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, ...
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I Have Not Received My Awards; 2016 Best Farmer Cries Foul
The 2016 National Best Farmer says he is disappointed in the government for reneging on the promise to build him ...
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 ...
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 ...
Africa Agriculture Pioneer Wins 2017 World Food Prize
African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina has won the prestigious World Food Prize for his work to boost yields and ...
Local Farmers Produce Only 5% of Chicken Consumed In Ghana
Local poultry farmers only produce five per cent of chicken consumed in the country with 95 per cent imported, an ...
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 ...
Army Worms Destroy Hectares of Farms In Sunyani
Army worms have destroyed about 1,380 hectares of maize farms in the Sunyani Municipality Army worms have destroyed about 1,380 ...
Poultry Farmers Livid Over Delay In GHc6m Loan Refund
Ghana’s poultry industry has been hit with yet another challenge as loans secured under the past NDC government for the ...
One District, One Factory Project Needs Public Support
One District, One Factory project needs public support One of the major promises made by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ...
W/Region Minister Wants Government Support For B-BOVId’S Agric Model
Western Regional Minister Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has recommended B-BOVID, an agribusiness that thrives on social entrepreneurship at Kejebil in the ...
W/Region Minister Recommends B-BOVId’S Agric Model For Gov’t Support
The Western Regional Minister, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, has recommended B-BOVID, an agribusiness that thrives on social entrepreneurship at Kejebil in ...
2m Local Chickens Consumed Annually
Ghanaians consumed more than two million locally-produced chickens last year, a new USAID survey of the sector has revealed. This ...
Trump Immigration Policies Have Farming Industry On Edge
President Donald Trump's tough new immigration measures are sending shudders through the US farming industry, which largely employs a low-wage ...
We’ll Replace Food Imports With ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Campaign — Afriyie Akoto
The government will, by April this year, launch an audacious campaign to turn farmlands and backyards into a huge food ...
Failing the Disabled
They call it way of life here in Karni, a remote village far off the Upper West Regional capital, it ...
Opoku Gakpo Writes: Attention NPP
Let me first say that it was refreshing hearing Minister Designate for Food and Agriculture Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie, outline ...
Opoku Gakpo Writes: Attention NPP
Joseph Opoku Gakpo It was refreshing hearing Minister Designate for Food and Agriculture Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie, outline the New ...
Pig Farmers Update Skills
A four-day training programme aimed at promoting productivity in the piggery industry to a very high earning and sustainable level ...
ABL Provides Irrigation Plant For Nabio Farmers
Accra Brewery Limited (ABL) under the Eagle Farmer Project has provided a mechanized solar powered borehole and a furrow irrigation ...