Farmerline begins ‘Support a Farmer’ initiative to provide fertilizer to farmers

For several years, access to fertilizer in Ghana has remained a major challenge for smallholder farmers in various regions.

In order to help salvage the situation, agritech company, Farmerline, has started the ‘Support a farmer’ initiative which is aimed at raising money to provide 250,000 bags of discounted fertilizer for 25,000 farmers in Ghana.

Head of Impact and Learning at Farmerline, Lily Akorfa Keledorme, explained how much farmers stand to benefit from the project.

The ‘Support a Farmer’ initiative is an attempt by Farmerline to complement the efforts of the current government subsidy program, using private sector partnerships to make fertilizer available and affordable to many more farmers across the country.

Chief Executive Officer of Farmerline, Alloysius Attah, speaking to Citi Business News on the sidelines of the launch of the project, called on farmers across the country to take advantage of this initiative to boost their yields.

Attah also explained that the farmers will be able to access the fertilizers with the use of discount cards.

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