Accra, October 15, 2012  The Government of Ghana, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP), food security sector partners,and Ghanaian farmers celebrates World Food Day tomorrow 16th October2012 at Bewadzi in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region. Thisyears celebration is being held under the theme Agriculturalcooperatives: key to feeding the world, to highlight the many, concreteways in which agricultural cooperatives and producer organizations helpto provide food security, generate employment, and reduce poverty. The
FAO Director-General Dr. Josao Graziano da Silva in his message for the observance of this years event, pays special tribute to cooperatives for working against hunger and overcoming market and policy constraints by providing their members access to a range of assets and services.The official celebrations of World Food Day 2012 will be climaxed in Bewadzi in the Gomoa West district of Central Region involving producer groups, cooperatives, farmer organizations as well as the Government,
FAO, WFP and agriculture partners.Mr. Musa Saihou Mbenga, FAO-Ghana Country Representative, said: the
structure of the Ghanaian agricultural system is changing rapidly.
Independent producers need to vertically coordinate their production through the agricultural system to maximise returns. Cooperatives comprise an important and growing part of this changing agricultural
industry. Due to the singularity of member owned-member managed,
cooperatives have the ability to solve various market problems facing the agricultural producers. For Additional Information, please contact:
Ewurama Greenslade Communications FAO West Africa Office Tel. 0302 675
000 Ext 3138 E-mail: ewurama.greenslade@fao.org
Media Contact: David Youngs FAO Ghana Email: david.youngs@fao.org