{"id":701436,"date":"2019-09-08T20:10:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T20:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/08\/govt-greenhouse-agenda-gets-boost\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T20:10:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T20:10:20","slug":"govt-greenhouse-agenda-gets-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/08\/govt-greenhouse-agenda-gets-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t Greenhouse Agenda Gets Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Dr. Afriyie Owusu Akoto<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Government\u2019s Greenhouse farming agenda is receiving a major boost with the training of some 120 specialists on greenhouse farming in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has constructed three Greenhouse farming villages in Kasoa, Dawhenya and Akomadan and are expected to contribute to a boost in vegetable farming. <\/p>\n<p>Each site comprises about 50 hectares of land each of which can accommodate up to 26 greenhouse facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, made this known at his first news briefing in Bono East Region capital Techiman.<\/p>\n<p>He said a first batch of 51 students have already completed the training in Israel with a second batch of 71 about to start their training.<\/p>\n<p>He said the essence of the program is to give the graduates hands-on practical training in greenhouse farming practices. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trainees will also be attached to host farmers who are required to train them in various forms of agricultural practices such as irrigation, aquaculture, and vegetable farming, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Beneficiaries of the training will also be given assistance in securing logistics to support medium and large scale vegetable production in other parts of the country,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Nkrumah said this intervention is part of the general Greenhouse agenda which is a module under the Planting for Food and Jobs and is expected to boost the agenda for food security, fair prices and exports. <\/p>\n<p>The Akufo-Addo administration remains committed to increasing productivity in Agric across its various parts of the value chain for the benefit of the people of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Afriyie Owusu Akoto Government\u2019s Greenhouse farming agenda is receiving a major boost with the training of some 120 specialists on greenhouse farming in Israel. 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