Nsiah emerges Best Farmer in Tarkwa-Nsuaem

A 64-year-old farmer, Paul Nsiah, from Abomponiso, has emerged the Best Farmer in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem municipality.

At the celebration of the 2014 edition of the National Farmers' Day at Bonsa, Nsiah was presented with a 32-inch plasma television set, a packet of roofing sheets, as well as a mist blower and a sewing machine.

He also took home four machetes, two pairs of  Wellington boots, two shovels, a full piece of wax print, a wheelbarrow, four bags of fertiliser, four plastic chairs, a T-shirt, a certificate and one Rosette badge.

He cultivates cocoa, oil palm, cassava, plantain, maize, beans and vegetables. He has a fish farm. He also breeds goats, local fowls, and is engaged in agro forestry.

Theme/Sefwi Wiawso

The theme for the celebration was, "Eat What You Grow."

All the district and regional celebrations of the Farmer’s Day, simultaneously took place last Friday ahead of the officially scheduled Friday, Decembe