{"id":1281,"date":"2018-03-31T16:30:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T16:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/?page_id=1281"},"modified":"2018-04-16T15:10:17","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T15:10:17","slug":"agriculture-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/agriculture-department\/","title":{"rendered":"AGRICULTURE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row row wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_right-to-left right-to-left\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element wpb_animate_when_almost_visible wpb_right-to-left right-to-left\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Agriculture Department in the Metro. shall:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>participate in provision of extension services in the areas of natural resources management, and rural infrastructural and small scale irrigation in the Metro.;<\/li>\n<li>assist in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policy for the Metro. Assembly within the framework of national policies;<\/li>\n<li>submit report on the implementation of policies and programmes to the<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Metro. Assembly;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>advise the Metro. Assembly on matters related to agricultural development in the Metro.;<\/li>\n<li>promote extension services to farmers;<\/li>\n<li>assist and participate in on-farm adaptive research;<\/li>\n<li>lead the collection of data for analysis on cost effective farming enterprises;<\/li>\n<li>participate in the education and enforcement of legislation on fisheries; (i) promote the formation of viable fishermen associations and assist in fish farming;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>promote soil and water conservation measures by the appropriate agricultural technology;<\/li>\n<li>disseminate and adopt improved soil and water conservation methods; (l) promote agro-forestry development to reduce the incidence of bush fires;<\/li>\n<li>promote an effective and integrated water management;<\/li>\n<li>assist and facilitate sustained pasture and forage production and act as out grower to farmers;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(0) assist development of animal health services infrastructure;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>facilitate the development, operation and maintenance of livestock water supplies;<\/li>\n<li>assist in developing forage production, ranges and farmlands;<\/li>\n<li>encourage improvement in livestock breeds;<\/li>\n<li>assist in developing early warning systems on animals diseases; (t) facilitate and encourage vaccination and immunization of livestock and control of animal diseases;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(u) advise and encourage crop development through nursery propagation; (v) assist in the development, rehabilitation and maintenance of small scale irrigation schemes;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>facilitate the assessment of the economic, financial and environmental viability of providing canals;<\/li>\n<li>assist the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of fish landing sites;<\/li>\n<li>promote agro-processing and storage;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(i) facilitate the development of programmes and the establishment of close linkage between the various sub-sectors in the Metro.; (ii) supervise the agricultural extension staff in the field;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>co-ordinate the systematic and regular training of frontline staff;<\/li>\n<li>monitor and evaluate projects;<\/li>\n<li>promote investment in agriculture by assisting to identify and prepare pre-feasibility reports;<\/li>\n<li>develop proposal writing capacity at the Metro. level;<\/li>\n<li>facilitate capacity building at the Metro. level through training, workshops and other related activities; and<\/li>\n<li>assist to supervise projects planned, designed and implement centrally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 vc_col-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner vc_custom_1523891503799\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"vc_wp_custommenu wpb_content_element\"><div class=\"widget widget_nav_menu\"><ul id=\"menu-sidebar-manu\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-1575\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1575\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/agriculture-department\/\">AGRICULTURE<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1576\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1576\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/budget-and-rating-deparment\/\">BUDGET AND RATING<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1577\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1577\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/central-administration-department\/\">CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1578\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1578\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/disaster-management-and-prevention-department\/\">DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1579\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1579\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/education-youth-and-sports-department\/\">EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SPORTS<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1580\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1580\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/finance-department\/\">FINANCE<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1581\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1581\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/department-of-health\/\">HEALTH<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1582\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1582\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/legal-department\/\">LEGAL<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1583\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1583\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/natural-resources-conservation-department-forestry-game-and-wildlife-division\/\">NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT, FORESTRY, GAME AND WILDLIFE DIVISION<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1584\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1584\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/department-of-physical-planning\/\">PHYSICAL PLANNING<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1585\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1585\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/social-welfare-and-community-development-department\/\">SOCIAL WELFARE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1586\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1586\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/department-of-trade-and-industry\/\">TRADE AND INDUSTRY<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1587\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1587\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/department-of-transport\/\">TRANSPORT<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1589\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1589\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/waste-management-department\/\">WASTE MANAGEMENT<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1590\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1590\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/department-of-works\/\">WORKS<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Agriculture Department in the Metro. shall: participate in provision of extension services in the areas of natural resources management, and rural infrastructural and small scale irrigation in the Metro.; assist in the formulation and implementation of agricultural policy for the Metro. Assembly within the framework of national policies; submit report on the implementation of policies and programmes to the Metro. Assembly; advise the Metro. Assembly on matters related to agricultural development in the Metro.; promote extension services to farmers; assist and participate in on-farm adaptive research; lead the collection of data for analysis on cost effective farming enterprises; participate...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1281","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AGRICULTURE | Tema Metropolitan Assembly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tma.gov.gh\/index.php\/agriculture-department\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" 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