President John Evans Atta Mills on Thursday said Government would nurture the cocoa, coffee and sheanut industries and improve the lot of farmers to make them effective partners in building the Ghanaian economy.
\nHe paid glowing tribute to cocoa, coffee and sheanut farmers across the nation for their contributions to the economy and assured them of Government\u2019s support to increase productivity and for better living standards.
\nPresident Mills gave the assurance when a delegation of the executives of the Ghana Cocoa, Coffee and Sheanut Farmers Association paid a courtesy call on him at the Osu Castle in Accra. The visit is the second by the group since the Mills Administration assumed office. President Mills said Government had already increased the producer price of cocoa for at least three times since his Administration assumed power, and gave further thumbs up to farmers for their contributions and sacrifices that had sustained the economy over the years.
\nPresident Mills described the farmers as the foundation and backbone of the economy and registered the nation\u2019s appreciation for their sacrifices. \u201cA nation that does not recognize its heroes is not worth dying for,\u201d he said.
\nPresident Mills assured the farmers that there some members of his Administration such as Mr Martey Newman, Chief of Staff and a former Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board, and Dr Kwabena Dufuor, a former Governor of the Bank of Ghana and currently Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, who would bring their expertise to address issues bordering on the cocoa, coffee and sheanut industries.
\nThe President said the farmers were an important part of the \u201cBetter Ghana\u201d agenda and assured them that 2011, which he had declared as a Year of Action, would be \u201ca year with a difference\u201d as government intended to implement a number of programmes that would positively affect the lives of Ghanaians. \u201cThe year 2011 will be a year with a difference. Something new is coming,\u201d President Mills said.
\nAlhaji Imoro Issifu Alhassan, Northern Regional Chief Farmer, acting as spokesperson for the group, commended the Mills Administration for the upward movement of the producer price of cocoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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