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USAID supplies farmers with equipment to boost production

Abu Mubarik

Madam Blessing Kamakolam, Grants Manager of Feed the Future-USAID-ATTP, said the goal is to boost maize production to enhance food security.

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Under the project, beneficiaries will pay 30 percent of the machine's cost while USAID takes 70 percent of the remaining cost.

The sheller machine has the capacity to shell 50 bags of maize per hour.

Madam Blessing Kamakolam, Grants Manager of Feed the Future-USAID-ATTP, said the goal is to boost maize production to enhance food security.

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She said the US government will continue to support farmers and vulnerable communities to help improve their living conditions.

She advised beneficiaries to handle the equipment to with care so as to prolong their life span.

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Abu Mubarik Abu Mubarik Abu Mubarik is a writer at Pulse Ghana with special interests in Ghana politics, international relations and geopolitics.

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