You remain our heroines and heroes – Mahama to farmers

The former president of the republic of Ghana, HE John Dramani Mahama has congratulated farmers in Ghana for their effort towards building Ghana’s economy.

The former president in his congratulatory message on his facebook page described farmers and fishers as ”heroines and heroes”.

First Friday of every December is set aside to celebrate farmers and fishers in Ghana as well as reward deserving fishers and farmers from the district level to the national level.

Kindly read the full statement below

Heartiest congratulations to our farmers and fishers on the occasion of this year’s National Farmers Day. You remain our heroines and heroes.

Through your effort, Agriculture continues to be the mainstay of our economy, employing most of our nation’s working population and being a leading contributor to GDP.

Not only do you provide our nation’s food and nutrition needs, you also wield the potential to eradicate hunger and poverty and lead our country toward rapid industrialization and shared prosperity through agribusiness.

As we commemorate this important day, we must diversify by delving into agro-processing and agri-business as ways of ensuring value addition and wealth creation for all persons in the agriculture value chain.

This wealth must particularly benefit our farmers and fishers, and also the country.

This way, we can get more young people into agriculture to employ more of Ghana’s youth and increase our food stock.

We will also earn foreign exchange through exports and, ultimately increase the income levels of our hardworking farmers and fishers.

Our world is fast changing, and we must find new ways of doing business, if we are to survive.

I believe once government averts its mind to the opportunities and comparative advantage we have as a country, we can achieve the goal of prosperity for our country and its people.

Happy Farmers Day!