Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC), has held its 2025 School Farm Awards, to recognise and appreciate the outstanding performances of students, teachers and schools in promoting agriculture and innovation in Ghana.
The ceremony held in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, Kosmos Energy and the Blue Skies Foundation, was themed; “Rethinking Agriculture: Growing Young Minds to Feed Ghana’s Future.”
In attendance were representatives from the Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Interplast Ghana, participating schools among others.
The categories for the awards included the overall best Senior High School (SHS) under the Nana Joe Mensah Awards, the overall best Junior High School (JHS) under the Seth Dei Awards, the most hardworking schools, the most innovative School, as well as the best male and female teacher award.
The awards given to outstanding schools and individuals included desktop computers, laptops, tablets, plaques, citations, trophies, certificates for participation, and irrigation setups.
St Johns Grammar SHS in Accra and Gbulahagu D/A JHS were awarded the overall best SHS and JHS respectively, at the ceremony for making great strides in cultivating tomatoes on their school farms.
The two schools were among 700 schools shortlisted from over 1,000 schools that applied to participate in the 2025 KIC School Farm Competition.
All the shortlisted schools were given different vegetable seeds such as tomato, chilli pepper, cabbage, carrot, gardens and others, fertilisers, and basic farm tools to ensure success in their farms.
Mr Benjamin Gyan-Kesse, the Executive Director, KIC, commended his team for the achievement so far in promoting agriculture in schools.
He said the initiative, which started with just a few participating schools, was now recording over 1,000 educational institutions across the country seeking to participate.
Mr Gyan-Kesse said the School Farm Competition went beyond classroom learning, to equip students with problem-solving skills, teamwork, and innovation needed in the agribusiness space.
“We believe that the future of Ghana’s agriculture lies in the creativity and energy of its youth.
That is why we continue to invest in programs that build their capacity, connect them to resources and ignite their entrepreneurial spirit,” he said.
Mr Gyan-Kesse indicated that the competition was not just an agriculture programme but a leadership and mindset development platform for the next generation.
He applauded all the schools for exhibiting hard work, commitment and resilience in the progress of the school farm competition and encouraged them to keep the fire ablaze.
