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New Juaben North celebrates farmers’ day

The New Juaben North Municipal Assembly has celebrated its maiden Farmers Day at the Hackman Social Centre at Oyoko.

Date Created : 1/15/2019 3:16:29 AM : Story Author : Elizabeth Ansaah/Ghanadistricts.com

The newly created Assembly has awarded a graduate registered nurse turned poultry farmer, Mrs. Bless Tutu, the youth farmer of the year for the Municipality. The 26-years old Mrs. Tutu said, she started the poultry farm as a small business to earn some money to cater for her siblings and herself because her posting was delayed. She said, later she saw the need to expand her poultry farming and that’s how come she now has about 1,300 birds which produce 35 crates of eggs daily.

The overall best Farmer went to a 63-years old Sammy Nii Okai Quaye of BOSSGIE Farms from Akwadum with Mr. Eric Ofosu of Mpaemu and Joseph Sangborh, taking the second and third positions respectively. The best female farmer was won by Ms. Juliana Quashie of Jumapo.Seven other Farmers received prizes for being best farmers for various crops.

New Juaben North who is also the Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Nana Akwasi Adjei-Boateng called on the youth to venture into Agriculture. He said, the government has started building warehouses across the country for storage of farm produce to help reduce post-harvest loses and ensure food security in the country.

The Municipal Chief Executive of the New Juben North Assembly, Hon. Comfort Asante, said the Assembly will assist farmers in the Municipality to use technology and innovations to improve farming. She expressed gratitude to the Chief, Assembly members, Farmers, Staff, including the citizenry and the media who made the programme a success.

The New Juaben North Municipal Assembly Agric Director, Mr. Emmanuel Narh, said the government was supplying improved variety of maize and cassava seedlings at subsidized prices to interested farmers to increase productivity.

Mr. Narh announced that the Assembly has received over 1,500 palm oil seedlings for development of a nursery at Asikasu for distribution to interested farmers next year.