National Best Farmer calls on High Commissioner

Accra, July 16, GNA - The 2007 National Best Cocoa Farmer, Nana Nicholas Kwabeng has paid a courtesy call on Ghana's High Commissioner to the UK and Ireland, Mr Annan Cato.

A statement from the Ghana High Commission in London said Mr Amegashie Duvon, Resident Manager of Cocoa Marketing Company in London, speaking on behalf of Nana Kwabeng, said the farmer won the coveted prize because of his high production of cocoa.

He said this achievement was made possible through the mass spraying of cocoa farms undertaken by government, planting of improved cocoa seedlings and the application of modern scientific methods. Mr Amegashie commended government for the massive support it has given to farmers.

Mr Cato praised cocoa farmers for producing quality cocoa and expressed the hope that by 2010, Ghana would achieve the one million tonnes production target it had set for itself.

Nana Kwabeng was in London as part of the Government delegation to the Royal Agricultural Show held in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire.