37th Edition of Farmers’ Day Celebration in SMA

The 37th Farmers’ Day Celebration was held on 3rd December, 2021 at Anomangye M/A Basic School Park under the theme ’’Planting for Food and Jobs – Consolidating food systems in Ghana’’. At the occasion, gallant farmers were decorated, celebrated and awarded.

In all, ten (10) deserving farmers received varying awards from the following categories;

• Overall Best Farmer
• Best Maize Farmer
• Best Plantain Farmer
• Best Person with Disability (PWD) in farming
• Best Fish Farmer
• Best Poultry Farmer
• Best Rabbit Farmer (Non-Traditional)
• Best Vegetable Farmer
• Best Livestock Farmer
• Best Agric Staff

The Best District Farmer received a motor bike and assorted farm inputs. Items given to other awardees included TV sets, fridges, cutlasses, knapsack sprayers and other farm inputs.

The celebration was well attended by chiefs of the various traditional areas, Hon. Members of our Assembly, Staff of the Assembly, Political Party Representatives and other farm-based institutions.

The Municipal Chief Executive celebrated the farmers for their untiring efforts to ensure food security in the municipality. He further pledged the unflinching support of the Assembly in their business endeavours.

The District Best Farmer (Mr Festus Ahemah) for his part, exalted the Assembly for the award and promised on behalf of his colleagues to sustain the gains and to ensure that food is made available to the constituents at a cheaper cost.