SALAGA CIC IS MOVING THE COMMUNITY FORWARD

Upon its inception in a year ago the Salaga telecentre or CIC as it is sometimes called in Ghana, has made a tremendous improvement in the life of the people. The telecentre has brought a sign of good relieve to the isolated rural farmers. Farmers rural areas of Salaga are often aware of the value of their crops in main markets. The find themselves in a poor negotiating position vis-a-vis middlemen,who routinely under-represent the final selling price and overstate transaction costs, The same holds for the price of seeds,fertilizerand other inputs, with farmers paying an inflated price for inputs. Farmers may also be unaware of strategic opportunities within their own region , which crops and commodities are fetching higher prices i surrounding towns and which products are in high demand. Getting accurate and up to date price information to farmers, therefore, can have a dramatic turnover on their negotiating position in the agricultural economy and on their cash income. In this process, farmers in rural areas of Salaga can boost of accurate and up to date information on the prices of seeds, products, fertilizers in and around salaga through the help Community Information Centre(CIC) or telecentre situated in Salaga the district capital of East Gonja.

Salaga is a district capital of East Gonja District, it can be located on the eastern part of the Northern Region. It is away from the Regional capital Tamale by a distance of 115.2 kilometres. The Inhabitants are pure farmers and market women and it has so many tourist attractions like the Slave wells, Slave bath, where the shackles of the slaves were kept etc.