Madam Josephine Awuku Ansaa Nkoom, the District Chief Executive for Ayensuano in the Eastern Region, has applauded farmers in the area for ensuring food sustainability despite climate change challenges.
She said climate change had posed significant challenges to agriculture, threatening food security and livelihoods, but through the innovative solutions by farmers of the district, the impact was not much felt in the area.
Madam Nkoom sang the praise during an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Dokrochiwa.
She said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government administration, led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, had rolled out many interventions to help farmers gain access to finance, inadequate extension services and post-harvest losses that hindered their productivity. "In the past few years, the government rolled out the Planting for Food and Jobs (phase '1' and '2'), Planting for Export and Rural Development, provision of pesticides and fertilizer and investment in research, and provided crops that can withstand extreme weather conditions," Madam Nkoom said.