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520 Czech tractors delivered to Ghana

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has taken delivery of 520 tractors from Czech company Knights to support small and medium-scale farmers under the mechanisation component of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme.
 

The Director of the Agricultural Engineering Services Directorate (AESD) of MoFA, Mr Amatus K. B. Deyang, said the tractors would be made available to farmer groups at 40 per cent discount. the Cabrio II compact tractors, which were for rice farming, would be sold to farmers at GH¢150,000, while those meant for general farming would go for GH¢127,000.

On April 9, 2018, Ghana signed a 20-million euro credit facility with the Export Bank of the Czech Republic to support the PFJ policy.The money was divided into two tranches, with the first tranche being utilised for the procurement of 220 sets of compact tractors, while the second tranche was to be used to purchase 300 multi-purpose mini tractors.The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, and Dr Laryea signed the agreement in Brno, Czech Republic, during the opening session of the 2018 Agriculture Trade Fair Show.

Congratulations to Knights company on its success

Robert Hrubý, Economic Diplomat, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Accra