31 FARMERS, FISHERFOLK GRAB PRIZES AT ASHANTI FARMERS' DAY

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A total of 31 individuals and organizations connected with agricultural and fish production in the Ashanti region will be honoured at this year’s Farmers’ Day to be held at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano North district on Friday. 

The award winners will receive prizes for the production of specific agric products during the year under review. 

These are roots and tuber, cereals and grains, small and large ruminants, agro processing, agro inputs dealing, aquaculture production in addition to the best agric-oriented educational institution and Extension officer. 

Speaking to Ashanti Today in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional Director of Agriculture, Kwaku Minkah-Fordjour said the award winners were chosen after a critical consideration of a number of factors used in their production. 

They include the farmer’s adoption of taught new and improved technologies, environmental conservation and food safety practices, productivity per unit area and social consciousness in their respective areas of production. 

Mr. Minkah-Fordjour noted that the award winners will receive prizes ranging from tricycle, refrigerators, spraying machines to wellington boots.

 He noted that National Farmers’ Day celebration is jointly organized by the Ministries of Food and Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and that of Local Government and Rural Development with his sector Ministry being the lead organizer. 

The Regional MOFA Director said even though preparations for the Farmers’ Day celebration in the region has advanced, the organizers still very much need the assistance of the corporate world either in cash or in kind to ensure a complete success of the event. 

He expressed gratitude to some private companies for supporting this year’s regional celebrations with some of the prizes costing huge sums of money. 

Meanwhile, five persons from the Ashanti region who were presented for the National Farmers’ Day Awards have won in their respective categories. 

One of them, an Agric officer, will receive a prize for his dedication to agricultural production. 

The remaining four prospective award winners emerged winners in cassava, cocoyam, rice and snail production. 

Arrangements are that unlike in the previous National celebrations, award winners in this year’s National Farmers’ Day will take only their Certificates of recognition and later take their material prizes in their respective regions where the prizes have already been sent. 

The initiative is to cut down the cost of transporting the prizes to and from the venue of the National celebration.
 

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