Mr Solomon Tetteh  Amartey, President of Ghana Agri-Input Dealers Association, has appealed to small holder farmers to perceive farming as a planned business activity to boost production and reduce poverty.

More than 2,000 farmers in six communities in the Northern Region of Ghana are to benefit from a 500 metric tons certified warehouse receipt system for grain storage at Datoyili in Tamale.

The facility which is the first of its kind in Ghana would be managed by Gundaa Produce Company (GPC), a Tamale-based community maize aggregator, and would serve small holder farmers in Diare, Tamalegu, Shelinlanyili, Kpatinga, Gaa and Kpugi in the Tamale Metropolis.