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A farming community, Anweabeng, in the Abuakwa North Municipality has been selected by the assembly to host the years event of the farmers day celebration scheduled for Friday, December 3, 2021.
The event expected to be attended by chiefs, elders and the people of the municipal has been scheduled to take place at the community school park at about 9:30am prompt.
Meanwhile, the 37th National event will be hosted at Cape Coast in the Central Region on the theme “Planting for food and jobs; Consolidating food systems in Ghana.”
The official launch was jointly made in September by the Ministries of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (FAD) in a colorful ceremony in Accra.
In a statement sighted by angefmonline.com.gh, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), for Abuakwa North, Alhaji Umar Bodinga called on all members of the assembly to attend the occasion to become a memorable one.
Again, he used the opportunity to ask all and sundry in the community and its surrounding areas to partake in the event meant to celebrate farmers since it is the first of its kind happening at the locality.
Part of the statement also noted that, selected farmers within the municipality who have distinguish themselves during the year through their farming activities shall be recognized.
On the part of the assemblyman of Anweabeng Electoral area, Mr. Ossew Akrofi Junior, he admonised farmers in the various municipalities especially the host community to attend and show their farm produce on the faithful day since it could be a perfect ground to generate income through sales and to also exhibit their output in the agriculture sector.
Farmers day in Ghana is organized and celebrated under the auspices of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD).
The Nationwide event (Farmers’ Day) was instituted by late president Jerry John Rawlings-led Provisional National Defence Council in 1985 and has since been observed every first Friday in December to recognize and appreciate the substantial contribution of farmers and agriculture production to the socio-economic development of the Country following the 1983 famine.
