The Chief of Dunkwa-On-Offin, Nana Obeng Nuako III, was selected as the Central Regional Best Farmer at the awards day which took place at Nsuaem-Kyekyewere, the capital of the Assin South District.
For his reward, he took home a corn-mill, a sewing machine, a pair of wellington boots, a knap-sack, wax print, a bicycle and cutlasses, among others.
Speaking at the function which was infused with some road safety tit-bits, the Central Regional Minister, Nana Ato Arthur said about US$132.2 million donor assistance and investment was channelled into the country's agricultural sector.
He said, besides, the government had taken a number of important interventions to address the challenges facing farmers and the agricultural sector in general.
He said all these interventions had been implemented with the view to enabling the poor to manage the income that accrue to them from farming and to lead a decent lifestyle.
He advised farmers to form viable co-operatives to enable them to access credit from financial institutions and to also adopt an open-minded attitude to improve agro practices by the sector ministry in order to be abreast with the times and benefit from globalisation.
The Minister for Education, Science and Sports, Professor Dominic K. Fobih and the Assin South District Chief Executive, Ms Alice Millicent Korankye, commended the award winner for their hard work which has contributed towards food security and the national economy.
The Omanhene of the Assin Attandansu Traditional Area, Odeefuo Tsibu Asare, who chaired the function urged people not to consider farming as demeaning but a full fledged profession which could help create employment and generate wealth for economic boom.
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