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Samuel Oduro-Asare, OCP Country Manager <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OCP AFRICA, a subsidiary of the OCP Group, a\nleading global producer of phosphate and its derivatives, with almost 100 years\nof experience successfully executed the laun"},"modified":"2019-08-06T11:06:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T11:06:19","slug":"ocp-africa-schools-50000-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/06\/ocp-africa-schools-50000-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"OCP Africa Schools 50,000 Farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Samuel Oduro-Asare, OCP Country Manager <\/strong><\/p>\n

OCP AFRICA, a subsidiary of the OCP Group, a
\nleading global producer of phosphate and its derivatives, with almost 100 years
\nof experience successfully executed the launch of its agro school lab
\ninitiative known as the \u201cOCP School Lab (OSL)\u201d at Ejura in the Ashanti Region
\nto support smallholder farmers.<\/p>\n

The OSL provides
\nthese services to the most remote areas
\nwithin several campaigns. Each campaign lasts for six to 10 weeks during which the
\nOSL truck travels to a selected region to offer soil testing and training sessions to farmers from the surrounding
\nareas.<\/p>\n

Deputy Director of Crops at the Ministry of
\nFood and Agriculture, Dr. Solomon Ansah Gyan, said the Regional and District
\nDepartments of Agriculture assist OCP in designing the route map for the school
\nlab campaign and assist with training of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for
\nfarmers.<\/p>\n

Since the
\nintroduction of the OSL in Ghana in 2017, about 45,000 smallholder farmers have benefitted from the programme
\nacross the Northern, Upper East, Eastern and Brong Ahafo regions. The focus is
\non maize, rice, millet, and sorghum.<\/p>\n

\u00a0
In the first half of 2019, the campaign has covered the Eastern and
\nUpper East regions, using two trucks covering 150 communities and reaching about
\n20,000 farmers. <\/p>\n

For the second
\nhalf of 2019, OCP Africa is raising the campaign a notch higher as the OSL is
\nset to arrive at Ejura in the Ashanti Region with three trucks and is expected
\nto reach an additional 30,000 farmers in 160 communities in both Ashanti and Upper
\nWest regions.<\/p>\n

Rose Adoma, a farmer, expressed her delight in
\nthe introduction and impact of OSL on their farm business. She stated, \u201cPreviously,
\nI used to harvest three bags from an acre of land but after the training and
\nsoil testing and advice from OSL, I now harvest 13 bags from an acre of land.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 270,\u00a0000 farmers have been trained on good agricultural practices in eight African countries, namely C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and Togo.<\/p>\n

A business desk report <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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