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Fire destroys large acreage of farms at Abuontem

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Large acreage of farms at Abuontem, [G1] in the Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti region has been completely destroyed by wildfire leading to the destruction of food crops either already harvested or at maturity stages.

Part of the affected lands is an 50 acre maize farm and a farmhouse belonging to a 39-year old Dispensary Technician at the Ejura District Hospital, Sule Adams.

The farmhouse had been stocked with about 300 bags the maize of which everything in the house including the structure itself was completely destroyed leading to a loss of more than 45 thousand Ghana Cedis.

Speaking to the GBC, Mr. Adams suspected that the incident was an act of arson considering the fact that, it occurred just a day after the harvest of the maize and that the day of the incident it is forbidden for anyone one to undertake a farming activity in the area.

According to him, he was informed about the burning at about 5.30 pm on the 22nd of this month and visited the farm the following morning when the fire was still raging but nothing to be salvaged from the remnants.

Mr. Adams noted that, even though he has been in the farming business for only six years, it is only this year’s harvest that gave him an assurance of generating any appreciable returns from the hard work to be re-invested in the business.

He said despite the psychological and emotional distress he has had to endure, he will not give up on farming since it is in fulfillment of his passion.

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