TWMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN OCTOBER 2022

The month of October experienced few heavy rains and warm weather.

Activities that were carried out include:

Extension Services Delivery
Home and farm visit
Agriculture Extension Agents (AEAs) assisted farmers, Farmers Based Organizations (FBOs) and other clients along the agricultural value chain by providing them with technical knowledge on new technologies as well as advisory services. Some free agrochemicals under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme were also distributed.

Distribution of chemcials at Comm.3 and Buena Vista

Monitoring and Supervision
1.1. The heavy rains during the period under review led to some farmlands being flooded. The Department together with NADMO went to some affected fields to ascertain the extent of damage caused by the rains.

Monitoring Visit to flooded farm at Comm.3

Monitoring Visit to flooded tomato farm at Borteyman

2. Crop Production
Cultivating of some crops is ongoing in various operational areas, these crops include; Maize, Okro, green pepper and others.

Maize farm at Solomon City

2.1. Rice farm has been identified at Klagon

Rice farm at Klagon

Harvested paddy rice farm at Klagon

Containerized Gardening
A variety of crops such as okra, cucumber, bonnet pepper, lettuce and spring onion were harvested from the garden in October.

Proceeds from the Container Garden

Backyard Gardening
Some households have adopted backyard and container gardening.

Backyard and Container Gardening at Lashibi

Proceeds from Backyard Garden

Anti-Rabies Campaign
The Veterinary Unit under the Department of Agriculture organized sensitization program on anti-rabies vaccination in some basic schools in the Municipality: Holy Child, Sakumono Complex, Klagon TMA and Kotobabi TMA Basic Schools.

Sensitization Program on Anti-Rabies Vaccination at Holy Child Basic School

Anti-rabies vaccination is currently ongoing.

Dogs being vaccinated with Anti-rabies vaccine

Farmers’ Trainings
The Regional Veterinary Unit organized a training on Bird flu for poultry farmers in the Municipality.

MCD giving the welcome address

Training on Bird Flu at Assembly Hall

Staff Meetings/Training
The Department organized a general meeting for staff to share ideas from the operational areas, correspondence and any other matters.

Staff meeting at TWMA premises

Ghana Green Label Standard
Four (4) staff had the opportunity to undergo a 4-day training organized by Green Label at Erata Hotel, East Legon. They were trained to build their capacity on the Green Label Certification Scheme and disseminate the knowledge to their farmers.

Food and Nutrition Food Security Monitoring System
The Municipality has been selected to undertake a nationwide survey on households to track the status of food and nutrition security in the country. A training on Food and Nutrition Security Monitoring System was therefore organized by MoFA and SRID for the selected districts at Bunso Cocoa College in Koforidua of which 2 staff attended.

Market Survey

Commodities	Weight (kg)	Prices (gh₵)
Tomato (navrongo)	4.6	85.00
Onion (5 pieces)	4.6	70.00
Okro	0.4	2.00
Gari	2.5	25.00
Maize(White)	2.5	17.00
Orange(25 pieces)	5.3	25.00
Yam(puna)	2.4	22.00
Rice(imported)	2.55	40.00
Eggs(Large Size)	3.1	40.00
Bonnet pepper	0.35	5.00
Broiler (25 pieces)	2.2	70.00

Source: Agriculltural Department