Horticulture yields poor harvest in Mmadinare

SPEDU chief executive officer, Mokubung Mokubung said at the Mmadinare agricultural show over in the village over the weekend that statistics have shown without farmers benefitting there has been low production.  He said the district has 27 horticultural projects, 18 of which are under production while nine projects are out of production because the owners are seasonal producers.

He said the area developed for horticulture production is 38.5 hectares and added that for the 2016-2017 production season 20.46 hectares of various vegetables were planted with a total production of 449.18 tonnes produced.  The 2017-2018 production is at 110.99 tonnes and 17.59 hectares of various vegetables have been planted to date.