Ghana-Denmark Company cultivates 1,000 hectares of maize in Afram Plains

Kwanim (E/R), May 29, GNA - The Kwanim Ghana-Denmark mechanized farm, a joint private Ghana and Danish venture company, is to cultivate 1,000 hectares of maize farm at Kwanim village in the Kwahu North District. Already 450 hectares of maize, 60 hectares of Soya beans and 20 hectares of water melon farms had been cultivated this major farming season by the company. In addition 500 hectares of maize would be cultivated in the minor farming season in September this year.

The Executive Chairman of the farm, Mr Alex Frimpong Tenkorang, made this known when the Board Chairman of the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB), Mr Ibrahim Adams, paid a working visit to the farm at Kwanim village. He said the company was also assisting a number of block farmers to cultivate 1,500 of maize farm in the form of provision of machinery and seeds and marketing of their produce. Mr Tinkorang said the company was also constructing a 10,000-ton capacity warehouse to store the maize, which would be sold locally to poultry farmers and animal feed producers to supplement government's efforts in ensuring food security in the country.

He appealed to the ADB for financial assistance to finance the project. Mr Adams advised the company to process some of its products into animal feed to feed the various poultry and life stock farms in the country. The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, said government was committed to modernize agriculture adding that the project would be used as a model farm for farmers in the region to study its operations to improve upon their performances. The Regional Director of Agriculture, Mr Godwin Ocloo, said the district, which covered one third of the region's land area, would benefit from four out of the seven mechanized farms to be established in the region. He said the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), would assist farmers to purchase 16 tractors to expand their farms. 29 May 10