With a looming shortage of
agricultural extension officers in Ghana in the next two to three years, largely as a result of the then Mahama administration's decision not to employ any of the 3,200 graduates from the country's 5 Colleges of Agriculture between 2011 and 2015, President Akufo - Addo told the gathering that that his government has, in the last 3 months, employed 1,200 of these graduates.
The government has announced plans to purchase three thousand motorcycles and two hundred and fifty pickups for use by
Agricultural extension officers.
Additionally, with a looming shortage of
agricultural extension officers in the next two to three years, and largely as a result of the previous NDC administration's decision not to employ any of the 3,200 graduates from the country's five Colleges of Agriculture between 2011 and 2015, Mr Akufo - Addo revealed that his government has, in the last three months, employed 1,200 of these graduates.
«Part of the problem was that I had come to the village with
an agricultural extension officer from the adjacent area.
Not exact matches
A new breed of
agricultural extension and development
officers recently completed a 5 - month capacity - building course called «Enabling the AgRiDOC: a new breed of rice extensionists» and are now ready to serve rice - based farming communities in the country.
A new breed of
agricultural extension and development
officers recently completed a 5 - month capacity - building course called «Enabling the AgRiDOC: a new breed of rice extensionists» and are now ready to serve rice - based farming communities in the country.