Ministry receives more donations towards National Farmers’ Day

By Julius K. Satsi/Stella Opokuwaa Asare, GNA

Accra, Nov. 24, GNA - The Ministry of Agriculture has received more donations from some companies in the form of cash and agriculture inputs towards this year’s National Farmers Day celebration.  

The companies were; Agrimat, CDH Financial Holdings, Multivet, the International Fertilizer Development Centre (IFDC), World Coverand Crocodile Machetes.

The rest were New Okaff Industries, Cosmos Organic life, Famous House Enterprise, AgriSeed, Qualiplast, MacroFertile Ghana, West African AgroTech Company, Japan Motors, CFAO Ghana Limited, and Omni Fert Limited.

CDH Commodities Limited, Dizengoff Ghana, and the International Fertilizer Development Centre supported the Ministry with GH¢10,000.00 each to appreciate the hard work of Ghanaian farmers.

Multivet Ghana Limited, who are into veterinary pharmaceuticals and agro chemicals, donated 15 Devinish - a premix concentrate used for laying of beds, ten cartons of multilik minerals while Crocodile Machetes Ghana Limited presented various cartons of their brands worth GH¢10,000.00.

World Cover also presented an amount of GH¢5,000.00 and QualiPlast presented plastic wares worth GH¢15,000.00, while AgriSeed Limited presented fertilisers and chemicals worth GH¢13,275.00 and Macro Fertile Ghana donated fertilisers at a value of GH¢5,000.00.

The 33rd National Farmer’s Day was launched on August 16 with sponsorship packages for corporate institutions to support the celebrations.

The sponsorship package starts with the bronze sponsor, which starts with GH¢10,000.00 and below and such sponsors would get acknowledgement in the media, special certificate of sponsorship at the Sponsors’ Awards Night as well as photo opportunity for presentation of packages to the Minister of Food and Agriculture and for the media.

The Silver sponsor, starting from GH¢10,000.00 to GH¢30,000.00 will also get acknowledgement in the media; advertise company’s logo on sponsor’s billboard at the durbar ground for telecast, special certificate of sponsorship at the Sponsors’ Awards Night, and photo opportunity for presentation of packages to the Minister of Food and Agriculture for the media.

The Gold Sponsor category starts from GH¢30,000.00 to GH¢50,000.00 and in addition to the four benefits above, they will advertise their company logo in the event brochure and a half page colour print company advert with felicitation message to farmers and fishers in the National Farmers Day Brochure.

The Platinum sponsors, which is GH¢50,000.00 and above would get acknowledgement in the media, advertise company’s logo on sponsors’ billboard at the durbar for telecast, and advertise company logo in event brochure, plague and special certificate of sponsorship at the Sponsors’ Awards Night.

The rests are full-page colour print company advert with felicitation message to farmers and fishers in the National Farmers’ Day brochure, photo opportunity for presentation of packages to the Minister of Food and Agriculture for the media, and branding of some sections of the principal route to and outside perimeter of durbar ground.

GNA 

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