10,000 farmers in 3 districts enrolled on PFJ phase II [Video]

Over 10,000 smallholder farmers in the Sekyere South, Ejura Sekyedumasi and Atebubu-Amantin districts in the Ashanti and Bono East regions have partnered with Integrity Commodities Limited (ICL) to promote the government’s flagship programme – Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ).

Integrity Commodities distributes hybrid seeds, fertilisers, weedicides and pesticides, and provides extension services on credit to farmers who pay back in kind with their farm produce for storage in warehouses.

Farmers, through the partnership, would also be offered readily available markets and good prices for their produce if they fail to get buyers.

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The Chief Executive of ICL, Gideon Quaye, disclosed this during a Joint District PFJ 2.0 Aggregation and Stakeholders Sensitisation Programme at Ejura in the Ejura-Sekyedumase District of the Ashanti Region last Monday.

He said the organisation had secured close to 60,000 acres of land to be accessed by the farmers, whom he said had continuously demonstrated their …