Staff
Name: Mr. Andrews Obeng-Nimoh
Position / Role: HoD
Uploaded July 2020
Update : PERD. July 2022 1st, 5th
Update: Plant protection June 2022 14th and 25th
UPDATED 1ST MARCH 2023
UPPER DENKYIRA EAST MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY
DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
- INTRODUCTION
The Department of Agriculture is one of the Decentralized departments of the Municipal Assembly. It is made up of seven sectors. These are; the Crops sector, Livestock sector, Extension services, Women in Agriculture Division (WIAD), Plant Protection and Regulatory Services (PPRS), Management Information System (MIS) and Veterinary Services. Each sector is headed by a sector head Known as Municipal Agricultural Officer (MAO).
The entire Municipality is divided into sixteen operational Areas headed by field staffs known as Agric Extension Agents (AEAs)
The core mandate of the department is to lead and facilitate the implementation of agricultural programmes and activities in the municipality to ensure food security in an environmentally friendly manner while ensuring sustainable agribusiness.
- STAFF SITUATION
The Department has a total staff strength of twenty three (23) made up of seventeen (17) males and six (6) females. This excludes ten (10) NABCO personnel
|
POSITION |
CATEGORY |
NUMBER AT POST |
NUMBER REQURED |
||
|
M |
F |
TOTAL |
|||
|
MDA |
TECHNICAL |
1 |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
MAOs |
TECHNICAL |
3 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
|
AEAs |
TECHNICAL |
7 |
2 |
9 |
16 |
|
MARKET ENUMERATOR |
TECHNICAL |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
VETERINARY |
TECHNICAL |
2 |
- |
2 |
4 |
|
ACCOUNTS OFFICER |
SUPPORTING |
1 |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
DRIVER |
SUPPORTING |
`1 |
- |
1 |
1 |
|
LABOURER |
SUPPORTING |
1 |
- |
1 |
3 |
|
WATCHMAN |
SUPPORTING |
1 |
- |
1 |
3 |
|
EXECUTIVE OFFICER |
SUPPORTING |
- |
1 |
`1 |
1 |
|
TYPIST |
SUPPORTING |
- |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
CLEANER /MESSENGER |
SUPPORTING |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
|
17 |
6 |
23 |
39 |
3.1 THE CROPS SECTOR
The crops sub-sector is one of the technical units of the Department of Food and Agriculture.
MISSION
To develop, promote and sustain poultry and livestock production for food security, employment creation and income generation through research, effective technical support, extension services, agri-business and industry whilst ensuring that gender and environmental issues are adequately addressed.
VISION
A well developed and efficient sector capable of formulating sound policies providing effective technical support and promoting sustainable and profitable livestock and poultry industries for food security, nutritional adequacy and enhanced incomes.
The Key functions of the crop sub-sector are as follows:
- Facilitate and promote the production of food, industrial and export crops.
- Facilitate the establishment and distribution of improved planting materials for farmers in the district
- Provide technical support on improved agronomic practices, efficient use and management of soil and water resources and design interventions to solve major constraints militating against the crop sub sector.
- Coordinates national prospects in the district
- Liase with relevant stakeholders and institutions for sharing of information towards improved production, packaging and marketing of crops and crop production.
3.2 THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR
The animal production directorate (APD) is one of the technical directorates of the Department of Food and Agriculture
MISSION
To develop, promote and sustain poultry and livestock production for food security, employment creation and income generation through research, effective technical support, extension services, agri-business and industry whilst ensuring that gender and environmental issues are adequately addressed.
VISION
A well developed and efficient sector capable of formulating sound policies providing effective technical support and promoting sustainable and profitable livestock and poultry industries for food security, nutritional adequacy and enhanced incomes.
FUNCTIONS
- Ensure effective and efficient implementation of government policies on livestock and poultry
- Promote the development of appropriate technologies on management, breeding, nutrition, and housing of livestock
- Promote the use of crop residues and agro industrial by-products in feeding livestock and poultry.
- Promote the development of processing and marketing of livestock and poultry products.
SERVICE TO PUBLIC
The sector main service to the public is provision of technical advice to prospective livestock entrepreneurs and technical backstopping to the livestock and poultry industry.
3.3 EXTENSION SERVICES
The extension services offered by the department is provision of technical advice on agriculture to farmers and supplying them with the necessary farm inputs and services to support their agricultural production. The information provided to farmers are new ideas developed by soil, crops and animal research institutions.
3.4 WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE DIVISION
Women In Agriculture Development (WIAD) is a sector under the Department of Food and Agriculture of Upper Denkyira East Municipal Assembly.
Vision
To enhance livelihoods of rural households and other women in terms of alternative source of livelihoods, improve nutritional status and health.
Mission
To assist rural households and other women in the agricultural sector to improve their standard of living through improved agricultural practices.
Objectives
- To improve access of women and other target groups to information, improved agricultural and post production practices for adoption.
- Facilitate women access to resources towards an increase in production, high incomes, improved nutrition, health and food security on an environmentally sustainable basis.
Functions of the WIAD Sector
- Food based nutrition education in relation to food production and diet improvement
- Value addition: food processing and preservation
- Food handling and safety
- Gender mainstreaming of all agricultural programmes
3.5 THE PLANT PROTECTION AND REGULATORY SERVICES
The Plant protection and regulatory services sub sector of the department of agriculture is mandated to contribute to sustainable reduction of crop losses caused by pest and disease control in the district.
Vision
To render efficient, environmentally safe and economically sustainable plant protection services that will meet the requirements of the clientele and thus contributing to increased food and raw material production.
Mission
To provide services in order to safeguard crop plants from losses by pests and diseases
Posted 1st March 2021 BY udema_MIS
3.6 THE VETERINARY SERVICES
INFRASTRUCTURE
The veterinary unit holds two offices (rooms). One office as a clinic for treatment of clinical cases and surgery.
The other office is for rendering administrative activities, having a refrigerator for keeping vaccines and drugs.
VETERINARY EXTENSION
Provides education or innovation to farmers. Teach farmers proper housing of animals, signs of ill health conditions in animals, proper formulation of feed and feeding of animals. Exercising bio-security measures at farms.
DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
- Carrying out vaccination in dogs against rabies virus and in sheep and goats against pest and petit ruminants (PPR) every year
- Controlling of disease outbreak in farms and communities by:
- Culling out affected animals
- Stopping movement of animals within and from the affected communities.
- Ensuring that animals being moved from the District and to the District are healthy by issuing and checking movement permits.
- Monitoring or supervising poultry farms and dispensing poultry vaccines such as Newcastle vaccine, Gumboro, Fowlpox etc.
PUBLIC HEALTH
Inspection of meat or carcass at the slaughter house for their wholesomeness. It is done everyday from 5:30am to 10am.
APRIL 2020: PLANTING FOR EXPORT AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (PERD)
Over 2000 Coconut seedlings have been distributed to 44 farmers in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality under the Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) Program
The Presentation was done by the Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Isaac Awuah, who charged the farmers to work hard to ensure the realization of the PERD Program
The seedlings were distributed free of charge to the Farmers
