The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said the soya cultivating is gaining grounds in Ghana especially in the northern part of the country.
He said soya production has increase by 10 in the last couple of years.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Sunday August 29, he said “We are expecting 345000 metric tons of soya beans this year in spite of all.
“It is a nitrogen fixing organism so it doesn’t need that much fertilizer farmers are moving into soya bean in a very bid way in the north especially in the northern region that I have observed in the last year or two.
“So 10 times, 33000 to 345 000. We are confident that Ghana will be producing 1million metric tonnes of soya in the next three years if we continue the way we are.”
Source: 3news.com
Disclaimer: MyGhanaMedia is not responsible for this report and its content.There are four types of content published on MyGhanaMedia daily: curated content; syndicated content; user-generated content; and original content.
vote Mensah Francis (General Editor for MyGhanaMedia.com / MGM Tv Online) as Blogger / Program Producer / Male Presenter of the year in the 2021 edition of Eastern Regional Media Excellence Awards.
a) Dial The Short Code:
Send your news stories to myghanamedia@gmail.com and Chat with us via WhatsApp on +233 200818719