General News of Friday, 10 January 2020Source: mynewsgh.com31-acre maize farm of National Best farmer burntplay videoThe cause of the fire on the 31-acre farm land is uknownA 31-acre maize farm belonging to the 2019 National Best maize farmer Mr John Dimah in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region has been burnt. He revealed that 21 acres of the farm had been harvested whilst 10 other acres were yet to be harvested before the destruction. This comes few weeks after a 52-year-old visually impaired farmer, Mr Aduni Achana, has been left distraught and penniless after his two-acre worth of rice was reduced to ashes by fire. Mr Achana was recognised as the 2018 Best Disabled Farmer in the Kassena Nankana Municipality. The incident has left him grieving with his family and uncertain as to how to sustain his family and continue to work as a farmer.

Source: GhanaWeb January 10, 2020 07:30 UTC