Agriculture students appeal for tractor

Kumasi (Ashanti), 10th May ?99 ?

Students of the Kwadaso Agriculture College in Kumasi have appealed to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to speed up efforts to secure a tractor for the college.

They regretted that even though mechanised agriculture forms part of their studies, they are being denied such knowledge because the college does not have a tractor.

Mr Raymond Bokor, secretary of the School?s Representative Council and Mr Richard Nkrumah, President of the students union, made the appeal when they briefed the in Kumasi on Saturday.

They said it is important that students at agriculture colleges are exposed to the practicals of mechanised farming in view of the current scientific advancement.

The students stressed the need to adapt to developments in agriculture and appealed to the Ghana Water and Sewerage Company to repair the broken down stand pipes at the college.

They said the water situation at the college has assumed an alarming proportion and appealed to the authorities to sink a borehole for the over 258 students and workers at the college.