In order to improve efforts to raise the Central Region's rice output, 250 farmers have so far received training in rice producing technology.
The training's objective was to give local farmers technical assistance on rice farming techniques so they would be better equipped to deal with issues that could arise.
The Rice Value Chain project will be successfully finished by the end of 2023 thanks to a series of training sessions that started last year.
On Thursday, seasoned professionals in the rice production industry led one of these training seminars, which included both academic and practical exercises.
The Gomoa East, Assin Akropong, Assin Fosu Municipality, and Assin Breku districts each sent 90 farmers. The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, is funding the initiative on behalf of the Republic of South Korea.
Dankook International Cooperation on Agriculture (DICA), the RVC improvement project management consultant, and BENDA Services Group, the local implementing partner, worked together to organise the training programmes.
The RVCIP is a project to enhance the Central Region's rice value chain that was introduced in June 2021.
The project is being supported by KOICA, and its main objective is to enhance the quality of life for farmers in the area through increased rice production, improved rice processing and packaging, strengthened farmer-based organisations, and other measures.
Rice marketing
The Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, developed a subsidiary initiative called the "Central Region Movement for Planting One More Square Metre of Rice for the Future Generation" to increase the reach of the RVCIP throughout the area.
About 450 smallholder rice farmers will receive training this year to advance rice production technology in order to maximise the effect of these programmes.
The practical sessions have been planned in the seed production field at Okyereko in the Gomoa East District and the community demonstration plots in the nine participating project villages.
The training session was one of the local capacity building initiatives planned to increase the knowledge and practical abilities of local farmers in the area, according to the project manager, Dr. Haegon Chung.
Rice marketing
The Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, developed a subsidiary initiative called the "Central Region Movement for Planting One More Square Metre of Rice for the Future Generation" to increase the reach of the RVCIP throughout the area.
About 450 smallholder rice farmers will receive training this year to advance rice production technology in order to maximise the effect of these programmes.
The practical sessions have been planned in the seed production field at Okyereko in the Gomoa East District and the community demonstration plots in the nine participating project villages.
The training session was one of the local capacity building initiatives planned to increase the knowledge and practical abilities of local farmers in the area, according to the project manager, Dr. Haegon Chung.
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