Regional News of Monday, 20 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgStakeholders urged to prioritize the needs of women in agricultureEngagement of women farmers by the producer organizations in some communities in BinduriThe Ghana Federation of Forest and Farm Producers (GhaFFaP), has said there is the need to place more emphasis on the needs of women in agriculture to encourage and empower them in their farming activities. The GhaFFaP is a national consortium of Forest and Farm Producers Organizations (FFOP) drawn from three ecological zones of Ghana, the Savannah, Transition, and the Forest ecological zones. He said women were a proactive and productive force in the farming business and allowing them to access land for farming would bring massive improvement in the agricultural sector. Mr Ayamba called on stakeholders in agriculture such as the traditional authorities, family heads, husbands and the government to allow women to gain access to free land for farming in order to increase the production of food. He said the major challenges of agriculture in the northern zone are storage and markets and expressed the hope that PERD and the ‘One District One Warehouse’ policies would solve the problems.

Source: GhanaWeb January 20, 2020 01:07 UTC