Farmer
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has revealed that about 80 percent of farmers have not been registered on the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs Programme Phase II (PFJ 2.0) as of June 2024.
The National President of the Association, Wepia Awal Addo, said the situation is worrying since the planting season is very close. He added that farmers are uncertain about their future, as they do not have an idea where and when to receive farm inputs such as fertilisers and seeds.
“As at June, around 80 percent of the farmers have not been registered and their farms have not been mapped. Which is a source of worry for us because the raining season has started. If you go to many places people are planting and they need the inputs to be able to grow food.” Mr. Addo said.
He made the revelation when the PFAG, in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), hosted a national validation workshop for the assessment report on the implementation of the PFJ 2.0 on July 17, 2024 in Accra.
