The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has donated inputs to women vegetable farmers at Kamgbunli in the Ellembelle District to empower and equip them with technical and logistical support to enhance productivity. The items included two solar pumping machines, five knapsack sprayers,100 organic pesticides and four solar test kits. The PFAG earlier donated pepper seeds and other agro-chemicals to the farmers.
The donation formed part of activities under the project dubbed, "Enhancing Vegetable Productivity and Market Linkages to improve upon Job Creation and Sustained Incomes for Small Holder Farmers in Ghana".
Addressing the farmers after the donation, Mr Wepia Awal Adugwula, President of the PFAG, said the vision of the Association was to empower the women vegetable farmers in the country to carry out an all-year-round farming to contribute to Ghana's efforts to become self-sufficient in vegetable production.
Mr Adugwula explained that the overall goal of the project was to improve the livelihoods of small holder farmers, especially women and youth by increasing vegetable production and market access, creation of new jobs and income opportunities by enhancing the resilience of the vegetable value chain, thereby contributing to food security, poverty reduction and sustainable livelihoods.
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