SARI Soil Health Project to get ready market for farmer

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Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) Soil Health Project has organized an interface meeting between maize farmers and aggregators to negotiate on the marketing strategies of their produce.

This came as a result of Improvement in the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Soil Health Project (AGRA-SHP) by the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) which provides farmers with fertilizers to enhance the fertility of the soil to increase farmers yields.

The Project manager of Agriculture Soil Health Project, Dr. Mathias Fosu, in an address said the project which has been extended to the three regions of the north is currently operating in 33 districts where a lot of improvements in farm yields have been recorded as a result of the technology and training given to farmers.

According to Dr. mathias Fosu, farmers who use to harvest 3 bags of maize per an acre of land are now harvesting over 12 bags per an acre of land.

This he said are manifestations of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Soil Health Project (AGRA-SHP)  which has been introduce to over thousands of farmers in the savanna areas of the country.

Dr. Mathias therefore advised the farmers to always communicate with the aggregators regularly to avoid challenges in selling their farm produce.

He however commended the northern farmers for providing the national with substantial amount of food for decades now, and urged them not to relent on their efforts because government and Agriculturalist are coming out with more innovative ways in the agricultural sector to boost the livelihoods of farmers.

Issah Mahama, a farmer from Diku community in the Savelugu district of the northern region attested that they usually face difficulties in the sale of their produce creating room for middle men to cheat them.

But with the initiative by SARI to bridge the gap between farmers and aggregators, Mr. Issah hopes their long standing tears and suffering in the hands of middle men would soon come to an end.

He therefore advised his colleagues farmers to do their best to produce quality farm produce to enhance their relationship with the aggregators.