Mr. Collins Asomah, District Chief Executive for Berekum West in the Bono Region, has announced that the Assembly has received 10,000 hybrid coconut seedlings for distribution to farmers in the district.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Suntreso, a farming community in the district capital, Mr. Asomah said the seedlings were expected to mature within three years.
He said the distribution of coconut seedlings aligned with the government’s efforts to make farming more attractive for the youth.
Mr Asomah said the government remained committed to creating economic opportunities and encourage more of the unemployed youth to engage in farming and coconut plantation to enhance their socio-economic livelihoods.
Mr Asomah stressed that the government’s reset Ghana agenda was progressing in the district, saying the Assembly had already distributed piglets to some youth engaged in piggery in the district.
He reminded the people that coconut farming was lucrative and a booming enterprise and urged the unemployed youth in the area to engage in planting coconut seedlings.
Source: Access Agric
