Suame Municipal Assembly celebrates 40th Edition of Farmers Day on 8th November 2024 at the forecourt of Breman Palace – Kumasi under the theme: Building Climate Resilient Agriculture for Sustainable Food Security.

The head of the Agric Department, Mr. Abass Mohammed led the Chief Executive, the Nananom and selected personalities through inspecting some of the products exhibited.

The Director of Agriculture welcomed everybody present to the 40^th Farmers Day Celebration and spoke on the theme for the year Farmers Day Celebration which was “Building Climate Resilient Agriculture for Sustainable food Security”.

 He also had the opportunity to speak on what the Agric Department has done this year by impacting knowledge through the Extension Officers to farmers.

  The Municipal Chief Executive on behalf of the President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo and the sector Minister, Hon. Dr. Bryan Acheampong and his own behalf, congratulated the farmers for their commitment and unrelenting efforts over the years to feed the people and being major stakeholders in the nation building. He shared his personal experience as a farmer and how much he makes in his enterprise. He encouraged the youth to take on farming as a business since the returns were massive when it’s done well.

The celebration saw the presentation of awards to farmers in the municipality who have distinguished themselves in their line of work. Out of 24 farmers nominated for the awards, 7 were awarded.

The following categories and personalities were awarded with fridges, blenders, TVs, spraying machines, wellington boots, cutlasses and certificates.

	Type of Award	Name	Location
1	Best Livestock Farmer	Abdallah Mohammad	New Suame
2	Best Crop Farmer	Agyei Blackson	Abusuakruwa
3	Best Non-Traditional	Eric Anning	Bremang Central
4	Best Female Farmer	Mary Afriyie Forson	Bremang Nkontwoma
5	Best Poultry Farmer	Josephine Boahemaa	Abuohia
6	Best Fabricator	David Yaw Frimpong	Suame Magazine
7	Overall Best Farmer	Mohammed Abdul Razak	Old Suame

The overall best farmer for Suame Municipal for 2024 was Mr. Mohammed Abdul Razak.

He was given a Chest freezer, spraying machine, cutlasses, wellington boots, cloth and a certificate. He later received the sword from the 2023 best farmer signifying he has emerged as the best farmer for 2024 Farmers Day.

Mr. Mohammed Abdul Razak, thanked the Almighty God and the Municipality for the Award.

The chairperson for the occasion thanked all for the support they gave for the success of the program. He encouraged the award winners to continue to work hard in their various enterprises to produce more food for the country.

He further stressed on the need for a peaceful election. He maintained that a peaceful election was paramount for the growth of the country.

Closing prayer was said by Rev. Edward A. Appiah, Breman Presbyterian Church. The celebration ended at exactly 12:30pm.

Bettilyna Opoku Agyemang

(MAO-Extension)