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Agriculture Minister, Dr Akoto Owusu Afriyie has been asked to concentrate on fighting the fall armyworms rather than praising government’s interventions since the start of invasion.<\/p>\n
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana expressed surprise over the Minister’s claim that the armyworms had been defeated.<\/p>\n
Spokesperson of the Association, Charles Nyaba said the worms are still ravaging farms across the country, despite the Minister’s premature declaration of\u00a0victory.<\/p>\n
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“I am bit confused and I don’t want to agree with the Minister,” he told Emefa Apawu on Joy FM’s Newsnite Monday.<\/p>\n
Related Article: Gov’t deserves commendation, not condemnation over fall armyworm fight <\/p>\n
Dr Owusu Afriyie has said government deserves comendation for fighting the\u00a0armyworms invasion successfully and not condemnation.<\/p>\n
He said the armyworms invasion had been handled effectively in Ghana than elsewhere in Africa.<\/p>\n
The worms reportedly invaded over 112,000 farmlands in May, but 14,430 hectares were completely destroyed.<\/p>\n
Dr Owusu Afriyie believes more farms would have been ravaged had it not been the government’s intervention.<\/p>\n
But the Peasant Farmers Association said the rains played huge role in the fight against the worms.<\/p>\n
Mr Nyaba said the fear farmers have is the potential damage the worms are likely to cause in 2018.<\/p>\n
He said the Agriculture Ministry has to think about “proper measures” to combat the worms instead of parting itself on the back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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