Some women farmers within the eastern corridor enclave in the Northern Region has commended the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi Constituency, Alhaji Farouck Aliu Mahama, for showing concerns regarding their livelihoods in the area.
The women in an interview with Diamondfmonline.com showered praises on the MP after benefitting from the MPs agriculture program initiative.
They indicated that the intervention was timely because, there was a high demand of farm inputs for this year’s farming season which had led to an increase of prices of farm inputs in the area.
Madam Ashetu Mahama, one of the beneficiaries told Diamondfmonline.com that the program had impacted the lives of women farmers since the MP rolled out the scheme some few years back.
“And we appreciate his effort towards empowering us through farming,” she commended.
The MP for Yendi constituency, Alhaji Farouck Aliu Mahama, under the auspices of Partnership for Poverty Reduction (PPR) Initiative’ has supported 500 women farmers within the eastern corridor enclave in the Northern Region.
The MP provided training, and farm inputs. These include Knapsack Sprayers (450), 250 bags of fertilizer, Weedicides and Pesticides (700), Wellington Boots (450) and 500 cutlasses.
In his address, the Yendi lawmaker indicated that about 80 percent of the world’s food is produced by small-scale farming. Women make up on average 43 percent of the agricultural labor in developing countries, but lacks the most basic tools and inputs for their agricultural activities hence, the support.
“Women are very critical in our endeavors and I feel sad to speak today because I lost my beloved mother, Hajia Ramatu Mahama. So, I see every mother as very essential in the day to day activities of what we do”, he said.
He assured the people of Yendi and its environs his full commitment towards supporting and empowering them by offering sustainable trades for the benefit of their children, and communities at large.
He announced an ultra-modern warehouse facility will be constructed in the coming months to store farm produce of farmers in the area in order to create job opportunities and revenue for the people.
He disclosed the Partnership for Poverty Reduction (PPR) will begin a 300-acre farming this season and would also buy from farmers who are unable to access the market in a bid to ensure Yendi becomes the food basket for Africa.
In his remarks, the Overlord of Dagbon, Ndan Yaa Naa Abukari II, whose speech was read on his behalf commended the MP for his continues efforts toward supporting his people.
The legislature for thr past years has been providing farm inputs to increase crop yield in the Yendi municipality. However, he has to extend the intervention to other women farmers in the Kpandai District, Bimbila, Zabzugu, Tatale -Sanguli, Saboba, Gushegu and Karaga districts in the eastern corridor of the Northern Region.
Story By: Alhassan Yakubu |www.diamondfmonline.com |Ghana
