The forty-Six year old farmer has 61 acres of cashew; 5 acres - white melon; 30 acres – maize; yam, 20 acres, plantain, 2 acres, cassava, 56 acres, okro, 1 acre, soybean, 1 acre, cocoyam, 0.25 acre, sugarcane, 0.25, and rice, 10 acreage. Again he has Goats 45, Local fowl 321, and sheep 72.

The Municipal Chief Executive Isaac Donkor assured farmers that President John Dramani Mahama’s government is fully committed to walking side by side with them to secure the future of the country’s food needs.

It will also adopt a full value-chain approach, providing farmers with mechanization services, improved inputs, farm banks, training and infrastructure support.  It will again focus on revitalizing the poultry industry and expanding the cultivation of crop such as maize, rice, soya bean, vegetables, cassava, plantain and yam. Through these efforts, the Feed Ghana Programme aims to improve productivity, stabilize food price, increase farmer incomes, and place agriculture at the center of Ghana’s economic transformation.

Mr. Donkor also talked of building irrigation schemes, warehouses, and food processing facilities that is to stop the age old challenges of water, post-harvest losses and value addition for the government believes that investing in you is the smartest investment we can make to Feed Ghana and secure our feature.

He said the government is introducing a lot of initiatives such as “Feed Ghana Programme “which was launched at Techiman in the Bono East Region to modernize agriculture and strengthen national food security; boost the production of key staples, reduce the country’s heavy reliance on food imports and to supply raw materials for agro-processing industries while creating jobs for the youth.

The Municipal Director of Agriculture Mr. Eric Kontomah said, the theme for this year’s celebration has rolled out the flagship: “FEED GHANA” programme, adding that the programme is of great importance to the Kintampo Municipality as it provides opportunity to have a lot of people venture into farming to support our local agriculture and build Ghana to a self-sufficient, prosperous society.

He called for investments into modern farm practices, irrigation, mechanization, and adoption of improved seeds.

"We all have to promote locally produced foods, support our local markets, reduce our dependence on importation and support farmers. And to secure the future, we must empower the youth to embrace agriculture, protect our environment and strengthen the value chains that create jobs and opportunities for all."

CHALLENGES

One of the troubling challenges facing agriculture in the municipality, the Agric Director identified involves destruction of farms and farm produce by cattle herds. this, he noted may hinder the future of food security in the municipality because it does not motivate the youth to go into crop production.

He thus appealed to the Municipal Chief Executive, the Member of Parliament, Assembly members, traditional authorities and other stakeholders to find the way forward.