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Riseholme students’ Ghana push
AGRICULTURAL engineering students at University of Lincoln’s Riseholme campus are hoping to hone their skills while helping a new charity project. The students agreed to help source and refurbish farm machinery which is required in Northern Ghana.
Project Cornerstone has been working in Kumasi since 2000, providing training in farming and is now looking to set up a second centre in Tamale in the rural north of the country.
“Supplying agricultural machinery to Ghana has the potential to bring substantial benefits to the Tamale community, in an area where £1 per day is considered to be a good wage,” explains Bill Meredith, head of of Agriculture at Riseholme.
“We will support this project by assisting with the sourcing of power units and equipment, and taking a lead on repair and maintenance, which will also provide our land-based technology students with an opportunity to develop their skills. Riseholme has a lot of links with the farming industry, which will help us to ensure that Project Cornerstone is a success.”
The machinery required includes two 60hp tractors, disc ploughs and a tipping trailer.
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