{
  "id": 9764369,
  "title": "Asanko Gold expands agric support programme to 80 farmers in Ashanti Region",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/asanko-gold-expands-agric-support-programme-to-80-farmers-in-ashanti",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-25T12:16:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Joy Business",
    "slug": "joy-business",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/asanko-gold-expands-agric-support-programme-to-80-farmers-in-ashanti-region/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Asanko Gold Ghana Ltd has expanded its Community Agricultural Support Programme (CASP) to reach 80 smallholder farmers in the Ashanti Region, according to Joy Business. The initiative aims to improve agricultural productivity, strengthen food security, and help farmers cope with rising input costs, changing rainfall patterns, and limited access to agricultural extension services. The second phase of the programme specifically targets 12 communities in the Amansie West and Amansie South districts. Asanko’s Social Responsibility Manager, Isaac Kwakye, emphasized that the programme is designed to strengthen agriculture and support livelihoods in the company’s host communities by providing farmers with inputs, training, and technical support. Beneficiaries from the first phase will continue to receive agricultural extension services, while new farmers are being brought onto the programme under Phase Two.",
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Asanko Gold expands agric support programme to 80 farmers in Ashanti Region",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/asanko-gold-expands-agric-support-programme-to-80-farmers-in-ashanti-9768640",
        "published": "2026-09-25T12:16:22.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}