Thirty-eight-year-old Adam Musah from New Kokrompe emerged as the Atebubu-Amantin municipal overall best farmer for 2024 at last Friday's 40th Farmer's Day awards held in Atebubu, the municipal capital.
The winner, who holds a Higher National Diploma in Human Resource Management and has 15 years of farming experience, manages about 400 acres of farmland.
He cultivates 120 acres of maize, 67 acres of cowpea, 50 acres of rice, 30 acres of water melons, 25 acres of neri, 20 acres of mangoes, 10 acres each of cassava, yams and garden eggs, 8 acres of pepper, 7 acres of cashew and 5 acres of coconuts.
He also keeps 45 cattle, 60 sheep, 35 goats, 200 local fowls, 125 guinea fowls, 120 exotic layer birds and 50 ducks.