Four companies have donated assorted items valued at GH¢ 309,000 and a cheque for GH¢ 35,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) on Wednesday, as their contribution for this year's National Farmers' Day celebration.
The items, including spraying machine, fertiliser, natural organic soaps and insecticide, were donated by New Okaff Industries Limited, Rainbow Agro Sciences, Wynca Sunshine and Yara Ghana Limited, all in the agriculture value chain.
The Deputy Minister of MoFA in charge of Crops, Mr Yaw Frimpong Addo, who received the items and money on behalf of the ministry noted that the items received would be distributed to farmers on Farmers' Day this year.
He announced that this year's National Farmers' Day celebrations would be held in the Greater Accra Region in November due to the election in December on the theme "Building climate resilient agriculture for sustainable food and security." Farmers' Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday of December.