{"id":442957,"date":"2017-12-02T05:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/women-sweep-farmers-awards-at-tarkwa-nsuaem\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T05:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T05:00:32","slug":"women-sweep-farmers-awards-at-tarkwa-nsuaem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/women-sweep-farmers-awards-at-tarkwa-nsuaem\/","title":{"rendered":"Women &#8216;sweep&#8217; farmers awards at Tarkwa-Nsuaem"},"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\/51863133.295.jpg\" alt=\"Women Farmers\" title=\"Women Farmers\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Food items on display at the Farmer&#8217;s Day celebration<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512190831_23_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal celebration of this year&#8217;s edition of the National Farmers&#8217; Day, was observed at Wassa Simpa, where three women stole the show as overall best, first runner-up and second runner-up respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Agnes Baah, 58, from Simpa, emerged the Overall Best farmer, out of the total 15 selected for recognition while Madam Elizabeth Awo-Wugah, 65, from Esuom, took the 1st Runner-up District Best Farmer with Madam Hannah Wilson, 40, from Tamso, picking the 2nd Runner-up District Best Farmer.<\/p>\n<p>The overall winner cultivates cocoa, rubber, cassava, cocoyam, plantain, pepper, sugarcane and rice, and also rears local fowels and small ruminants<\/p>\n<p>For her prize, sponsored by Gold Fields Limited, she received a deep freezer, sewing machine, full wax print, a wheel barrow, 10 bags of fertilizer, machete, Wellington Boots, shovel, Knapsack sprayer, Mist blower, a certificate and a &#8216;T-&#8216; Shirt.<\/p>\n<p>The 1st runner-up, who also produces various crops, was presented with a number of items, sponsored by Anglo Gold Ashanti while Madam Wilson also took home some prizes.<\/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<p>In an address, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Mr Gilbert Ken Asmah, disclosed that under the government&#8217;s flagship &#8220;Planting for Food and Jobs&#8221; policy, a total of 1,095 farmers had been registered, electronically and had received 3,909 bags of fertilizer, 180 bags of cereal and 163 sachets of vegetable seed.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he indicated that about 700 farmers had also accessed different facilities under the programme.<\/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 Food items on display at the Farmer&#8217;s Day celebration The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal celebration of this year&#8217;s edition of the National Farmers&#8217; 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