Ghana marked the 41st National Farmers Day on Friday to honor hardworking farmers for their continuous support for the country’s economy.
Addressing the national celebration in Ho, the Volta Regional capital, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama pledged that his government would work hard to ensure affordable agriculture credit for farmers.
Mahama noted that the prevailing interest rates on credit available to farmers makes is prohibitive and does not encourage farmers to go for them.
“The burden placed on farmers by commercial bank interest rates means farmers are ultimately only working for the banks, which hinders national efforts to strengthen food security and expand agricultural production,” the president added.
He added that affordable credit remains crucial to transforming agriculture into a selfsustaining engine of economic development.
“Credit for the agriculture must be at a single-digit interest rate. So, this government is going to work hard to ensure that interest rates are below 10 percent to grant easy access to cheaper credit for farmers so they can produce more to feed the country,” Mahama pledged.
Abraham Kwaku Adusei, an 83-year-old farmer, emerged the overall National Best Farmer for 2025, going home with coveted prizes, including a cash prize of 1.2million Ghana cedis (about 105,000 U.S. dollars), a brand-new tractor with implements, a power tiller head with rotary accessories, motorized sprayers, assorted chemicals, wellington boots, and machetes.
Ghana has observed the first Friday of every December since 1985 as National Farmers Day to honor farmers and fishermen for their role in national development and encourage others to take farming seriously.