Carpenter voted New Juaben North Best Overall Farmer

General news for Saturday, November 7, 2020

Source: GNA

2020-11-07

Kadedji George, a 42-year-old carpenter, has been voted the best farmer in New Juaben North Township.

Kadedji was the outright winner among 19 others at the 36th Farmers’ Day celebration held in Asikasu, near Jumapo.

He has one acre each of papaya, yam, cassava, and garden egg, 10 acres of plantain, 15 acres of cocoa, 40 local birds, 10 goats, and 10 sheep. For his prize, he received a tricycle, two bags of fertilizer, six bottles of pesticides, six machetes, a backpack sprayer, and a half piece of GTP wax print.

Clement Owusu was in second place and Afi Adjei was in third place, while Mr. Isaac Ansah and Ms. Rose Kwabea won the awards for best young woman and farmer respectively.

Other awards included the best vegetable producer, the best agricultural extension officer, the best non-traditional crop producer, the best tree producer, the best farmer with physical disabilities, the best poultry farmer and the best farmer-based organization (FBO) .

Nana Kwasi Adjei Boateng, a member of parliament for the area and vice minister of local government, urged young people to take advantage of the government’s flagship programs such as Planting for Food and Jobs and Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) to improve their lifetime.

Ms. Comfort Asante, New Juaben South (MCE) municipal executive director, said the government recognized the important role of farmers in the national economy, hence the introduction of planting for food and jobs and planting for export and rural development to improve farmers’ livelihoods. .

Courage Narh, municipal director of agriculture, described the planting program for food and jobs as an intervention that had increased yields and improved farmers’ livelihoods.

He congratulated farmers for their hard work and urged them to adhere to the guidelines of agricultural extension officers to improve production.