The Vice President, Paa\u00a0Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, who was expected to grace the 2015 National Farmers’ Day celebration in Bolgatanga, was unable to attend the event due to bad weather which prevented him from flying from Accra on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”LEOUUMBrvXLihxh01EXGRNJDOzQ3Eppo”]Reports indicate that the severe harmattan weather has affected air travel in Northern Ghana, forcing airline operators to cancel flights to the region.<\/p>\n
The Vice President was to represent the President John Dramani Mahama, who is out of the country an official assignment.<\/p>\n
Over two thousand Ghanaian farmers and fishers \u00a0across the country, are being rewarded by government for their enormous contribution to the growth of the economy.<\/p>\n
Farmers\u2019 Day, which is celebrated annually on the first Friday of December, is aimed at motivating and rewarding farmers for the role they play in the provision of both food and cash crop.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s celebration is under the theme \u201cTransform Ghana: Investing in Agriculture.<\/p>\n
The Farmers’ Day was instituted by the Provisional National Defense Council(PNDC) government in 1985 in recognition of the vital role farmers and fishers played in the economy especially the highly commendable output of farmers and fishermen in 1984 during which Agriculture contributed to 30 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product(GDP).<\/p>\n
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By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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