Awutu (Central Region) 10th June '99

Mr Bismark Doku-Nartey, President of the Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen (GNAFF), has denied at Awutu that the organisation is a political wing of the NDC government.

He said GNAFF is purely an agricultural-oriented body with the objective of producing enough food to feed Ghanaians.

Mr Doku-Nartey was speaking at a farmers' rally organised by the Central Regional executives of the GNAFF to educate farmers and fishermen on the association's plans to improve their lot.

The GNAFF is bent on mobilising its members to produce more food for local comsuption and export to complement government efforts.

He announced that an American Firm has offered to assist the association financially to enable it set up a Gari processing factories in the rural areas.

Lieutenant Daniel William Osardu, District Chief Executive for Awutu-Effutu-Senya, advised farmers to act as watchdogs against illegal chain-saw operators who indiscriminately fell trees to degrade the environment.

Mr E. N. Barnor, Central Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, urged the association to explore markets for their members saying this will entice the youth to accept agriculture as a lucrative venture.