Business News of Saturday, 24 June 2017Source: thebftonine.comBudget not large enough to supply free fertilizer - MajorityThe Deputy Minister of Agriculture, William Quaitoo. The Majority in Parliament has stated that the budget is simply not large enough to supply free fertilizer to every cocoa farmer across the country. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, William Quaitoo indicated that the free fertilizer is being done based on equity. “The budget is simply not large enough to buy fertilizer to meet every farmer’s needs. They also maintained that but for the stabilization fund, what was being paid to the farmers would have gone down drastically.

Source: GhanaWeb June 24, 2017 13:07 UTC