Cocoa spraying gangs in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa receives items

Breman Asikuma (C/R) Sept. 8, GNA - Mr Philip Bedzra, Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Cocoa Officer, has urged cocoa spraying gangs in the area not to extort money from the farmers before spraying their cocoa farms. He said the mass cocoa spraying exercise was free of charge and it is necessary for every cocoa farmer in the country to enjoy the initiative. Mr Bedzra said this in an interview with Ghana News Agency at Breman Asikuma, after members of the district task force for the cocoa spraying exercise had distributed some items to 40 spraying gangs at their various stations in the district. Mr Bedzra said the items supplied to the gangs included 168 cartons of insecticides (ACTARA), 144 pairs of Willington boots, 140 overalls, and 9,000 litres of premix fuel. Also given were goggles, respirators, hats and gloves.

Breman Asikuma (C/R) Sept. 8, GNA - Mr Philip Bedzra, Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Cocoa Officer, has urged cocoa spraying gangs in the area not to extort money from the farmers before spraying their cocoa farms. He said the mass cocoa spraying exercise was free of charge and it is necessary for every cocoa farmer in the country to enjoy the initiative. Mr Bedzra said this in an interview with Ghana News Agency at Breman Asikuma, after members of the district task force for the cocoa spraying exercise had distributed some items to 40 spraying gangs at their various stations in the district. Mr Bedzra said the items supplied to the gangs included 168 cartons of insecticides (ACTARA), 144 pairs of Willington boots, 140 overalls, and 9,000 litres of premix fuel. Also given were goggles, respirators, hats and gloves. He said unlike the pervious years when gang supervisors travelled to the district office to collect their inputs, this time the task force had decided to send them to the door steps of the gangs. He said members of the task force comprised, the District Cocoa Officer, the District Chief Executive, Director of Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), District Chief Cocoa Farmer and representative from Licensing Cocoa Buying Companies in the Area. He advised cocoa farmers in the area to weed their farms to make the spraying easy and also cooperate with the gangs for the success of the programme. Mr Bedzra said a request had been made to the National Co-ordinator for Programme to increase the number of the gangs in the area to enable them cope with the volume of work. 8 Sept. 08