Mr. John Akaribo a peasant farmer with the Upper East Peasant Farmer Association has said due to numerous challenges bedeviling the activities of farmers in the Upper East Region, there is a huge possibility of a reduction in the 2022 farming seasonal activity.
Mr. Akaribo revealed this during an exclusive interview with Ngamegbualam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com Wednesday, August 31, 2022.
According to him, “Normally in Agriculture when people see that there is a heavy downpour, they think that is all about it but we are talking about the distribution that will make crops very effective. So, this year the distribution is not far and we have already lost some of our early crops like the Naara and other things we have lost lot of them and even in the rice sector, we have also lost the rice in some other parts.
Because at the time the rice was germinating, we experience a long drought and some of us will not get anything because of that”. He said
“And secondly, Agric Production goes with the subsidies like fertilizers, inputs and this year fertilizer has been a challenge to farmers by way of being inadequate and the high cost of the fertilizer. If a 50kg of fertilizer is going for Ghc 320.00 then how do expect the open market to be? So, these are some of the challenges”. He explained
He said: “This implies that farmers will definitely cut production. If you are going in for 10 acres definitely you cannot go in for 10 acres again, you have to reduce it to 5 acres”.
However, he believes that food production this year will see a tremendous reduction.
“This year, we are likely to see a reduction in production and that implies that we are not going to get anything like the prices of goods and services is going down but we are praying that what we have now in the market can be sustained” he maintained.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
