it's another wonderful day and I am here to share with you how my day went. In fact, today is one of the most important days in my life as I was tasked to defend my final year thesis.
I was very happy as a university final year student because I was given the opportunity to present my work in front of my lecturers who are holders in PhD degree.
I did a project on the topic "Fertilizer Use intensity and It's Effects on Maize Productivity: A case study of Planting for Food and Jobs Participants in the Sagnarigu Municipal".
Screenshot of my project topic
We all know that food insecurity is now a global issue which every country is doing everything possible to produce more food for it's citizens. Ghana is not an exception to this global problem.
For instance, let's take maize, a food crop as an example. In 2018 to 2020, maize was buying at an average market price at Ghc120 in Ghana but skyrocketed to almost Ghc400 in 2021. The reason for this was that there was low yields in maize whiles the demand was high. This is just for maize meanwhile there are other crops such as rice, millet and beans which are also experiencing the same price increment.
Therefore, there was the need for me to conduct a study on the effects the organic fertilizer has on the yield of maize in my district. Our fertilizers are now the only source farmers can enrich their souls in other to improve their output at the end of the planting season.
I collected data from the smallholder farmers in the municipal and analyse their responses at the end of the day. It was realize that most of the farmers do not have the financial muscle to purchase more fertilizers for their crops utilisation. It was also discovered that the farmers were finding it difficult to get more land to farm since the chiefs and traditional authorities were renting the land to them at higher prices.
And I think most of you will agree with me that there is a positive relationship between larger farm size and higher crop yield.
I presented my findings to the lecturers and students who were present and the response was very positive. I was happy they agreed with me that there is the need for the government and other private institutions such as NGOs to come to the aid of the farmers to help them purchase the inorganic fertilizers.
We took some pictures together as a class after the project defence.
You can contact me for a copy of my work if you are interested in reading the full thesis and the findings from the farmers responses in the study area.
Thank you for sharing with us. Keep on with the good works.
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Thesis at the Final year is one of the difficult stages in education. It is at this point that thing became tough and the boys are separated from men.
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Seriously boss. It was not easy but the struggle was worth it considering the kind of experience and knowledge I have gained from the work.
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Thank you for sharing your diary with us. Always keep powerups to support the steem economy. I love your diary. Nice pictures. It isn't easy to present in front of your superiors. I wish you well friend.
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Thank you boss
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