Farmers at the Bono regions; Bono East, Bono and Ahafo regions have eulogised the East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation for the good seeds distribution and the capacity building the foundation has bequeathed them.
It is undeniable that to reap bumper harvest, one needs land, good agricultural practises and quality seeds and the farmers have eulogised the foundation of these factors of production.
Attesting to this, Otuo Acheampong, a vegetable farmer from Chiraa, a town in Bono Region said farming with low quality seeds over the years nearly killed his passion for agriculture.
According to him, he was rescued by East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation when officer Simon introduced him to their right quality seeds namely cabbage, onions and cucumber together with the good agricultural practices.
“Upon my many years in this business, I was failing because I was not getting the right seed varieties, but when I met East-West’s officer called Simon, he introduced me to their seeds, and I must say these varieties have saved me”, he said.
He mentioned that the market women now come to his farm to purchase the cucumber due to its long lifespan…. “I had more yields from the cucumber variety and when I went to the market my colleague farmers were impressed because of the variety long lifespan.
With the other varieties like the onion and cabbage, I did not encounter any issues and due to the high yields, I made a lot of income from my 2 acres of vegetable farm, so I commend East-West seed varieties to every farmer. They are the game changer”, he added.
Justice Koran, a farmer from Berekum West shared that planting from farm proceeds results in low yields. He could cultivate 2- or 3-acres land of vegetables but would harvest just a few.
However, patronising East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation has transformed him, he could harvest 3 times products on an acre of land than what I used to harvest on 2 or 3-acres of land.
To him, the training from the East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation has equipped him to generate more revenue on half acre of land as compare to 3 or 4 acre of land he use to farm.
He called on all vegetable farmers to actively patronise East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation to enhance their knowledge based-farming to improve their livelihoods.
To balance the gender, Madam Mavis Animwaa, a residence at Duayaw Nkwanta said the training from the Foundation has enlightened her.
Although she entered farming not long, the training has made farming easier coupling with quality seeds.
She encouraged the women farmers to call on East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation for easy and accessible quality seeds for wealth
