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 ...
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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.’ ...
Agribusiness Expert Outlines Ways Farmers, Others Can Eliminate Poverty
Countries in West Africa, including Ghana, have not made the best out of agribusiness due to the erroneous impressing that ...
Ghana To Host West Africa Fertilizer Agribusiness Conference In July
The CRU Events (Commodities Research Unit) has partnered the African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) to host the West Africa Fertilizer ...
Banks To Look Into Agric Financing
Bankers are increasingly becoming amenable to agriculture financing, which they have long avoided for its unduly risky nature, on the ...
Delays In Supply of Seeds Affect Planting For Food and Jobs Programme
Only 90 farmers out of the 1,000 registered farmers enrolled on the Planting for Food and Jobs Mr Francis Ennor, ...
Nest Agro Foods To Transform Vegetable Production In VR Through Franchise Farming
The Volta Region is set to become the hub of fresh organic vegetable production in the country as efforts are ...
Planting For Food & Jobs Commitment Fee Scaring Farmers – NGO
The Centre for Agricultural Policy and Analysis (CAPMA), believes farmers are being scared away from enrolling on the Planting for ...
Fewer Farmers Registering For ‘Planting For Food & Jobs’ – Minister
The Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture Dr. Nurah Gyiele, has said his outfit ...
Agriculture Answer To Africa’s Misery
The quickest way out of Africa’s economic woes is through agriculture, Dr Rufaro Madakadze, Programme Officer for Training and Education ...
Fewer Farmers Registering For ‘Planting For Food & Jobs’
The Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture Dr. Nurah Gyiele, has said his outfit is ...
Ministry of Agric Complicit In Subsidized Fertilizer Smuggling- Minister
Some Agric officers are conniving with fertilizer agents under the government’s fertilizer subsidy programme to smuggle large quantities of the ...
Cocoa Farmers To Benefit From Fertilizer Subsidies
Fertiliser subsidies for farmers has been implemented to improve yield of cocoa farms Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has announced fertiliser ...
Farmers Get Certified Seeds Under CRS/USAID/IFDC Programme
The Catholic Relief Services in collaboration with the International Fertilizer Development Center has supplied 1,080 farmers in the Northern region ...
African Youth Take Technology To Agriculture
Africa's youth are turning to technology for new and smart agricultural practices. This was revealed at the Young Africa Works ...
People Think Juice Is Good For Them. Wrong!
Mrs. G. came to our offices for her first visit distraught. Her primary-care doctor had just diagnosed her with diabetes, ...
6,500 Farmers Receive Free Certified Seeds
About 6,480 farmers from six districts in the Northern Region have been provided with free certified seed starter packs at ...
Army Worms Invade Farms In Ghana; Threaten Food Security
Ghana’s Chamber of Agribusiness Executives says armyworms have invaded farms in the Brong Ahafo Region and parts of the Volta ...
It’s Time To Load Up On Chocolates Before Cocoa Rebounds
Chocolate addicts, it’s probably a good time to start stocking up. The treats may not be this cheap much longer. ...
African Small-Scale Farmers To Benefit From Ecosystem Initiative
The integrated Financial and Commodities Ecosystem (FinComEco) on Monday launched an initiative aimed at driving improvements in food security, economic ...