Youth urged to go into agriculture

Dormaa-Ahenkro (B/A), June 29, GNA – Mr. Vincent Oppong Asamoah,

Dormaa Municipal Chief Executive, has advised the youth in the area to go into

cocoa and other cash crop farming to boost agriculture.

He said this would also prevent the youth from migrating to the cities in

search for non-existing jobs.
Mr. Asamoah, who made the call when he inspected a cocoa nursery at the

Municipal Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in

Dormaa-Ahenkro, asked the youth to disabuse their minds that farming was for

the poor and hopeless in society.
He said that “Most of what we see in Ghana today can be traced to the

diligence of the past and present gallant farmers of the nation” adding that any

youth who would engage in farming would reap immense benefits.

Mr. Asamoah commended staff of MOFA for producing quality seedlings

for sale and urged Agricultural Science teachers to engage their pupils or

students in practical agriculture outside the classroom.

The Municipal MOFA Director, Mr. Edward Badu said the nursery project

had been expanded to meet the growing demand of farmers, mainly from the

Brong-Ahafo and Western regions.
He said the seedlings were produced under strict agricultural cultural

practices and that the Ministry would support the people to rehabilitate their

cocoa farms.
GNA