{"id":265041,"date":"2016-11-04T06:23:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T06:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265041"},"modified":"2016-11-04T06:23:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T06:23:44","slug":"ghana-marks-32nd-national-farmers-day-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/ghana-marks-32nd-national-farmers-day-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana marks 32nd National Farmers&#8217; day today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana will today mark the 32<sup>nd<\/sup> edition of the National Farmers\u2019 Day\u00a0by rewarding farmers who have been outstanding in their respective fields.<\/p>\n<p>In all, some 90 farmers will be honoured for their immense contribution towards the development of the agricultural sector.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be taking place at Kintampo in the Brong Ahafo Region.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Flagbearer of the Convention People\u2019s Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet will embark on a float with some farmers in the Greater Accra Region as part of activities to mark the celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s Communications Director, Issifu Kadir Abdul Rauf, \u00a0told Citi News the CPP&#8217;s decision to participate in the programme is the party&#8217;s special way of honouring the country\u2019s farmers.<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that the party will use the importance of the day to explain its agricultural policy to farmers.<\/p>\n<p>The National Farmers Day celebration was established by the\u00a0Ministry of Food and Agriculture to honour the nation\u2019s hard working\u00a0farmers.<\/p>\n<p>On the first Friday of every December, farmers who excel in their respective fields are awarded with certificates and other prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Prizes are awarded to deserving farmers and fishers in order of best practices and outputs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s) [0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana will today mark the 32nd edition of the National Farmers\u2019 Day\u00a0by rewarding farmers who have been outstanding in their respective fields. 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