Quansah adjudged the best district farmer in Shama District

Komfoeku (W/R), Dec. 02, GNA—A 67-year-old Joseph Quansah from Fawomaye near Beposo was on Friday adjudged the best district farmer in the Shama District of the Western Region. For his award, he received a 21-inch colour television, a set of cutlasses, four pairs of Wellington boots, galloons of insecticide, one sewing machine and bicycle. The District Chief Executive for Shama, Mr. Enoch Kojo Appiah, presented the award at this year’s District Farmers’ Day celebration held at Komfoeku in the Shama District. In all, 29 farmers were presented with various awards including cutlasses, pairs of Wellington boots, sewing machines, wax print, gallons of insecticides, bicycles, animal feed, among others. The theme for the celebration was, “Grow More Food: Research for Sustainable Agriculture Development”. The Best District Farmer appealed to the Government to make more fertilizers available to farmers in the district to increase crop yield. Mr. Quansah had cultivated 25 acres of coconut plantation, five acres of cassava, 10 acres of palm oil plantation and one acre of plantain. He advised his colleague farmers to work extra hard to win an award next time.

The Shama District Director of Agriculture, Mr. John kwaku Appiah, advised farmers to grow more food crops to ensure food security in the country. He entreated farmers to process and package their agriculture produce to attract higher market value. Touching on some of the challenges confronting farmers in the District, Mr. Appiah mentioned non-availability of large tracts of land for cultivation and farmers’ unwillingness to accept mechanizes farming methods. He therefore advised farmers in the District to adopt modern technological farming practices to boost crop production. The District Chief Executive for Shama, Mr. Enoch Kojo Appiah, also admonished farmers to cultivate vegetable because there is ready market for them. He advised pregnant women to attend antenatal clinic regularly to minimize maternal and infant mortality in the district.