The European Union (EU) funded Research for Development and Innovative Agriculture and Learning (ReDIAL) Action project has inaugurated a seven-member Post Redial Management Committee (PRMC) in the Techiman Municipality.
As its implementation ends this year, the project also handed-over some machines and equipment to the committee comprising People with Disabilities (PwDs), Assembly members, farmers, and a representative of the Municipal Directorate of Agriculture.
They include two large maize threshers, farm sensors for testing soil nutrients, and a Public Address System.
Chaired by Nana Kwaw Adams, a farmer, the committee represented the beneficiary farmers of the project, and it was tasked to manage the machines and equipment for the benefit of the farmers in the municipality.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the side-lines of the inauguration of the committee, Mr Robert Amo, the Programme Manager, Friends of the Nation, explained that ReDIAL sought to contribute to the transformation and innovation in agriculture and food systems in the country.
The Friends of the Nation is a Non-governmental Organisation (NGO) partnering the project implementation.
Mr Amo explained that ReDIAL is a four-year project under the EU initiative on Climate-relevant Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DeSIRA) in developing countries.
It is being implemented by a Ghanaian consortium comprising Friends of the Nation (FoN) (the Lead), Tropenbos Ghana (TBG), the Faculty of Renewable Natural Resources of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (FRNR-KNUST) and supported by two private sector companies, SAYeTECH Company and SESI Technologies.
Beneficiaries of the project include; Yendi Municipality of the Northern, Techiman Municipality of the Bono East Region, Ejura-Sekyedumase Municipality of the Ashanti, Sefwi-Wiawso Municipality of the Western North and Kwahu Afram Plains North District of the Eastern Regions.
Mr Amo advised the committee to take proper care of the machines and called on the Techiman Municipal Assembly to own and support the sustainability of the project and ensure that the sustainability of the project.
He explained that the committee was tasked to ensure the sustainability of the project and help advance the agricultural sector in the municipality.
Mr Benjamin Yaw Gyarko, the Techiman Municipal Chief Executive commended the EU for its commitment and contributions towards advancing national food security and pledged to ensure that the project implementation was sustained.
By Dennis Peprah, GNA
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