The Member of Parliament for the Builsa South Constituency in the Upper East Region Dr. Clement Abas Apaak has rated the development of the region three (3) from a scale of 1 to 10. Apexnewsgh.com report
Dr. Apaak gave the mind-blowing rating during an engagement on Apexnews Ghana’s flagship development programme dubbed “SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST REGION” with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen on Friday, October 21, 2022.
Expanding on his reason for the low rate he gave the region on a scale of 1 to 10, Dr. Apaak said, in the area of Agriculture, cropping, and animal husbandry, the potential in the region is so huge. But, the resources and the structures to allow the people of Upper East to take full comparative advantage that they have in the area of animal husbandry and farming in terms of crops are inadequate, the Builsa south legislature stressed
Meanwhile, making reference to this year’s farming experience, Dr. Apaak said; “If you look at what happened this farming season, how our farmers had to struggle to acquire fertilizer and the fact that the high cost of input including plowing an acre of land impacted negatively in terms of the acreage, clearly we cannot be comfortable that the yield that we are expecting this year will be sufficient enough for us in the Upper East Region, let alone for us to be able to export the food item to acquire much-needed revenue to invest in other areas”.
Dr. Apaak further explained that when he mentioned that the region hasn’t done well, he is also speaking about people as a nation and as a state.
Pointing that our inability to provide the needed resources, support and the needed input at affordable prices allows for the farmers to take advantage so that they can increase their acreage to ensure maximum yields to feed themselves and their families and have a surplus to then sell and use that revenue for other needed responsibilities.
He said there is no reason why the region shouldn’t do more than they are doing in the area of Agric.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com/ SPEAKOUT UPPER EAST/Ghana
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