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Over 10,000 hectares of farmlands under Planting for Food & Jobs destroyed

Government’s flagship agriculture programme, Planting for Food and Jobs has suffered a major setback following the destruction of over 10,000 hectares of farmland in the Upper East Region.

The spilling of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso and torrential rains in the region have been identified as causes of the destruction.

This means the government failed to anticipate threats to the programme as the Bagre dam spillage has been happening for years now.

Sept. 11, 2018

References:

• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Over-10-000-hectares-of-farmlands-under-Planting-For-Food-Jobs-destroyed-683946
• https://www.modernghana.com/news/881537/planting-for-food-over-10000-hectares-of-land-destroyed.html
• https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/10000-hectares-of-land-for-food-and-jobs-destroyed-id8838719.html
• https://thepublisheronline.com/planting-for-food-and-jobs-farms-destroyed/
• https://citinewsroom.com/2018/09/11/over-10000-hectares-of-farmlands-under-planting-for-food-jobs-destroyed/
• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Bagre-dam-spillage-Criticism-of-Government-s-response-uninformed-Minister-686510