{"id":26026,"date":"2025-07-06T13:58:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/direct-aid.org\/cms\/?p=26026"},"modified":"2025-07-06T14:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:00:58","slug":"al-fawz-center-farm-in-cape-coast-ghana-achieves-second-cassava-harvest-and-advances-sustainable-agriculture-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/direct-aid.org\/cms\/en\/al-fawz-center-farm-in-cape-coast-ghana-achieves-second-cassava-harvest-and-advances-sustainable-agriculture-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Fawz Center Farm in Cape Coast, Ghana Achieves Second Cassava Harvest and Advances Sustainable Agriculture Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\">Cape Coast, Ghana \u2013 May 2025<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nAl-Fawz Center in Cape Coast, Ghana, has successfully completed its second cassava harvest in May 2025, following its first harvest in September 2024. Cassava is considered a strategic crop with a growth cycle ranging between 6 to 9 months.<\/p>\n<p>The center continues to invest in sustainable agriculture, with new plots currently cultivated with young cassava plants expected to be ready for harvest in the fourth quarter of this year. This ongoing cultivation ensures year-round agricultural productivity at the center.<\/p>\n<p>The agricultural team has adopted an eco-friendly replanting method, utilizing parts of the stems from previously harvested plants to grow new saplings. This technique eliminates the need to purchase new seeds or seedlings, reduces agricultural waste, and enhances soil fertility.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to selling cassava in both local and export markets, part of the harvest is used to prepare nutritious meals for orphaned children. A notable example was the preparation of the traditional Ghanaian dish <em><span style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif;\">fufu<\/span><\/em> during celebrations, using cassava grown directly on the farm.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Fawz Center affirms that this initiative represents an effective model of productive and sustainable farming, generating tangible economic and social impact for the local community. The center remains committed to further expanding such impactful agricultural projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Coast, Ghana \u2013 May 2025 Al-Fawz Center in Cape Coast, Ghana, has successfully completed its second cassava harvest in May 2025, following its first harvest in September 2024. Cassava is considered a strategic crop with a growth cycle ranging between 6 to 9 months. 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