Local organic fertiliser producers form association - Adomonline.com

To help bridge the shortage of fertiliser in the country caused by the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, local organic fertilizer producers have come together to form an association to scale up production of fertilizers to complement the government’s efforts.

Members of the new association, Organic Fertilizer Producers Association of Ghana (OFPAG), will pool resources together to produce enough fertilizers to supply the country.

Joseph Siaw Agyepong, underscored the need for local producers of organic fertilizers to collaborate and work with a sense of urgency to address the current problem, especially in the wake of the global fertilizer shortage.

He explained that the coming together of organic fertilizer producers will facilitate ideas sharing and allow them the space to produce adequate quality fertilizers to augment the supply needs of the country.

“When we come together as an association, we will not only present a united front but we will be stronger with ideas which will enable us to contribute to resolve the fertilizer shortage in the country,” he said.

Bannoka was happy that local organic fertilizer producers had resolved to form an association to intervene in the fertilizer shortage problem.

While enumerating some of the advantages of belonging to an association, he admonished them to try and weed out charlatans from the organic fertilizer space.