Savanna Investment Programme: Upper East Region farmers benefited from SIP 22,600 Guinea keets distribution
Under the Savanna Investment Programme (SIP) farmers in the Upper East Region In 2021, Guinea keets numbering 22,600 were given to 20 selected out growers to breed is a one-time activity of the project and is a request from the district and the project provided that and keets were given to farmers at a subsidized price of Ghc4.00 per keet. Apexnewsgh.com report This was according to the Upper East Regional Director of Agriculture, Mr. Francis Ennor when he spoke to Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on Thursday, September 1, 2022. The Savannah Investment Programme (SIP) aims to reduce the importation of animal protein, enhance the competitiveness of the poultry industry, improve small ruminant breeds and contribute to improved food and nutrition security in Ghana. The Programme seeks to increase farmers’ food and nutrition security and incomes through increased agricultural productivity and diversification; and enhance the creation and strengthening of agribusinesses to increase the incomes of actors along the selected value chains on a sustainable basis. The project has four components :(i) Access to Agriculture Finance,(ii) Production Development,(iii) Agri-Business and Value Chain Development and(iv) Project Management and Institutional Support. The Programme will be implemented over a five-year period (2019 –2024) at a total cost of UA25 million, of which UA20 million is a loan from the ADF and UA5 million represents the Government and beneficiaries’ contribution. Source: Apexnewsgh.com Please, for publication kindly forward your article on apexnewsgh@gmail.com
Rearing for Food and Job: 2000 farmers benefited from the distribution of sheep in the Upper East
Under the government policy initiative Rearing for Food and Job (RFJ) 2000 sheep were distributed to interested farmers in five districts in the Upper East Region for rearing. The Regional also mentioned that “2019 we received 2500 cockerels from the Savanna Investment Programme for 5 districts and each district received 500 cockerels and it went to 50 beneficiaries which means 10 cockerels per beneficiary. This was according to the Upper East Regional Director of Agriculture, Mr. Francis Ennor when he spoke to Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on Thursday, September 1, 2022. “This means every district had Four Hundred Sheep and it went to 40 beneficiaries and in all these 40 beneficiaries each one was given 10 sheep comprising nine female and one male. And the idea is that the beneficiaries will keep these animals for two or three years. Then, after that, we pick the upspring from them and distribute it to other farmers who could not benefit initially” “So that over time, most of the people within the district will be able to have access to upspring to benefit”.According to Mr. Ennor, those who benefited from the exercise did not pay anything before, giving them the animals. He said: “the only criteria we set were to make sure that you are interested, you are already in the business, you will avail yourself to any programme that comes and you have a house for the animal, you are prepared to feed them, medicate them and we sign MOU with the farmer who develops the interest, that the animals are given to them to make sure that they kept them very well for them to pass on upspring to the other beneficiaries”. Meanwhile, he also revealed that recovery is ongoing, I think there is one particular district we are having some problems with the passing of upspring. Some people have poisoned the mind of some farmers that when they go for the upspring they will toss up and down” he expressed Source: Apexnewsgh.com||Ghana Please for your publication kindly forward your article on apexnewsgh@gmail.com
See how NABCO Secretariat good-bye its beneficiaries
The National Secretariat of Nation Builder Corps (NABCO) has finally good-bye unpaid beneficiaries. Even though the letter forwarded to beneficiaries talks about their payment but the letter did not capture when these suffering beneficiaries will receive their long awaited unpaid stipends. Kindly read the letter below Dear Trainee, Greetings from the NABCO Secretariat. Your time on the NABCO Scheme has been valuable and impactful. As you exit with the wealth of experience, there is an added advantage to consider private enterprise as a career option. Your skills development programme will aid your progress under the entrepreneural YouStart initiative to develop your ideas further into a viable business. More information will be made available from NABCO and Stakeholders in due course. Equally on any outstanding stipends, expect any valid payments and notification via the same means after validation and verification (District and your MIP), once all the funding arrangements are concluded, for all who remained at post beyond October 2021. We appreciate your time and growth while with us on the scheme and would like to extend our best wishes to you on your future career choices. Thank you. NABCO Secretariat.August 31, 2022. Source: Apexnewsgh.com Please, for your publication kindly forward your article to apexnewsgh@gmail.com