Some farmers in the Oforikrom Municipal of the Ashanti Region want the government to reduce drastically the high prices of fertilizers and weedicides.
The diminution according to the farmers will help them produce large farms and cultivate plenty of food crops.
In an exclusive interview with MAK TV Ghana at the Oforikrom Municipal farmers’ day celebration at Apiedu, the farmers lamented the heightened prices of fertilizers and weedicides.
The 2022 Oforikrom Best Farmer, Isaac Arabogo said, the prices of fertilizers and weedicides have been extremely increased over the years and therefore is expecting the government of Ghana to trim down their costs to facilitate the work of farmers.
“Last year (2021) the price of a weedicide was GHc16 but this year (2022), it’s selling at GHc70. We used to buy a bag of fertilizer from the government at the cost of GHc84 last year (2021) but we’re buying it at the price of GHc500 this year (2022). This has made farming very difficult for us to survive. If you don’t have enough money, you will stop.
Suppose the government will increase farming inputs, no problem but not fertilizer and weedicides. Government should reduce their prices and there will be an abundance of food in Ghana because the two farm inputs are the core of farming.” The Best Farmer indicated.
Source: Oyerepafmonline.com/ Joseph Marfo
