Stop celebrating Farmers’ Day amid failing Agric sector, giving awards to loyalists – Alhaji Fawan

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Pulse-gh Dec. 6, 2022 2:42 p.m.

Stop celebrating Farmers’ Day amid failing Agric sector, giving awards to loyalists – Alhaji Fawan

“There has been a food shortage predicted for 2023, poultry farmers are in tears because there isn't enough maize in the system, main industry farmers didn't farm this year, planting for food and jobs has failed, major seed suppliers haven't received payment since 2021, and we import more food than we produce,”Alhaji Fawan Iddi Issah added in the post that got many of his Facebook followers reacting, with many agreeing with him.

He owns about 900 acres of oil palm plantation, 65 acres of cocoa plantation, 36 acres of cowpea, and 37 acres of cassava plantation, and also breeds cattle, sheep and goats in the Ashanti Region, all of which earned him the award.

In a post on his Facebook page on Saturday, December 3, he said it is completely nonsensical to continue celebrating Farmers’ Day when the agriculture sector is failing and the value chain is fraught with many challenges that are begging for attention.

When money could have been used to support the value chain by assisting farmers in purchasing seedlings, fertilisers, subsidized machinery, weedicide, etc., we instead chose to bring in $400 million for insurance through the Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool from the 2023 budget.

“Why do we celebrate Farmers Day when the agricultural industry is failing and we are consistently selecting our political allies as the best farmers? December 2 of every year is declared a national holiday to celebrate farmers across the country and deserving farmers are rewarded for their outstanding involvement in agriculture..

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