ZThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) will on Tuesday, March 12 launch a nationwide registration of farmers as part of the second phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme (PFJ Phase 2).
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Bryan Acheampong, in a press conference on Monday, March 11, 2024, encouraged farmers nationwide to participate in the upcoming registration process.
He highlighted that farmers should vehemently take part in the registration process as it will aid them in future endeavours. He made farmers aware that the registration of PFJ will span across all 16 regions and 261 districts in Ghana, with the process commencing today.
He urged all Ghanaians, particularly, farmers, and agricultural product producers to reach out to their local agricultural district offices, extension offices, or agents in any of the 261 districts to register for the PFJ2 programme.
“The farmer registration for PFJ will be conducted across the 16 regions and 261 districts in Ghana. To facilitate the process, a mobile and web application platform which is a Ghana agriculture and agribusiness platform, GAP .com has been developed.” The Minister indicated.
Furthermore, agricultural extension agents and technical officers have been trained on how to use the platform and equipped with tablets and necessary data to capture farmer information for the Planting for Food and Jobs Phase II programme.
Dr. Acheampong stressed that the PFJ programme is a well-thought-out initiative aimed at building on the successes of the initial programme while addressing any shortcomings encountered.
“Additionally, agricultural extension agents and other technical officers have been trained on how to use a platform and provided with the necessary tablets and data to capture every farmer that we are going to on board for the Planting for Food and Job Phase II program.”
The PFJ Phase 2, which was initiated in August last year, aims to provide an input-credit guarantee system for farmers to address the challenges faced during the first phase of the programme.
