B/A best farmer Stephen Kwadwo Adjei receiving hand shake from regional Minister Kwadwo Nyamekye-Marfo
The 2011 Brong Ahafo regional Best farmer 56-year-old Stephen Kwadwo Adjei from Nyinase Jerusalem in the Nkoranza South District is calling on government to assist farmers to access loans.
Mr. Stephen Kwadwo Adjei told Today in an interview at his base Nyinase Jerusalem in the Nkoranza South District of the Brong Ahafo Region.
Mr. Stephen Kwadwo Adjei was last week crowned the Brong Ahafo Regional best farmer at the regional farmers’ Day held at Wamfie, the district capital of the Dormaa East District .This year alone, he has cultivated 300 acres of maize, 60 acres of yam, 60 acres of cassava, 100 acre of teak tree, cashew fruit 10 acres, mango 10 acres, 600 hens, 40 goats and 3 fishponds.
Mr. Adjei says many farmers in the Nkoranza District cannot access loans because majority of them do not have collaterals; this he said has become a big headache for farmers who are finding it difficult to expand their famers.
“I want to urge government to use the agric extension officers to help farmers to get loans, the agric extension officer’s work with the farmers so they are the best people to identify those who are farmers and those who can pay their loans. I also want to use the opportunity to appeal to the youth to go into farming because it is lucrative; this I believe would reduce the unemployment rate in the country.” Mr. Adjei appealed.
According to Mr. Adjei he has been farming close to 20 years, he used to rear cattle but has to stop because his cattle destroyed people’s crops and thought it was not good to continue to rearing the animals.
“I was rearing cattle sometime ago, but I have to stop because they were destroying people’s crops so I thought it wise to stop rearing them. These farmers find it difficult to access loans so why should I allow my cattle to destroy the little they have used their strength to grow, I have decided to go into more crop production,” he noted.
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