Two main agro-based firms, Omni Fert and New Okaff Industries Limited, have donated towards the thirty ninth version of National Farmers’ Day celebrations.
The donations had been made on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’S (MoFA) forecourt in Accra.
New Okaff’s Commercial Director, Kwasi Boamah Adomako, donated farm merchandise value GH¢90,000 and a cheque for GH¢ 10,000 on behalf of his firm, whereas Shaban Abdul-Manaf, Sales Agronomist-Omni Fert, introduced a cheque for GH¢50,000 to the ministry.
Deputy Minister of MoFA answerable for Crops, Yaw Frimpong Addo, acquired the donations on behalf of the ministry.
The Deputy Minister thanked New Okaff Industries Limited and Omni Fert for his or her steady assist, urging different company organisations to observe their instance.
About the 2023 National Farmers’ Day celebration
The theme for this yr’s Farmers’ Day celebration is ‘Delivering Smart Solutions for Sustainable Food Security and Resilience’.
The yr’s celebration will as regular be preceded by a five-day National Agricultural Festival (Agrifest) and different actions to be held on principal streets of the Ministerial enclave in Accra, from Monday twenty seventh November to Friday 1st December 2023.
The final day of Agrifest, which marks the primary Friday of December, will probably be celebrated with an awards night time ceremony on the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) – the place President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will confer nationwide honours on best-performing farmers and fishers.