Planting for Food and Jobs: Another failure in the waiting

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Boure 8 years ago

Ghana has neglected the agrarian economy and over concentrated on services; the reason for the worsening poverty!!!

Ghana has neglected the agrarian economy and over concentrated on services; the reason for the worsening poverty!!!
Sharp sharp 8 years ago

Richard l hope the authorities at whom your article is directed decipher your "wheat from the chaff". Your "comskills" is terrible but keep reading and keep writing, that's the spirit boy.

Richard l hope the authorities at whom your article is directed decipher your "wheat from the chaff". Your "comskills" is terrible but keep reading and keep writing, that's the spirit boy.
ASIEDU FRANK 8 years ago

we not marking grammar here....he touched on highly sensitive issues and u downplaying it...

we not marking grammar here....he touched on highly sensitive issues and u downplaying it...
Kroonia 8 years ago

Hmmm, me too I can't think far, what Ghanaians Jenalist too are quite they think is only galamsey that is destroying Ghana, farm are producing at diminishing return, bad uses of agro-chemical and poisoning food stuffs for the ...
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Hmmm, me too I can't think far, what Ghanaians Jenalist too are quite they think is only galamsey that is destroying Ghana, farm are producing at diminishing return, bad uses of agro-chemical and poisoning food stuffs for them to eat and they there can't speak, then the life span of Africa man will continue reduce
Kroonia 8 years ago

No train farmer, no food security
No food security, no Ghana

No train farmer, no food security
No food security, no Ghana
Sammy 8 years ago

Planting for food and Jobs as promised by the Npp gov is failing due to unfair treatement of extension officers with Agriculture background as graduates and must be adjurned immediately for the progress of the project.

Planting for food and Jobs as promised by the Npp gov is failing due to unfair treatement of extension officers with Agriculture background as graduates and must be adjurned immediately for the progress of the project.
Moses 8 years ago

what an insult your colleagues with the same level taking 1000+ and it has to take you 3month before u could get their salary why all because our leaders have decided to sideline agric posterity wilvjudge them all

what an insult your colleagues with the same level taking 1000+ and it has to take you 3month before u could get their salary why all because our leaders have decided to sideline agric posterity wilvjudge them all
Yakubu Tahiru 8 years ago

It wonder me why the government has been lying to the whole world that he has employed 1200 extension officers.
Instead of saying the truth that you have employed 1200 youth employees under the Youth in agriculture extension ...
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It wonder me why the government has been lying to the whole world that he has employed 1200 extension officers.
Instead of saying the truth that you have employed 1200 youth employees under the Youth in agriculture extension module for which they are to be paid 350 cedes a month.
Anyway big failure awaits Ghana for this programme if the minister is to continue with this his YEA plan and tricks.
Most of us have rejected this offer and those who didn't reject this offer will do 350.00 cedes work for you.
Thank you
Yakubu Tahiru Dabi (agriculture college alumini ).
Jonathan Samuel 8 years ago

planting for food and job was a good initiative by the Npp government if the program can really work I think all agric college graduate should be employ as extension officers to help implement the program, bravo to the write ...
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planting for food and job was a good initiative by the Npp government if the program can really work I think all agric college graduate should be employ as extension officers to help implement the program, bravo to the writer , we all support the development of our country.
B D Yussif 8 years ago

I even wonder whether this program was planned before. It is so sad to be a graduate of agric college since we are not seen to be important in nation building. Why won't army worms become a problem in Ghana?

I even wonder whether this program was planned before. It is so sad to be a graduate of agric college since we are not seen to be important in nation building. Why won't army worms become a problem in Ghana?

AGRIC MAN 8 years ago

dis is so becoz we don't have agric minister hmmmm politics

dis is so becoz we don't have agric minister hmmmm politics
osman 8 years ago

Mr minister do something because am in the village posted to but accommodation is a problem. My operational has three towns, I don't even have motor bike, how am I going to supervise this farmer's under the program. The most ...
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Mr minister do something because am in the village posted to but accommodation is a problem. My operational has three towns, I don't even have motor bike, how am I going to supervise this farmer's under the program. The most insult is 350 a month aaaaaaaaaaaa.
ASIEDU FRANK 8 years ago

The argument is, why should an Assistant production manager?...Are we serious as a country?. This project will fail due to apathy I can bet all stakeholders. LONG LIVE GHANA,LONG LIVE AGRIC COLLEGES

The argument is, why should an Assistant production manager?...Are we serious as a country?. This project will fail due to apathy I can bet all stakeholders. LONG LIVE GHANA,LONG LIVE AGRIC COLLEGES
ASIEDU FRANK 8 years ago

The argument is why should an Assistant production manager receive Gh350.00 salary...HOW ?...Is it a crime to be an agric college graduate?.. I pity the system..

The argument is why should an Assistant production manager receive Gh350.00 salary...HOW ?...Is it a crime to be an agric college graduate?.. I pity the system..
Dwumaa Kwasi Benjamin 8 years ago

Hmmm some times Ghana government make we agric graduate filled so disappointed and regret it shows that government neglect us they take us for granted. For being study agric,there is no happiness and no hope again how can you ...
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Hmmm some times Ghana government make we agric graduate filled so disappointed and regret it shows that government neglect us they take us for granted. For being study agric,there is no happiness and no hope again how can you paid us Ghc350 cedis per month,new while our colleague in other colleges are collecting more than than Ghc800.00 to 1200.00 per month is it's not an insult.plead minister come again.
Asafo Boakye 8 years ago

