{"id":442981,"date":"2017-12-02T09:51:40","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T09:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/ghana-urged-to-do-more-for-farmers-and-fishermen\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T09:51:40","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T09:51:40","slug":"ghana-urged-to-do-more-for-farmers-and-fishermen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/ghana-urged-to-do-more-for-farmers-and-fishermen\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana urged to do more for farmers and fishermen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  2 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/54295089.295.jpg\" alt=\"Smallholder Farmers Planting\" title=\"Smallholder Farmers Planting\" width=\"295\" height=\"206\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>About 80% of total agricultural production is attributed to smallholder farmers including women<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512208300_957_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Managing Director of Tema Lube Oil Company Limited, Mr. Amos Donkoh, says Ghana could do more for farmers in view of the tremendous role they play in the socio-economic development of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now we are trying, but there is more room for improvement. This is because they are doing a lot for the national economy, and if there is a way we can appreciate them the more I think it would boost their morale for productivity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said this on Tuesday in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on the sidelines of the presentation of 20 bicycles by Tema Lube Oil to the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) in support of the 2017 farmers\u2019 day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>In responding to the nature of support that must be given to farmers, he observed the need to invest more in storage facilities in the districts as a way of reducing post harvest loses \u201cwhich reduce the profit margins of most farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that, \u201cWe should support farmers in their operations by providing them with seedlings, fertilizers, and technical know-how. In times when prices of products are going down they can be guaranteed good prices to give them security in their finances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He observed that the farmers and fishermen of Ghana have done a great deal of work for the nation \u201cso we should support them in anything that is done to uplift their image as fellow workers of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is something we have been doing for a long time and TMA knows that when it came to farmers\u2019 day, they could always rely on Lube Oil for support,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He congratulated the farmers and ask individuals and organizations to \u201cin their own small way support and encourage farmers in their activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_y8Y1QsIm7w\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Saturday, 2 December 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-12-02 About 80% of total agricultural production is attributed to smallholder farmers including women The Managing Director of Tema Lube Oil Company Limited, Mr. Amos Donkoh, says Ghana could do more for farmers in view of the tremendous role they play in the socio-economic development of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":434895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-442981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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