The Agric Department held it’s quarterly RELC meeting. The meeting drew participants from the Regional Agricultural Department, the District Agric Department and the Agriculture Extension Agents.
The meeting amongst others was to discuss performance of Agric Extension Agents, Field Observations and the Challenges as well as recommendations through the field and home visits.
New technologies were also introduced to the AEAs to be imparted to farmers to improve yield.
The main challenge to Agriculture production in the District according to the meeting was excessive land degradation resulting from illegal mining.
The recommendation was for massive reclamation to be carried out.
