{"id":442936,"date":"2017-12-02T02:30:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/philip-kweku-agyeman-is-2017-national-best-farmer\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T02:30:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T02:30:38","slug":"philip-kweku-agyeman-is-2017-national-best-farmer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/philip-kweku-agyeman-is-2017-national-best-farmer\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Kweku Agyeman is 2017 National Best Farmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday,  2 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Graphic.com.gh <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-02<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/42144403.295.jpg\" alt=\"Farmersday 2017\" title=\"Farmersday 2017\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mr Agyeman took home a $100,000 cash prize to invest in agribusiness<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512181838_192_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Fifty-year-old Mr Philip Kweku Agyeman from Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo region was Friday crowned as the National Best Farmer for 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Agyeman took home a $100,000 cash prize to invest in agribusiness instead of the usual three-bedroom house from the ADB Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Agyeman has been farming for 28 years and oversees the running of Awurade Na Ay? Farms with a workforce of 205 people.<\/p>\n<p>He was followed up by Madam Mabel Ann Akoto Cudjoe from the Hohoe Municipality in the Volta Region and Madam Rebecca Commey from the Ga South Municipality in the Greater Accra Region.<\/p>\n<p><b>Below is a list of national award winners<\/b><\/p>\n<p>National Best Young Cocoa Farmer \u2013 Philip Essien<\/p>\n<p>National Best Female Cocoa Farmer \u2013 Madam Cecilia Danso<\/p>\n<p>National Best Coffee Farm \u2013 Plantation Resources, Bibiani<\/p>\n<p>National Best Shea Nut Picker \u2013 Madam Rose Deni<\/p>\n<p>National Best Cocoa Farmer \u2013 Yakubu Osman<\/p>\n<p>National Best Fisheries Worker \u2013 Misodu Yaw Lugo<\/p>\n<p>National Best Aquaculture Farmer \u2013 Joshua Anim<\/p>\n<p>National Best Marine Fisherman \u2013 Winfred Anum<\/p>\n<p>National Best Inland Fisherman \u2013 Emmanuel Agbesi Komla<\/p>\n<p>National Best Fisherman \u2013 John Quansah<\/p>\n<p>National Best Crop Farmer \u2013 Abdul Rahman Mohammed<\/p>\n<p>National Best Youth Farmer \u2013 Awunbadect Richard<\/p>\n<p>National Best Livestock Farmer \u2013 Yussif Bombass<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_y8Y1QsIm7w\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/56523644.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">For more news go to: www.graphic.com.gh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>This article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 35 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>General News of Saturday, 2 December 2017 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2017-12-02 play videoMr Agyeman took home a $100,000 cash prize to invest in agribusiness Fifty-year-old Mr Philip Kweku Agyeman from Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo region was Friday crowned as the National Best Farmer for 2017. 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