{"id":357453,"date":"2017-09-28T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T06:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=357453"},"modified":"2017-11-10T11:07:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T11:07:49","slug":"nss-boss-impressed-by-bumper-harvest-on-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/nss-boss-impressed-by-bumper-harvest-on-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"NSS boss impressed by ‘bumper harvest’ on farms"},"content":{"rendered":"
The acting Executive Director of National Service Scheme (NSS), Mustapha Ussif, has expressed his delight with the yield on the Scheme’s farms at Dawhwenya.<\/p>\n
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\u00a0acres of maize farm.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”URlPOZ2UuH7juUGzq013HN2lbYlkTNSL”]Speaking to the media,\u00a0Mr. Ussif said he was impressed\u00a0with the yield on the farm.<\/p>\n
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,\u00a0the Scheme only concentrated on maize and poultry this year, but will venture into other cereals and animal husbandry in the next year.<\/p>\n He also used the opportunity to thank Government for releasing a budget of Gh\u00a225,000,000 to support the Scheme’s programs such as Youth in Agriculture, reviving the borehole drilling unit and other entrepreneurship programs.<\/p>\n “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<\/p>\n
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