THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem, Mr Ford Henry Kamel, who is also the Deputy Minister of Lands and Forestry, was adjudged the best Jasikan District Farmer at the latest Farmers Day celebration held at Atonkor last month.
For his prize, Mr Kamel took home a motorbike, a knapsack spraying machine, machetes, agro-chemicals, a pair of wellington boots and a certificate.
He offered the items to Mrs Mary Addo, a native of Atonkor, for her dedication to farming.
The MP, who has employed 40 people on his farms, cultivates 73 acres of cowpea, maize, yams, cocoyam, citrus and also rears sheep, goats and cattle.
In a brief speech, Mr Kamel said he came from a farming community and had worked as a farmer for some time now.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Jasikan District Director of Agriculture commended Mr Kamel for being the best commercial farmer in the district and urged others who had the means to invest in agriculture to boost food production in the country.
The Chief of Atonkor, Nana Barimah Kumssey II, observed that one big challenge to sustainable food production was bush fires.
He, therefore, appealed to chiefs to take realistic measures to reduce the menace.
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