UCC Marks World Food Day with Farmers’ Market

The School of Agriculture, University of Cape Coast (UCC) has joined the rest of the world to celebrate this year's World Food Day with a Farmers’ Market event.

This year's global theme for the celebration was "Safe Food Today for a Healthy Tomorrow." 

Locally, the School marked the Day on the theme, “Leave no one behind" and it aimed at making food systems more resilient to withstand global volatility and deliver affordable and sustainable diets for all. 

The Day is celebrated widely by many organizations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

Speaking at a Symposium ahead of the opening of the Farmers’ Market event, the honourable Central Regional Minister, Justina Marigold Assan, urged the public to prioritize food safety, stressing that the sector played a pivotal role in developing policies and regulatory frameworks in establishing and implementing effective food safety systems.