INTRODUCTION The Department of Agriculture is one of the decentralized departments of the New Juaben North Municipal Assembly mandated to develop agriculture through a series of demand-driven approaches suitable for transforming the agricultural sector within the Municipal. The department also oversee the implementation of agricultural policies, interventions and directions...
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Agricultural Extension Service Performance Table 2.20: Availability of Agricultural Extension Services 2022 2023 Male Female Total Male Female Total Number of AEAs required – – – 5 5 10 Number of AEAs at post 5 4 9 4 3 7 % AEAs at post compared to required –...
Highlights of Regional Weather Situation The atmospheric weather condition for this quarter within the Municipality was misty with some continuous rains especially in May and June. The weather was mostly cloudy associated to previous quarter. Rainfall and its Effect on Agriculture Continuous and ample rainfall distribution from the...
INTRODUCTION Crude dumping/disposal is the worst of refuse disposal that is still being practiced. It comes along with several dangerous health implications that lead to spread of diseases. Unfortunately, Oyoko had two of this obsolete refuse disposal type located at Adeneagya and near Oyoko Presby Basic School. In...
SUSTIANABLE MANAGEMENT OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENT Enhanced Land and Environment Management Climate change awareness and sensitization Table 4.1: Climate change awareness/sensitization Training Activities Number of Trainings Beneficiaries Total Male Female *Catchment areas protection schemes (e.g. reclamation of arable land, re-afforestation, etc.) Bush fire mitigation awareness/trainings 2 33 12 45 Overgrazing
NEW JUABEN NORTH MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY RESTORE PALM OIL PLANT AT ASIKASU The New Juaben North Municipal Assembly has handed over a repaired palm oil processor to the residents of Asikasu. The machine which was initially donated by an NGO, broke down four years ago. Hon. Comfort Asante, in her...
INTRODUCTION PURPOSE The purpose of the programme was to teach Women In Agriculture Development (WIAD) on nutritive and healthy dieting for better health. Local foods contain the needed nutrients needed for the body to grow well and also protect it Benefits of Soya bean It serves as essential...
“Youstart” TRAINING TAKES OFF IN THE NEW JUABEN NORTH MUNICIPALITY On 8th May 2023, the Ghana Enterprises Agency training at the New Juaben North for the “Youstart” programme took off within the municipality. The MCE ,Hon. Comfort Asante was there to encourage participants to pay attention and make good...
Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) The PERD programme is a decentralised National Tree Crop Programme to promote rural economic growth and improve households’ incomes of rural farmers through the provision of certified improved seedlings, support services and regulatory mechanism. The project of raising the oil palm seedlings,...
SPECIAL RICE INITIATIVE Indicate whether farmers had the fertilizers on time or not. How did these two scenarios contribute to increase/decrease in usage of fertilizer (Conduct study to determine fertilizer usage – MED to design a methodology for survey) Estimate the % of fertilizer usage per acre of farmland...