Farmers in the New Juaben North Municipality have receive training on the modernized methods of cultivation in the Agriculture sector. This initiative has come as a result of research by Research Extension Laison Committee (RELC) to find out some challenges on their field and how to tackle them effectively....
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Scheduled Disease Outbreaks and control mechanism Table2.4: Scheduled Disease Outbreaks – Nil Diseases Species Affected 2022 2023 No. of outbreaks/ disease No. of animals affected Total Loss Number of Communities Reporting No. of outbreaks/ disease No. of animals affected Total Loss Number of Communities Reporting African Swine Fever Pig...
Monitoring is a key component in Agricultural Extension delivery. It is a process of ensuring that planned activity implementation is carried out specification to meet target. The Director of Agric. (MDA) and his team set out to monitor the activities being implemented by all Agric. Extension Agents (AEAs) and...
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...
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...
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...
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...