{"id":735097,"date":"2019-10-31T14:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/31\/majority-of-farmers-didnt-get-your-free-fertiliser-govt-replies-mahama\/"},"modified":"2019-10-31T14:21:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:21:31","slug":"majority-of-farmers-didnt-get-your-free-fertiliser-govt-replies-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/31\/majority-of-farmers-didnt-get-your-free-fertiliser-govt-replies-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority Of Farmers Didn\u2019t Get Your Free Fertiliser \u2013 Gov\u2019t Replies Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>John Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The government has responded to\u00a0National Democratic Congress\u2019 (NDC) presidential candidate, John Mahama\u2019s claims that it is unfair to sell fertiliser to farmers.<\/p>\n<p>During an interaction with cocoa farmers and the people of Enchi in the Aowin Constituency of the Western North region, Mahama said\u00a0it is \u201cwickedness to leave the fertiliser in warehouses\u00a0[to rot] because the farmers cannot and won\u2019t buy them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president noted that his erstwhile government gave the fertilisers for free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we started giving out free fertilisers, it was because we realised it will help improve yield, and in the 2016\/17 crop year, we recorded 950,000 tons\u2026I cannot understand why this government will decide to stop that and sell the fertilisers,\u201d Mahama argued.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0responding to the claims on\u00a0JoyNews\u2019 PM Express programme\u00a0on Wednesday,\u00a0Agric Minister, Owusu Afriyie-Akoto said the ex-president is engaging in \u201cpolitics of deception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Afriyie-Akoto, Mahama\u2019s purported free fertilisers didn\u2019t reach all the farmers. He said even the farmers who benefitted didn\u2019t get the fertiliser in sufficient quantity.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the said free fertiliser, according to him was smuggled out of the country. <\/p>\n<p>The Minister said when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took office in 2017, they decided to rather subsidise the fertiliser under the Planting for Food and Jobs policy.<\/p>\n<p>This, he said, afforded the fertiliser to reach all farmers and in sufficient quantities; \u201cnothing is free in this world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the success of their strategy Dr. Afriyie-Akoto said cocoa yield recorded 938,000 tons in 2018, the 2019 figure he said has reduced due to natural commodity cycle.<\/p>\n<p>He also\u00a0disputed Mahama\u2019s figures of 950,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<strong>Myjoyonline<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Mahama The government has responded to\u00a0National Democratic Congress\u2019 (NDC) presidential candidate, John Mahama\u2019s claims that it is unfair to sell fertiliser to farmers. 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