The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) has congratulated all the farmers who received various awards in the 2018 National Best Farmer awards celebration for their enormous contribution towards the success and sustainability of the school feeding programme.
“We at the GSFP cannot be more grateful to our farmers considering the immeasurable roles they have played and continue to play in producing and supplying the food stuffs required for the sustainability and success of the School Feeding Programme which nourish our children in the beneficiary schools.
“To quote a renowned farmer Brenda Schoepp, “every person once in a lifetime needs a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman and a preacher, but three times everyday, you need a farmerâ€.
A statement issued and signed by the National Coordinator of GSFP, Dr. Kwame Adu Nsiah on Monday also called on the 2018 National Best Farmer, James Obeng Boateng to use his rich experience to inspire more youth to venture into farming.
It also called on the youth of Ghana to develop interest in farming and also enroll onto the government flagship agricultural programmes ‘Planting for Food and Jobs and food processing’, to ensure the continuous availability of food.
The Ghana School Feeding Programme appeal to the Best Farmer to encourage other farmers to be passionate to the school feeding by supplying food to caterers at reduced prices as part of their individual contributions to the programme in their local schools.
“As part of agricultural science studies at school, we wish to encourage heads of schools to reintroduce school gardens in the various beneficiary schools to complement the programme.
Read the full statement below:
10th December, 2018
Press Release
National Secretariat under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) wishes to unreservedly congratulate all gallant farmers in Ghana especially all those who emerged as winners in the just ended National Best Farmers Day celebration at the National, Regional and District levels.
We at the GSFP cannot be more grateful to our farmers considering the immeasurable roles they have played and continue to play in producing and supplying the food stuffs required for the sustainability and success of the School Feeding Programme which nourish our children in the beneficiary schools.
To quote a renowned farmer Brenda Schoepp, “every person once in a lifetime needs a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman and a preacher, but three times everyday, you need a farmerâ€.
Therefore we are indeed most grateful and cannot underestimate your contributions to overall national development through food and nutrition security for our human capital development.
The efforts of the farmers in sustaining the GSFP have directly created jobs for over 9,700 caterers and 19,400 cooks and several indirect jobs to transporters who cart the food from the farms or markets to caterers nationwide.
The National Secretariat of the GSFP therefore assures stakeholders of our resolve to continue to work with the farmers for more food supply in line with NPP government’s vision of eradicating poverty and hunger, depending solely on local farmers to feed beneficiaries of the School Feeding programme.
We would like to call on the youth of Ghana to develop interest in farming and also enroll onto the government flagship agricultural programme Planting for Food and Jobs and food processing, to ensure the continuous availability of food.
Finally, we would like to also call on the 2018 National Best Farmer, James Obeng Boateng from Nkoranza to share his rich experience that won him the recognition and award with other farmers by any means possible so that Ghana School Feeding Programme can benefit more from him in the years to come.
We would appeal to the Best Farmer to encourage other farmers to be passionate to the school feeding by supplying food to caterers at reduced prices as part of their individual contribution to the programme in their local schools.
As part of agricultural science studies at school, we wish to encourage heads of schools to reintroduce school gardens in the various beneficiary schools.
Once again we say Ayekoo to our farmers. God bless you.
Signed:
Dr. Kwame Adu Nsiah
National Coordinator, GSFP
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