The leaders and members of The Coalition of Unemployed Agricultural College Graduates from the five Agric Colleges in Ghana assures the Minister of Food and Agriculture that, we will help them fail in the Planting for food a ...
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The leaders and members of The Coalition of Unemployed Agricultural College Graduates from the five Agric Colleges in Ghana assures the Minister of Food and Agriculture that, we will help them fail in the Planting for food and Jobs program if the Government does not address our concerns ie giving us direct employment as field technical Officers into the Veterinary Services, Cocoa Board, Animal Research Institute, Soil Research Institute, Crop Research, Forestry and Wildlife departments etc.
solomon 8 years ago

very soon all MOFA offices will be close just because our leaders want it to be close
and we will see what they will come on stage and tell Ghanaians
and I don't Think they will send their children to agric college in orde ...
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very soon all MOFA offices will be close just because our leaders want it to be close
and we will see what they will come on stage and tell Ghanaians
and I don't Think they will send their children to agric college in order to become burden on them at the end of three year intensive labor in the various colleges
Abdullah 8 years ago

Given Ghanaians hope for the future about the serious problems confronting agriculture sector during the campaign season and it was amazing but the current planting for food and jobs is sad. Most of the farmers received their ...
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Given Ghanaians hope for the future about the serious problems confronting agriculture sector during the campaign season and it was amazing but the current planting for food and jobs is sad. Most of the farmers received their inputs last two weeks ago and the problem of fall army worms had become a serious disadvantage to the farmers. Agricultural extension graduates are in the house still searching for job and the President goes around with good news that he had employed 1200 AEA's. What a pity Ghana had lost it's value for agriculture.
Abdul-Gafaru 8 years ago

Agric college graduates deserve something much better than YEA. Please Mr, President do something.

Agric college graduates deserve something much better than YEA. Please Mr, President do something.
Dwumaa Kwasi Benjamin 8 years ago

*RESEARCHER*
WHO SAID AGRICULTURE IS THE BACKBONE OF GHANAS ECONOMY?
Think of this training Institutions in Ghana,Teacher Training, Nursing training,Police training,Custom training,Military training, Fire Service, and Agric ...
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*RESEARCHER*
WHO SAID AGRICULTURE IS THE BACKBONE OF GHANAS ECONOMY?
Think of this training Institutions in Ghana,Teacher Training, Nursing training,Police training,Custom training,Military training, Fire Service, and Agric training schools. Among all the training colleges in Ghana,there is yearly recruitment process by its Human Resource except Agric Colleges. What is the sense in setting up The Agric Colleges? Do u know that there is only 5 Agric Colleges in Ghana which produces less than 800 graduates every year? Mean while there is a short fall of AGRIC EXTENSION OFFICERS IN GHANA.Currently there is a short fall of 3600 EXTENSION officers in Ghana. This means The government is collapsing Agriculture drastically. I think the Human Resource Base should be managed by Ministry of Education. Any Institution that developed its Human Resource personal as JOBLESS IS USELESS AS THE HUMAN RESOURCE IN AGRIC MINISTRY. Farmers get their source of farming education from AGRO CHEMICAL SHOPS IN GHANA HOW COME meanwhile officers are jobless.HIS EXCELLENCY NANA ADDO DANKWA AKUFFO ADDO AND THE MINISTER OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE DR. AFRIYIE AKOTO I think your government will not collapse Agric, and if that is the Your government should do a massive recruitment for the Agric College graduates for farmers to get Maximum benefit of the " PLANTING FOR FOOD AND JOB PROGRAM "or I can assure you the program will collapse very soon. The Ghanaian Cedi can never be stable if AGRIC is ignored. I can tell for a fact that Ghana cocoa will not be patronized by the outside World very soon because of excessive application of agro chemicals on Cocoa. When you eat healthy food you are free from hospital but excessive application of chemicals on crops make us sick all the time. Ghana needs the services of Extension officers.
Teachers, Nurses, The police,The Military,Fire Service, Custom are back bone of Ghana's Economy and not Agric The President and the citizens eat but because they import food from outside they don't care about Agric. Teachers,Nurses and Doctors the we are all eating nowadays are poison.
If the services of Agric Colleges are not needed in Ghana we SHOULD STOP TRAINING THEM WITH TAX PAYERS MONEY TO SAVE THE PUBLIC PURSE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA NANA ADDO SAID BECAUSE THIS IS UNFAIR TREATMENT ON THE PART OF THE GHANA GOVERNMENT. There are a lot of vacancies at the Ghana Cocoa board,Agric Extension service, Veterinary Service, Forestry,Fisheries and a lot of avenues yet still no employment. THIS IS SAD AND PATHETIC.

Cc.
The President Nana Akufo Addo
The minister of Food And Agriculture, Dr. Akoto.
Chairman Wontumi.
Kennedy Agyapong.
To All media Houses.

abrantie ba 8 years ago

am very much disappointed in the current npp administration about this program of planting for food and jobs program. recruiting this graduate from the five agricultural colleges in Ghana through YEA and give them Gh350.00 as ...
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am very much disappointed in the current npp administration about this program of planting for food and jobs program. recruiting this graduate from the five agricultural colleges in Ghana through YEA and give them Gh350.00 as monthly allowance. how much do service personnel take as monthly allowance 'gh599.00
is a shame to npp government.
Ishmael 8 years ago

Everybody in Ghana know that this current government has employed all the agric graduated, meanwhile this is not true is just a castle that they build in the air. we are still at home competing with our younger sisters and b ...
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Everybody in Ghana know that this current government has employed all the agric graduated, meanwhile this is not true is just a castle that they build in the air. we are still at home competing with our younger sisters and brothers with food. so we are pleading to the government to do something.

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