Dr. Afriyie Owusu Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, has praised Zoomlion Ghana, Limited (ZGL) for its willingness to deliver organic fertilizers at competitive costs to Ghanaian farmers in the face of a global scarcity of inorganic fertilizers.
"In the aftermath of the worldwide fertiliser crisis caused by the continuing Russia-Ukraine war, we now have an option here at our doorsteps, the Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant (KCARP)," Dr Akoto said during a working trip to the KCARP in the Ashanti Region on Thursday, June 16, 2022.
Zoomlion Ghana Limited, a part of the Jospong Group of Companies, manages the KCARP, which is one of the state-of-the-art waste treatment facilities. It is the world's largest composting facility.
In the face of a global fertiliser crisis, Dr. Akoto finds it heartening that a firm like Zoomlion has stepped in to sell organic fertilisers at extremely low pricing.
As a result, he encouraged farmers to utilize KCARP's compost, which he said had been evaluated for quality.
"We had previously visited the Accra Compost and Recycling Plant (ACARP) in Adjen Kotoku in the Ga West Municipal Assembly before coming to KCARP, and we saw that KCARP is an expansion of ACARP," he explained.
"I must say that before we arrived here, we made a visit to a fertiliser production firm in Atwima Nwabiagya that also makes liquid fertilisers," he stated.
Mr Eugene Amo-Asamoah, KCARP's Business Development and Communications Manager, who met with the Minister and his team, said his company has the ability and technological know-how to make high-quality organic fertilizer.
"We have organic compost on hand at all times, which provides nutrients to the soil." Any farmer who comes to our facility looking for fertilizer will be given some. "We have a lot of them here," he said gleefully.
According to him, KCARP generates 3,000 bags of compost every day, with plans to increase to 9,000 bags per day starting in August of this year.
"We are also prepared to welcome any government assistance," he continued.
Mr. Amo-Asamoah stated that KCARP gathers rubbish and recycles it into valuable materials as part of its services.