Solomon Kojo Kusi, 55, voted best farmer of 2020; gets GHc 5.7b

– 55-year-old farmer from Jomoro district of the western region, Solomon Kojo Kusi was voted the best national farmer of 2020

– Kusi received a cash award of GHS570,000

– Mr. Kusi won the best farmer award at the district level in 2015

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Every year, Farmer’s Day is celebrated on the first Friday in December to recognize the contributions of the country’s farmers and fishermen.

At this year’s event, the 55-year-old farmer from the western region’s Jomoro district, Solomon Kojo Kusi, was voted the best national farmer of 2020.

At the event held at Techiman in the Bono East region, Kusi received a cash prize of GHS570,000.

Farmer’s Day: Solomon Kojo Kusi, 55, voted Best Farmer of 2020; obtains 5.7 billion GHc Source: Facebook
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The 55-year-old farmer has been in the farm business for the past decade with a current farm force of 220 workers.

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According to a Citinews report, in 2015, Mr. Kusi won the best farmer award at the district level.

Mr. Kusi is a married man and the father of nine children.

Nana Kofi Drobo IV from Wenchi in the Bono region and Mahmoud Mohammed Awal from Zabzugu in the north emerged the first and second runners-up respectively.

At the event, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said that this year’s celebration of Farmers’ Day has become even more important, in light of the havoc caused by the new COVID-19 pandemic.

He mentioned that the resilient nature of Ghana’s agriculture and strong government support for the past three years and ten months there was no food shortage in Ghana.

Nana Addo mentioned that the country faced no food shortages since the virus outbreak off our shores in March.

He added that since then our country has been able to fend for itself, despite obviously difficult times.

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The president expressed his appreciation to farmers and fishermen across the country for accomplishing this historic feat.

YEN.com.gh previously reported that the 2020 Farmer’s Day celebration would not be a holiday as it has always been the case.

In a statement signed by Interior Minister Ambrose Dery, this year’s Farmers’ Day will be celebrated on November 6, 2020 instead of the first Friday in December.

The statement said that although the day would be observed, it would not be a holiday.

However, on Friday, December 4, 2020, which should have been a holiday, the day would be marked as a legal holiday.

The day would be observed as such throughout the country.

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