Wednesday, June 17, 2015

NATIONAL AGRICULTUER CENSUS MANAGEMENT TEAM INAUGURATED IN THE TANO SOUTH DISTRICT


A District National Agriculture Census Management Team has been inaugurated in the Tano South District Capital of Bechem.
The three member committee has been put in place to oversee the successful implementation of a programme of a collaborative effort of the Ghana Statistical Service and the Ministry of Agriculture implementing the Ghana Census of Agricultural with the view to allow for the collection, processing, publication and dissemination of information on the structure of agriculture development in the county.
The Tano South District Chief Executive Hon. Bukari Zakari Anaba in an opening address said we need to thank our God for this opportunity to inaugurate the District Management Team of the Ghana Census of Agriculture in the Tano South District.
He said we are all aware that the overall objective of the census of Agriculture is to improve Agricultural base with the view of strengthening our National Agriculture Statistics.
Hon. Anaba said the District Management team would do the their best in the area of Data collection to ensure quality statistical information on the structure of agriculture and the state of development of the rural areas for the benefit of   policy makers and other users such as researchers and academia.
Hon. Anaba said he wished that during the implementation process, the Traditional Council led by the Sompahene, Heads of Department and other committee members would be called upon to assist in one way or the other and hoped they would not hesitate to do so for the smooth implementation of the programme and assured the gathering that the District Assembly would play its key role in the implementation of the programme.

The National coordinator for Census of Agriculture   Mr. Francis Dzah in his inaugural address said a census of Agriculture is a statistical operation covering the whole country and allows for the collection, processing, publishing and dissemination of information in the structure of Agriculture and the state of development of the rural areas.
He said the overall objective of the census of Agriculture is to produce and disseminate complete and reliable agricultural data to meet the needs of policy makers and other users to support informed decision making and for monitoring development programmes aimed at further developing agriculture and the rural areas.
Census of Agriculture he said would specifically provide information on the rural sector and the structure of agriculture which include the number of holders and sizes of holdings and their distribution across the country and  also provide an up to date sampling frame and establish solid system for regular production and dissemination of annual Agriculture statistics through survey in order to strengthen the National Agriculture Statistics system and improve upon the availability of Agricultural data and said there are several benefits that will be derived from the implementation of the census of Agriculture in Ghana.
Mr. Francis Dzah  informed the gathering that the census of Agriculture project which started in 2013 with preparatory activities would be rolled out over a four year period  and would be implemented in four phases in line with the “Modular Approach” recommended by FAO for the 2010 round of world census of Agriculture.          
The Sompahene of the Bechem Traditional Area Nana Fosu Darkwa who chaired the function thanked all for honoring the invitation and called for their maximum support for the implementation of the programme in the Tano South District to make it a great success.

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