{"id":759563,"date":"2019-12-06T10:34:14","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T10:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/06\/national-farmers-day-today\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:34:14","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T10:34:14","slug":"national-farmers-day-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/06\/national-farmers-day-today\/","title":{"rendered":"National Farmers\u2019 Day Today –"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto <\/strong><\/p>\n

The
\n35th <\/sup>annual National Farmers\u2019 Day celebration is set today at the
\nJubilee Park in Ho in the Volta Region.<\/p>\n

In
\nattendance will be President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the gurus in the
\nagric sector led by the sector minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto.<\/p>\n

This
\nyear\u2019s anniversary is being held on the theme: \u201cEnhancing Small Scale Agriculture
\ntowards Agribusiness Development.\u201d<\/p>\n

The
\ntheme, according to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, was chosen to reflect
\nthe important role of the agricultural sector to the economic development of
\nthe country and to re-emphasise the sector\u2019s contribution to all the other
\nsectors of the economy. <\/p>\n

Today\u2019s event climaxes an eight-day long Agricultural
\nFair and other activities which have preceded Farmers\u2019 Day since 2017 to give
\nopportunity to award winners and also demystify new technologies, machinery,
\nresearch innovations and improvements, and processing of agricultural produce
\nby the various stakeholders in the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n

In addition, the eight-day
\nAgricultural Fair offered a business platform for the various stakeholders in
\nand outside the sector to link up and form networks to boost agri-business.<\/p>\n

Award
\nCategories<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nationalaward categories for the 35th National Farmers\u2019 will includeBest Farmer, <\/strong>Best Livestock Farmer, <\/strong>Best
\nCrop Farmer, <\/strong>Best Youth Farmer, <\/strong>Best Female Farmer, <\/strong>Best Physically Challenged Farmer, <\/strong>andBest Second Cycle School in Practical Agriculture.<\/p>\n

Others are First Runner-up Best
\nFarmer, Second Runner-up Best Farmer, Best Agro Processor, Best Tree Crop
\nFarmer, Best Fisher, Best Maize Quality Farmer, Best Digital Farmer, Best
\nInland Fisher, Best Marine Fisher and Best Acquaculturist.<\/p>\n

The rest are Best Fish
\nProcessor, Best Cocoa Farmer, Best Shea Nut Picker, Best Coffee Farmer, Most
\nEnterprising Female Cocoa Farmer, Most Promising Young Cocoa Farmer and
\nAgriculture Researcher.<\/p>\n

The Regional Awards categories
\nareRegional Best Farmer, <\/strong>First Runner-up Regional, Second Runner-up,
\nBest Fisher and Best Agric Extension Agent. <\/p>\n

For the District level, the categories includeFirst Runner-up District Best Farmer, District Crop Farmer, Best Fish Farmer, Best Livestock Farmer, Agriculture Extension Agent and Physically Challenged.<\/p>\n

By Nana Kwasi <\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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