Business News of Sunday, 9 July 2017Source: citifmonline.comCanadian government injects C$125m into Ghana’s agric sectorCanadian government has pumped 125 million dollars into the nation’s agricultural sector. The Canadian government has strengthened its commitment towards boosting Ghana’s food security by injecting 125 million Canadian Dollars into the nation’s agricultural sector. She bemoaned the low number of Ghana’s female agric extension officers representation saying, “There are a few female extension officers and only 2% of female-headed households currently receive extension services. She emphasized the need to use a chunk of the support for the delivery of agric extension services nationwide. According to him, government recruited 1,200 youth under the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) to shoot up the number of agric extension agents.

Source: GhanaWeb July 09, 2017 16:41 UTC