SADA assists farmers in five regions

The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has presented five motor tricycles with accessories valued at GH¢16,500 to farmers in the Northern,Upper East,Upper West, Brong Ahafo and Volta regions.

The gesture is also to support the efforts of the farmers towards addressing the challenges of food insecurity in the five beneficiary regions.

At a ceremony in Tamale to present the facilities to the farmers through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), the Director of Corporate Affairs of the SADA, Mr Sam Danse, stated that this year, through its Agricultural Input Support Programme, the SADA had supplied 25,415 varieties of improved maize, rice, soya seeds and fertilizers to farmers in the beneficiary regions. He said tractor and agronomic advisory services were also provided to smallholder farmers as a way of increasing their farm yields and income levels.

According to him, even though the rainy season delayed, the SADA was able to achieve more than half of its  target of providing support to more than 20,000 farmers in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone (NSEZ).

"The SADA strongly believes in transforming agricultural policies in the NSEZ from addressing food security to using agriculture as a platform to increase farmers’ income levels and generate small-scale enterprises," he stressed.

He further explained that his outfit would continue to pursue its agenda of supporting farmers with improved technology to add value to their farm produce, thereby "unlocking the economic potential of the agricultural sector."

The Northern Regional Director of Food and Agriculture, Mr William Boakye Acheampong, pledged on behalf of the other beneficiary regions to improve on agricultural productivity. He promised that farmers would be encouraged to do more to enhance food security in the NSEZ.