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Four high yielding seed maize varieties imported from the US have been introduced into the country for distribution to farmers.This is under the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) programme to increase maize production for local consumption and for export.Known as 'Pioneer maize', the seed is drought resistant and could yield 42 bags per acre.Mr: Samuel Asante Mensah, Project Manager of the Adventist Development Relief Agency (ADRA/MiDA), disclosed this, when farmers from Osino, Nsuapemso, Saaman and Nsutam in the Fanteakwa district, inspected a demonstration farm here.He said some local companies were prepared to buy the maize for sale to poultry and livestock farmers while the World Food Programme (WFP) will also purchase excess for distribution to drought and flood affected victims in other parts of the world.The farmers appealed for adequate supply of the seed maize arid other inputs for its cultivation on large scale.Source: GNA
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