Africa-Press – Ghana. Agrihouse Foundation, has announced that Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has officially assumed the role of Chief Patron of Agrihouse Foundation’s Gathering of the Royals, a platform for Queen Mothers championing agricultural development.
The Member of Parliament for Koley Klottey Constituency succeeds her mother, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the former First Lady, who passed away after a short illness last year.
A statement issued by Agrihouse Foundation noted that the role carried deep symbolic weight: “she steps into the space previously occupied by her extraordinary mother and national icon.
”Dr Agyeman-Rawlings would be continuing a legacy of empowering Ghana’s traditional female leaders in the agricultural value chain, the statement said.
It said, the incoming Chief Patron expressed the “honour” for being offered the role while highlighting the impactful role of women within the agricultural value chain.
She noted that women’s well-being and advancement was at the center and heart of the former first lady, for which she worked tirelessly and achieved measurable impact.
She vowed to support this initiative to ensure more women succeed in the agricultural sector.
The initiative annually brings together more than 800 women farmers, Queen mothers in agriculture and agribusiness to find common solutions to issues pertaining to women’s advancement in agribusiness and in the development of sustainable Farmer within their respective communities.
