Ghana to use smartphones to send agric info to farmers

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• Till Zion 12 years ago

  Provide the farmers with the basic mechanised farming tools and do away with the hoes, cutlasses and the rest
  Also develope crop variety that ensures year-round yield. We depend so much on the season.

  Provide the farmers with the basic mechanised farming tools and do away with the hoes, cutlasses and the rest
  Also develope crop variety that ensures year-round yield. We depend so much on the season.

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• kweku don 12 years ago

  All these ideas are lacking substance. Many farmers don't have farming tools all they use are cutlasses and hoes. Why cant the huge sums of money be used to help farmers to acquire that? or even as loans to help them to be we ...
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  All these ideas are lacking substance. Many farmers don't have farming tools all they use are cutlasses and hoes. Why cant the huge sums of money be used to help farmers to acquire that? or even as loans to help them to be well equipped and get going rather than this smartphone shit? The directors just wanna squander the money,God will watch you then.

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• THE MASK 12 years ago

  Can they read? To me is a waste of money. They will loose the fons or sell them. Most older farmers won't even understand how to use the phones. Who is going to pay for the units? Wasteful.
  Better give them the tools an irri ...
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  Can they read? To me is a waste of money. They will loose the fons or sell them. Most older farmers won't even understand how to use the phones. Who is going to pay for the units? Wasteful.
  Better give them the tools an irrigation methods and fertilizer to make better crops.

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• INDEPENDENT STATE OF AKANLAND 12 years ago

  Akan people must go to the United Nations with Kofi Annan and announce the declaration of the independence of Akanland (Akan Republic). Upon the declaration of Akanland, Akan people will take their petroleum, gold, diamonds, ...
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  Akan people must go to the United Nations with Kofi Annan and announce the declaration of the independence of Akanland (Akan Republic). Upon the declaration of Akanland, Akan people will take their petroleum, gold, diamonds, bauxite and cocoa with them to the Akan Republic. DNA test will be taken on every person in the independent state of Akanland (Akan Republic) and the Akan Republic population would be 99.8% Ethnic Akan population only. No Ewes and No other Fucking Ethnic group in Africa would be allowed to live in the sovereign state of Akanland and the Akan Republic.
  
  The Akan people and all the patriotic Akan men must take up GUNS and go on SHOOTING rampage to SHOOT and KILL any Ewe people, Northerners, Nigerian people, Chinese people, Politicians and any non-Akan people insight on the AKAN TERRITORY'S including "John Dramani Mahama" must be SHOT to Death or BOMBED to Death by any patriotic Akan or all the patriotic Akan people for the Independence of the AKAN REPUBLIC and begin from Wednesday 15 May 2013.
  
  The declaration of the AKAN REPUBLIC must be announced before December 2013..... The time is fast running out for the failed and fake state Ghana.....Ghana has NO Security and NO Government and Fake President.....Ghana is Lawless and Ungoverned.
  
  The Akan people must go to the United Nations with Kofi Annan and declare the Independence of the AKAN REPUBLIC before its too late....Time is running out.

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• van dyke mckybarf 12 years ago

  prejudice will kill you.

  prejudice will kill you.

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• INDEPENDENT STATE OF AKANLAND 12 years ago

  Akan people must go to the United Nations with Kofi Annan and announce the declaration of the independence of Akanland (Akan Republic). Upon the declaration of Akanland, Akan people will take their petroleum, gold, diamonds, ...
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  Akan people must go to the United Nations with Kofi Annan and announce the declaration of the independence of Akanland (Akan Republic). Upon the declaration of Akanland, Akan people will take their petroleum, gold, diamonds, bauxite and cocoa with them to the Akan Republic. DNA test will be taken on every person in the independent state of Akanland (Akan Republic) and the Akan Republic population would be 99.8% Ethnic Akan population only. No Ewes and No other Fucking Ethnic group in Africa would be allowed to live in the sovereign state of Akanland and the Akan Republic.
  
  The Akan people and all the patriotic Akan men must take up GUNS and go on SHOOTING rampage to SHOOT and KILL any Ewe people, Northerners, Nigerian people, Chinese people, Politicians and any non-Akan people insight on the AKAN TERRITORY'S including "John Dramani Mahama" must be SHOT to Death or BOMBED to Death by any patriotic Akan or all the patriotic Akan people for the Independence of the AKAN REPUBLIC and begin from Wednesday 15 May 2013.
  
  The declaration of the AKAN REPUBLIC must be announced before December 2013..... The time is fast running out for the failed and fake state Ghana.....Ghana has NO Security and NO Government and Fake President.....Ghana is Lawless and Ungoverned.
  
  The Akan people must go to the United Nations with Kofi Annan and declare the Independence of the AKAN REPUBLIC before its too late....Time is running out.

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• Paa Kodwo 12 years ago

  IT IS INDEED A PITY THAT,AFTER FIFTY SIX YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING.
  
  HOW DO YOU IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN GHANA WITH MOBILE PHONES.
  
  PURELY IRRATIONAL.

  IT IS INDEED A PITY THAT,AFTER FIFTY SIX YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, WE DO NOT KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING.
  
  HOW DO YOU IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN GHANA WITH MOBILE PHONES.
  
  PURELY IRRATIONAL.

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• van dyke mckybarf 12 years ago

  a country of clowns!
  A country which has almost half of her populace in the illitracy bracket and 90percent of that in the informal sector wants to do what???
  Common!! Whom are we kidding?!
  Obviously, another gate to drain ...
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  a country of clowns!
  A country which has almost half of her populace in the illitracy bracket and 90percent of that in the informal sector wants to do what???
  Common!! Whom are we kidding?!
  Obviously, another gate to drain the nations coffers.
  How many of our beloved farmers know a thing beyond making and receiving of calls, to even talk about checking text messages?
  Misplaced priorities! This government of failures have completely lost it.

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• STONER KOBYLYNTON 12 years ago

  This GNA news from (MOFA)is more than ridiculous. Even with Agic Extension Officers at their backyard, what has been achieved that could be boasted of? Now talking about sending information through mobile phones to these il ...
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  This GNA news from (MOFA)is more than ridiculous. Even with Agic Extension Officers at their backyard, what has been achieved that could be boasted of? Now talking about sending information through mobile phones to these illiterate farmers. Oh Ama Ghana, are your so called leaders real human beings with wisdom? E&OE.

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• farmers and smartphones 12 years ago

  this's completing annoying to read, just use millions of usd for anything that comes to their minds. what are the agric extension officers doing?
  
  our leaders ve indeed come to their wits ends otherwise corruption is the g ...
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  this's completing annoying to read, just use millions of usd for anything that comes to their minds. what are the agric extension officers doing?
  
  our leaders ve indeed come to their wits ends otherwise corruption is the game. no doubt ghanaians' only hope is Heaven. it's a shame!!!

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