GRIP RICE TRAINING IN JASIKAN, OTI REGION

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in collaboration with Oti Regional Agriculture Department under the Ghana Rice Production Improvement Project (GRIP) provided technical support to staff of RAD/MAD and rice farmers at Atonkor in the Jasikan Municipality. In addition, JICA/GRIP established a demonstration field to demonstrate to farmers some improved technologies aimed at improving their knowledge and skills in the entire rice value chain (i.e. from production to marketing). This is expected to enable them attain better yield and marketing in 2023 and beyond. 

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Rice Farmers at Atonkor in the Jasikan Municipal of Oti Region have benefited immensely from the numerous onsite trainings conducted at the demo site by GRIP/JICA. After the interventions, the 1-acre demo plot established at the Atonkor valley achieved an average yield of 5.79 mt/ha.

Different planting methods were demonstrated depending on the water retention capacity of the demonstration field. The different planting methods demonstrated were; Drilling, Dibbling and Transplanting.