News ENVIROMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL OF ACCRA

29 June 2011
YARA GHANA SUPPORT ENVIROMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL OF ACCRA: 9-17 June 2011

 
Yara Ghana has recently sponsored the environmental film festival of Accra as part of its contribution
towards climate change which is high on global agenda. The Environmental Film festival was aim to bring together key stakeholders like academics, environmentalists and the general public together to deliberate and report on progress towards environmental sustainability in Ghana. Many high profile figures participated such as representative of the United Nations office in Ghana, the Minister of Environment Science and Technology, the Environmental Protection Agency and members from Advisory council of Environment and Natural Resources.

It is upon this backdrop that Yara Ghana is proud to be part of the sponsors for this year Environmental Film Festival of Accra 2011. The festival over the years of existence has demonstrated the importance of using the powerful medium of film to educate and influence attitudes towards the environment, one of the most critical but often neglected factors for development.

The festival has endeavored to promote its educational task through programmes that combine the rich diversity of world environmental cinema with films about Africa and Ghana, and innovations such as Open Air Cinema.

Our strategy is to become a leading fertilizer company known for knowledge sharing. We in Yara Ghana believed that there is a relationship between the natural environment and the development of agricultural sector and therefore we strongly agree in the need to support programs geared towards promoting, preserving and conserving the natural environment for sustainable agricultural development.

The Minister of Environment Science & Technology said good environmental films should be used to educate the public on the importance of sustainable environment and stressed the need for pro-active measures to be taken to educate our people about dangers of environmental degradation. She also called on the Youth to participate in activities gear towards sustainable environmental management.

The Minister further make an appeal for technical and financial support from the international bodies to help control and educate the public on environmental awareness. Films which portray the problem and solutions to curb such problems should be encouraged.

Yara Ghana agronomic practices and activities around the world goes to ensure that our products helps further reduce the greenhouse emission from fertilizer use. We believe correct fertilizer application rate, split applications and appropriate timing have significant effect of fertilizer efficiency and the environment as a whole.

You can download our brochure “Carbon Footprint” to know more about our commitment and technologies used in the view of protecting our environment.