{"id":442792,"date":"2017-12-01T15:34:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/agyeman-grabs-100k-as-best-farmer-2017\/"},"modified":"2017-12-01T15:34:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T15:34:04","slug":"agyeman-grabs-100k-as-best-farmer-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/01\/agyeman-grabs-100k-as-best-farmer-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Agyeman grabs $100k as Best Farmer 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s National Best Farmer for 2017 Philip Kwaku Agyeman has been awarded with a whopping $100,000 and a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The Brong Ahafo region-based farmer employs over 200 workers. He was awarded at the 33rd National Farmers\u2019 Day Award held in Kumasi in the Ashanti region on December 1, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The National Best Farmer 2nd Runner up award went to Rebecca Commey from the Greater Accra region while the National Best Farmer 1st Runner up title went to Mabel Akoto Cudjoe (Volta region). They also went home with a vehicle each.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the event, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said Ghana is a blessed land with all the ingredients \u201cnot only to feed ourselves, but also to generate jobs, and create wealth and prosperity, through the modernization of and the change in attitude towards agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur prescription for tackling the problems of the agricultural sector is to operationalise a comprehensive plan to enhance food security, improve farm productivity, strengthen linkages with industry and, thereby, create jobs, improve rural livelihoods and wealth for all Ghanaians,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is the list of all national winners:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>National Best Young Cocoa Farmer \u2013 Philip Essien (Western region)<br \/>National Best Female Cocoa Farmer \u2013 Cecilia Danso<br \/>National Best Coffee Farm \u2013 Plantation Resources<br \/>National Best Sheanut Picker \u2013 Rose Danny (Upper East region)<br \/>National Best Cocoa Farmer \u2013 Yakubu Usman (Western region)<br \/>National Best Fisheries Worker \u2013 Yaw Logo<br \/>National Best AquaCulture Farmer \u2013 Joshua Anim (Ashanti region)<br \/>National Best Marine Fisherman \u2013 Winfred Anum (Elmina)<br \/>National Best Inland Fisherman \u2013 Emmanuel Agbesi (Brong Ahafo region)<br \/>National Best Fisherman \u2013 John Quansah (Western Region)<br \/>National Best Crop Farmer \u2013 Amadu Rahman Mohammed (Upper East region)<br \/>National Best Youth Farmer \u2013 Richard Awumba (Upper East region)<br \/>National Best Livestock Farmer \u2013 Yussif (Western region)<br \/>National Best Farmer 2nd Runner up \u2013 Rebecca Commey (Gt. Accra)<br \/>National Best Farmer 1st Runner up \u2013 Mabel Akoto Cudjoe (Volta region)<br \/>National Best Farmer \u2013 Philip Kwaku Agyeman (($100,000)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Ghana\/Starrfmonline.com\/103.5FM<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-1642692961\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Telesol-ad.jpg\" alt=\"Homepage Header Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=1136575713042949\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n\t\t\t(function () {<\/p>\n<p>    function appendFbScript() {\n        var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk',\n            fjs = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];<\/p>\n<p>        if (document.getElementById(id)) return;\n        js = document.createElement('script');\n        js.id = id;\n        js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&appId=298184353996497&version=v2.0\";\n        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);<\/p>\n<p>        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                appId: '298184353996497',\n                xfbml: true,\n                version: 'v2.0'\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.create', function (comment_data) {\n                console.log(comment_data);\n                update_comments_count();\n            });\n            FB.Event.subscribe('comment.remove', function (comment_data) {\n                update_comments_count();\n            });<\/p>\n<p>            function update_comments_count(comment_data, comment_action) {\n                jQuery.ajax({\n                        type: 'GET',\n                        dataType: 'json',\n                        url: 'http:\/\/starrfmonline.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php',\n                        data: {\n                            action: 'clear_better_facebook_comments',\n                            post_id: '276829'\n                        },\n                        success: function (data) {\n                            \/\/ todo sync comments count here! data have the counts\n                        },\n                        error: function (i, b) {\n                            \/\/ todo\n                        }\n                    }\n                )\n            };\n        };<\/p>\n<p>        appendFbScript();\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    appendFbScript();<\/p>\n<p>})();\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s National Best Farmer for 2017 Philip Kwaku Agyeman has been awarded with a whopping $100,000 and a vehicle. 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