{"id":740519,"date":"2019-11-08T11:36:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T11:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/pfj-creates-870470-jobs-in-nr\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T11:36:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T11:36:22","slug":"pfj-creates-870470-jobs-in-nr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/08\/pfj-creates-870470-jobs-in-nr\/","title":{"rendered":"PFJ Creates 870,470 Jobs In NR"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto<\/strong> (middle)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Northern Regional Director of
\nFood and Agriculture, Hajia Hawa Musah, has disclosed that 870,470 jobs have
\nbeen created under the government\u2019s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) flagship
\npolicy in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n

According to her, 133,571 males and
\n27,127 females had been enrolled in the PFJ initiative.<\/p>\n

The regional director made the
\ndisclosure at a farmers\u2019 forum when the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu
\nAfriyie Akoto, visited the region.<\/p>\n

The Northern Regional Minister,
\nSalifu Saeed, who was also at the forum, said \u201cthe impact of the PFJ is visible
\nand a lot of investors are coming into the region to discuss how to invest in
\nagriculture in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, farmers in the
\nregion had been empowered with logistics like motorbikes and other farming
\ninputs including the supply of fertilizers at a subsidized cost.<\/p>\n

\u201cSelected MMDCEs have received
\nmodern pieces of equipment to mechanize and modernize agriculture. Farmers are
\nnow moving away from traditional farming methods to a more modernized and
\nmechanized way of farming in the region through the government\u2019s effort,\u201d he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

However, farmers who spoke at the
\nevent lamented inadequate processing industries and markets for their produce.<\/p>\n

They indicated that there was only
\none processing factory in the Northern Region and could not absorb the produce
\nof farmers in the whole region.<\/p>\n

On his part, Dr. \u00a0Akoto gave an assurance that he was determined
\nto secure resources from the government to support farmers.<\/p>\n

He said the Akufo-Addo government
\nwas determined to improve the fortunes of agriculture which is the mainstay of
\nthe economy.<\/p>\n

The minister said he was on a tour of the country to review the PFJ and other initiatives.<\/p>\n

FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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