Ghana: Megogo farmers worried over drying-up of the dam

Farmers of the Megogo community in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region have expressed worry over the drying up of a dam the government provided them under its One Village, One Dam’ (1V1D) project last year to assist in dry season farming. The farmers, who need the dam to cultivate tomatoes, okro, pepper, garden eggs, onions, cabbage and lettuce among other green leafy vegetables during dry seasons, expressed their worry through the Ghanaian Times on Tuesday. Mr Amadu Abugri, one of the spokespersons of the farmers, indicated though they appreciated government’s intervention by way of the 1V1D in the community to assist them in dry season farming activities, the rate at which the dam was fast drying up was very frightening. He said as a result of the problem, the majority of the farmers have abandoned their farms as most of the crops were wilting. He stressed that the immediate step that could be taken to address the problem would be the provision of ...