Dr. Owusu Akoto Proposes IRECOP’s Organic Fertilizer To Farmers As He Laments Over Shortage Of Fertilizer In The Sub-region

Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has proposed to Ghanaian farmers to adopt Zoomlion's Integrated Recycling and Compost Plants (IRECOP) locally produced organic compost for their farms to boost crop yields in the regions. He lamented the acute shortage of fertilizer in the sub-region due to the Russia and Ukraine fight. He said he is the chairman of the ECOWAS agric ministers committee and have chaired two meetings so far and thus the rest of the ministers in the region have reported shortage of fertilizer likewise Ghana. Dr. Owusu Akoto said based on this shortage, government is…