Rubber Cultivation Replacing Cocoa Farms In Eastern Region
Nana Opanbour Bonsu II, President, Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana has expressed dissatisfaction over the clearing of cocoa trees for ...
Tag: agriculture
Ghana To Develop Charcoal Bar From Palm Kernel Under 1D1F
Government has partnered a local company to establish a factory in the Western Region to produce charcoal from palm kernel ...
U/E: Irrigation Farmers Say They’ve Lost Millions of Cedis Due To Poor Harvest
Hundreds of irrigation farmers in the Bawku West District of the Upper East region say thay have lost millions of ...
Women’s Rights Coalition Pushes For Bridging Gender Gaps
Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) has organised a workshop for stakeholders in the agricultural sector to engage duty-bearers ...
Support Women Farmers To Increase Productivity
Alhaji Ahmed Abubakari Yussif, the Yendi Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has advised male farmers to support women who intend to ...
Agric Minister Justifies 745k Jobs Under PFJ
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has justified claims by his Ministry that government’s flagship programme, ...
Gov’t Presents Three-Bedroom House To 2016 National Best Farmer
Government on Friday presented a fully-furnished three-bedroom house to the 2016 National Best Farmer, Mr Robert Bob Crentsil, at a ...
Gov’t Warned Over Moves To Modernise Agriculture
Government’s attempts to modernise agriculture in the country could have “disastrous consequences” for the sector and consumers, the General Agricultural ...
Armyworms Not Defeated Yet–Suhuyini
Farmers in the Tamale North constituency in the Northern Region have been provided with knapsack sprayers and other farm inputs ...
U/W:Project To Reduce Post Harvest Losses Begins
Implementation of a project to help farmers reduce post harvest losses and improve sustainable nutrition for all has started at ...
FAO Warns Against Over Reliance On Pesticides To Fight Fall Armyworms
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Accra has warned against the over reliance on pesticides in the treatment of ...
Fertilizer Is Good, Has No Linkage To Life Expectancy – Yara Boss Defends
The Managing Director of Yara Ghana Limited has mounted strong defence for government’s move to increase fertilizer use to boost ...
US Will Not Resume Brazil Beef Imports Until Food Safety Addressed
The United States will not resume imports of beef from Brazil until food safety issues have been addressed, US Agriculture ...
Running of the Bulls Thai Style
Languidly ploughing flooded paddy-fields, Thailand's buffaloes don't usually strike people as the quickest of beasts. But farmers in eastern Thailand ...
Camel Caught On Aussie Golf Course
A runaway circus camel caused traffic chaos and trespassed onto the ninth green of a military golf course before bemused ...
India’s Top Court Stays Controversial Cattle Slaughter Ban
India's top court on Tuesday stayed a nationwide ban imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on the sale of ...
IMANI Punches Holes Into ‘Planting For Food & Jobs’ Program
Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa, has questioned the viability of government’s biggest agricultural policy dubbed ‘Planting for Food and Jobs.’ ...
Indian Lab Develops ‘beef Detection Kits’
A government-run laboratory in western India has developed portable "beef detection kits" that will allow police to quickly determine whether ...
Local Fruit Processing Firms May Collapse If… – Blue Skies
Local fruit processing companies risk collapse due to inadequate raw material, if no conscious effort is made by government to ...
Tono Rice Farmers Fear Loss of 400,000 Tonnes of Produce
Rice farmers at the Tono Irrigation site at Navrongo in the Upper East Region says, over four thousand metric tonnes ...