PNC CONGRATULATES FARMERS (PAGE 14, DEC 4)

THE Upper East Regional Secretariat of the Peoples National Convention (PNC) has sent a message of congratulation to all Ghanaian farmers for their contribution to national development.
In a statement to mark the 25th National Farmers Day today, issued in Bolgatanga and signed by the Regional Secretary of the PNC, Mr Henry Fatchu, it said the party appreciated the hard work of farmers and fishermen.
It noted that this year’s National Farmers Day celebration, on the theme, “'Accelerated Agricultural Modernisation for Food Security and Economic Transformation”, is indicative of the fact that the agricultural sector has contributed greatly to the Ghanaian economy, and could be the engine of faster growth and poverty reduction if the Government formulates and implements the right policies within the right institutional framework.
“We therefore find it unacceptable that in spite of the role of Ghanaian farmers and fishermen in the context of the socio-economic environment, vast majority of the farmers and fishermen are poor and faced with production uncertainties.
At the same time, the statement said, middlemen continued to compound their woes by exploiting them as a result of price volatility, whiles governments over the years looked on without remedying the situation”.