Cashew production has been boosted in the Savannah Region with more farmers involved in the cultivation of the crop, said Hon. Andrew Dari Chiwitey, Member of Parliament for the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Constituency.
The crop over the years has been labelled as a cash crop next to cocoa in Ghana because of the good and favourable climatic conditions for its cultivation and survival for high and quality yield.
Almost every farmer in the Savannah Region can boast of a cashew farm.
The situation is expected to contribute in widening the cashew value chain in the Region and the country at large for the growth of the local, regional and national economies respectively.
The MP made this known at the Parliament of Ghana when he contributed to a statement presented in the floor of Parliament by the MP for Damongo Constituency who doubles as the Lands and Natural Resources Minister as part of Ghana’s sixty-fifth (65th) independence anniversary celebration, and as part of the Heritage Month of March, where the MP tauted the economic and tourism’s potential of the Savannah Region.
Hon. Andrew, stated that the region was focused and committed to becoming the hub for cashew production to meet and promote industrialisation and export to generate more foreign exchange for the country.
He said empowering the rural economy would improve the incomes of the farmers to better their livelihoods to promote socio-economic development of the municipalities and districts in the Region.
According to the MP, the Savannah Region produces the best yam in Ghana particularly yams from Bole and Sawla-Tuna-Kalba Districts.
He added that the people of Savannah Region have lived in peace and continue to live in despite the existence of different tribes with different cultural backgrounds in the Region.
Source: yagbonradioonline
