The Forestry Commission of Ghana says Government through the efforts of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Forestry Commission, has exceeded the 10 million seedlings target for the 2023 Green Ghana Day, with some 11,530,672 seedlings distributed across the country so far.
This number, however, exempts the four regions of the North apart from the Upper West Region.
The CEO of the Forestry Commission, John Allotey disclosed this when he updated the country during a post-Green Ghana Day press briefing, held at the Forestry Commission head office, Accra on Wednesday, 14 June, 2023.
Allotey in his submission explained that the four regions of the North including, the Northern Region, North East Region, Upper East Region and the Savannah Regions, have only done a commemorative planting as they await the rains to engage in the full-blown planting exercise.
The CEO in his in-depth presentation on the provisional results of the seedlings distributed, said the Ashanti Region topped the regional target list with 137% distribution rate which equals to 3,147,306 actual seedlings distributed from an initial target of 2,300,000.
He noted that aside the Ashanti Region, the Eastern, Western North, Central, Bono, Ahafo, the Upper West and the Greater Accra Regions also exceeded their targets.
He said, from an initial 50% target purported to be planted in the forest reserves, a total of 61.3% have been planted and the other 38.7% planted in homes, medians of roads and other locations.
The Forestry Commission CEO mentioned the top 5 seedlings distributed per demand, naming them as Cashew, Oil Palm, Coconut, Orange and Timber species as examples of the species most requested for.
