Tridge summary
Watermelon farmers in Kyeatanaga, Wa West District, are facing challenges such as poor road network and lack of ready market, which are deterrents to their farming activities. However, they believe that with improved roads and a stable market, watermelon farming could potentially boost their economy. Mr Adams Sabogu, a community member, has benefited financially from watermelon farming by constructing a house and providing support to farmers. He also emphasizes the need for road improvements and market access to reduce post-harvest losses and increase cultivation. The farmers also express concerns about the inability to cultivate in large quantities due to uncertain markets and transportation challenges. Additionally, research highlights the health benefits of watermelon consumption, including reducing the risk of diabetes and cancer, lowering blood pressure, and decreasing the risk of heart attack.
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Some watermelon farmers at Kyeatanaga in the Wa West District have attributed the teething challenges of poor road network and lack of ready market for the produce as a disincentive to them. They believed that watermelon farming could transform their economic fortune if the challenge of bad roads linking the farms to market centres was attended to and ready markets secured for the fruits. Mr Adams Sabogu, a teacher from the community, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview in Wa that watermelon is a “green gold", which made him to make time to support farmers at the community and its environs to cultivate it. “I have built a three bedroom self-contain house at the community through the watermelon farming. I support farmers who are interested in farming it, and after selling, they give me 50 percent of the proceeds. You can get as much as GH¢10,000.00 from two to three acres of watermelon farm,” he explained. Mr Sabogu, however, noted that sometimes the ...
Source: Ghanaweb
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