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Farmers introduced to new pineapple varieties
Nsawam, Sept. 4, Ghanadot/GNA - About 200
pineapple farmers in the Akwapim South District at the
weekend ended a two-day workshop on Rapid Multiplication
Technique production and marketing of varieties of
pineapples.
The varieties include Smooth Cayenne and Sugar Loaf which
were meant for the local and foreign markets.
The programme was organised by Albe Farms and Green Culture
Organisation, an NGO in collaboration with the Akwapim South
District Assembly.
In a closing address, Mr. Andrew Yaw Nyarko-Adu the District
Chief Executive for Akwapim South said the aspiration of the
small scale farmer in the area is to intensify pineapple
production, especially the cultivation of the new varieties
now popular among the local communities.
Mr. Nyarko-Adu said the District Assembly was ready to
assist farmers with logistics and even loans for expansion
of the their farms since the best farmers for the next year
would include small scale farmers but not only the large
scale farmers.
Mr. Nyarko-Adu urged the participants who were taught how to
multiply workers from the training to share the ideas to
others, for more pineapple for the local market as well as
for exportation to earn foreign money to develop the economy
of the country.
Mr. Albert Atuah, Managing Director of Albe Farms in Accra
thanked the DCE and said, among all the non traditional
crops, pineapple was one of the major crops with a high
export value and accounted for about 7 per cent of the total
national export.
Mr. Atuah therefore, appealed to the youth of the area to
register in their numbers to start the cultivation of
pineapple instead of going after white colour jobs in the
cities.
GNA
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