T06:00:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T06:00:58","slug":"planting-for-food-figures-to-note-as-project-takes-off-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/planting-for-food-figures-to-note-as-project-takes-off-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting for Food &#038; Jobs; figures to note as project takes off [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Akufo-Addo administration launched the \u201cPlanting for Food and Jobs\u201d programme this month [ April], with the view of transforming Ghana&#8217;s agriculture sector.<\/p>\n<p>The Planting for Food and Jobs is expected to be rolled out in all 216 districts across the country, and will involve the supply of farm resources such as high yielding and improved seedlings to participating farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Following the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/01\/16\/govt-launches-planting-for-food-and-jobs-campaign\/\">announcement of the project<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in January, government has outlined a number of targets, and the critical component of the initial capital for the programme.<\/p>\n<p>The infographic below captures some of these estimates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-314249\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/planting-for-food-and-jobs-infographic.jpg\" alt=\"planting-for-food-and-jobs-infographic\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Akufo-Addo administration launched the \u201cPlanting for Food and Jobs\u201d programme this month [ April], with the view of transforming Ghana&#8217;s agriculture sector. 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