THE REPUBLIC OF HOE & CUTLASS: A SATIRICAL AUTOPSY OF FARMERS’ DAY

Ghana Farmers Day has become a national ritual of applause, but the real farmers behind it are still waiting to be heard.

We clap for farmers once a year—but forget them for the other 364 days. Now we learn Farmers’ Day is planned
without farmers, which explains why the celebration often feels like a party where the guest of honour never got the invitation.

When the Farmers Finally Spoke

Enter Anane Boateng, President of the Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association, who calmly dropped a truth bomb powerful enough to qualify as a national emergency.

According to him, Farmers’ Day celebrations—and the glamorous awards—are organized without any farmer consultation.
Translation: “We are the reason for the party, but we don’t get to plan the party.”

He continued: “Most promises made to farmers are just political talk.”
In Ghanaian English: “The promises are so empty that even an empty sack is jealous.”

This comment should never be swept under the carpet. The carpet is already congested with galamsey dust, abandoned reports, and expired fertilizers. Now the farmer’s voice is lying there too, gasping for ventilation.

Official data from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture
(MoFA)
and the FAO Ghana Country Profile
only confirms how central these farmers are to national survival.

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From 1985 Gratitude to Today’s Ceremony

Farmers’ Day began in 1985 after famine and bushfires devastated the nation. It was meant as a genuine thank-you to farmers who saved the country from starvation.

But somewhere between gratitude and politics, the celebration became a spectacle of polished speeches, new Wellington boots, and award refrigerators larger than the farmer’s house.

Politicians harvest cassava for 3 seconds for the cameras, then retire to air-conditioned tents to discuss food security over plates of imported chicken.

The Farmers Are Present, But Their Voices Are Absent

The harsh truth? Farmers are spectators in their own celebration.

It’s like celebrating Nurses’ Day without nurses. Or organizing Independence Day without Ghana.

And yes — the media is complicit. We love the spectacle, the big cheques, the shiny tractors. But rarely do we dig into the farmer’s true struggles.

Five Satirical Truths About Ghana Farmers Day

1. We celebrate Farming more in speeches than in the soil. The microphones get more power than irrigation pumps.
2. The awards are bigger than the farms. Sometimes the Best Farmer’s prize vehicle has no road to reach the farm.
3. Imported food enjoys VIP status. Tomatoes, rice and chicken fly in from abroad while local produce fights potholes.
4. Promises are planted more than crops. Every year new programmes are launched; every year old problems remain.
5. The farmer is praised publicly and neglected privately. Applause on Friday, struggle on Monday.

What a Real Farmers’ Day Should Look Like

So what would a real Farmers’ Day look like in a Republic that truly valued farming?

• Farmers—not politicians—plan the celebration.
• Awards based on farmer needs, not photo ops.
• Farm roads that actually exist.
• Irrigation that is not theoretical.
• Timely cocoa payments.
• Media that amplifies farmer voices.

Imagine a Ghana where the farmer stands taller than the politician posing with a hoe.

Until then, Farmers’ Day remains a ceremony fertilized with political manure—beautiful to the camera, useless to the soil.

“A nation that eats from the hands of farmers must not silence their mouths.”

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