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The Vice President, Mr K. B. Amissah Arthur, and his team on Friday joined this year’s national Farmers' Day celebration at Kpone in the Greater Accra Region.

He was originally supposed to be in Bolgatanga in Upper East Region; however due to poor visibility, the Ghana Air Force could not lift him to the Tamale Airport and subsequently continue to Bolgatanga.  
 
At Kpone he congratulated every farmer and fisherman across the country and added that "government acknowledges the enormous potential agriculture has for providing sustainable employment, decent incomes and improved standard of living, as well as contributing to food security. It is for these reasons President John Mahama is calling for the transformation of the structure of the economy.

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 30percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product(GDP).

The theme for this year’s celebration is “Transform Ghana: Invest in Agriculture”.