President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to establish Farmer Service Centres across 50 agricultural districts to enhance productivity and support farmers with modern equipment.
Each centre will be equipped with over 4,000 pieces of agricultural machinery, including tractors, trailers, mini tractors, and a wide range of attachments and implements to support various farming activities.
The facilities will also feature heavy-duty equipment such as ploughs, harrows, fertiliser spreaders, precision seed drills, boom sprayers, and combine harvesters with specialised maize and soy headers.
The initiative is aimed at improving access to mechanised farming services, reducing labour constraints, and boosting agricultural output nationwide.
President Mahama recently cut sod for the commencement of the project at the Afram Plains, with the centres expected to significantly transform farming operations when completed.
Equipment Breakdown:
660 tractors
200 tractor trailers
200 mini tractors
200 mini tractor trailers
200 mini tractor tillers
200 mini tractor cultivators
200 mini tractor ploughs
200 mini tractor harrows
200 mini tractor cutter bars
200 mini tractor mowers
460 3-disc ploughs
300 4-disc ploughs
330 16-disc harrows
100 1000 kg mineral fertiliser spreaders
100 4-row precision seed drills
100 6-row precision seed drills
100 32-row pneumatic seed drills
300 800 L boom sprayers
50 combine harvesters
50 maize headers for combine harvesters
25 soy headers for combine harvesters
