Charles Gyamfi from the Ahafo Region has been crowned 2019 National Best Farmer in Ghana.
The 58-year-old farmer was announced winner of the prestigious award at the 35th Farmers’ Day Celebration.
This year’s national event was held in Ho in the Volta Region.
The winner from the Tano North District has been farming for the past 25 years, producing cocoa, cassava, maize, garden eggs and citrus fruits among others.
Charles Gyamfi is a father of five and he rears cattle, goats and poultry.
The 58-year-old farmer has five boxes of bee hives, fish ponds and mans over a hundred employees.
The national award comes with a prize of the cedi equivalent of $100,000, a significant improvement from the event’s first edition in 1985 where the winner took home cutlasses.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented Mr. Gyamfi with a cheque at the event in Ho.
In a citation, the overall best farmer was described as a philanthropist who has contributed to the betterment of his community folk.
He has given financial assistance to over a hundred people to enable them enroll onto the National Health Insurance Scheme and also donated hundred bags of cement toward the construction of a clinic in his community.
Charles Gyamfi is also a former national best cocoa farmer and he takes over from James Obeng Boateng who won the 34th edition in 2018.
Nana Yaw Sarpong Serebour from the Ashanti Region was also adjudged the 1st Runner-Up while Abdulai Atiku Seidu from Upper West Region, took the 2nd Runner-Up position.
Philomena Tenge from the Eastern Region won the national best female farmer and Ayuba Jibrila from the Ashanti Region walked away as the national best youth farmer.
