Obuasi, Dec. 22, GNA - Atlas Copco Ghana Ltd, a worldwide leading industrial productivity solutions provider, has supported farmers in the Obuasi Municipality with farm implements and household items worth over GH¢2000.

The items, which include, crocodile machetes, Wellington Boots, knapsack sprayers, remote controlled standing fans, televisions, and electric irons, were presented to the farmers in honour of their hard wor= k to make food available to the population.

Atlas Copco's Communication Director, Ms Gladys Mante, who presented=

the items last Saturday at a brief ceremony at Obuasi, said the support w= as in fulfilment of the company's social responsibility and appreciation to the role that agriculture plays in Ghana and in many other developing countri= es. She said with more than 130 years of experience in superior productiv= ity worldwide, Atlas Copco believes in giving back to society part of the numerous successes it had chalked globally. As a result, she said, since agriculture is the mainstay of Ghana's economy, it meant that any assistance to the sector was a step in the rig= ht direction. Ms Mante said Atlas Copco would continue to promote agriculture in th= e Municipality to boost the moral of farmers to spur them on to improve productivity at all times. 22 Dec. 09