The Ghana government is considering buying shares in international food companies that process cocoa aimed at maximizing the economic benefits the country gets from the production of the crop. Ghana is unable to process the cocoa locally, with all the produce being exported outside for the production of confectionaries such as chocolates and drinks. The … Read more
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is expected to announce the consumer price inflation for the month of May 2017 in the coming days. The year-on year inflation rate measured by the CPI with 2012 as the base year with an index of 100 stood at 13.0% in April 2017 as against the 12.80% recorded for March … Read more
Consumers of Sprite and Fanta have more to worry about than rotting teeth according to a Lagos High Court judge, who ruled that the Coca-Cola products could be “poisonous.” The court held that high levels of benzoic acid and sunset additives in the popular soft drinks could pose a health risk to consumers when mixed … Read more
The United Nations has approved an emergency loan of $22 million (20.3 million euros) in a bid to prevent another famine in drought and crisis-hit Somalia, its food agency said Tuesday. The Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) is releasing the funds to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in the hope it will help stave … Read more
The Federal Ministry of Health yesterday put the controversy over the status of Fanta and Sprite to rest. The ministry declared both brands safe for consumption. There had been wide spread fears in the country following the judgement of a Lagos High Court that the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) … Read more
The UN’s food agency on Friday urged China to step up efforts to contain and eliminate a strain of bird flu which has killed scores of people this year. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that countries neighbouring China were at “high risk” of exposure to the H7N9 strain, which has recently mutated to … Read more
Unhealthy eating habits can be blamed for more than 400,000 US deaths a year due to heart disease and related illnesses, researchers said Thursday. The problem is twofold: Americans are eating too much salty, fatty and sugary fare, and not enough fruit, vegetables and whole grains, experts said at a meeting of the American Heart … Read more
Scientists are calling for urgent action to halt the spread of a pest that is destroying maize crops and spreading rapidly across Africa. The fall armyworm poses a major threat to food security and agricultural trade, warns the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (Cabi). It says farmers’ livelihoods are at risk as the non-native … Read more
The Ghana Statistical Service has secured some funding to embark on a nationwide agricultural census to collect data on farmers, farm size and crops cultivated for decision making. The project should have started in 2014 but was delayed due to lack of funds. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture estimates that, it will need a … Read more
Population expansion coupled with urbanisation of fertile agricultural lands together with modernisation in every aspect of human daily activities which create biodiversity are getting eroded in direct and indirect ways. Deforestation, land degradation, coastal development as well as environmental stress collectively lead to large scale extinction of plant species, more importantly, agricultural food crops, which … Read more
Population expansion coupled with urbanisation of fertile agricultural lands together with modernisation in every aspect of human daily activities which create biodiversity are getting eroded in direct and indirect ways. Deforestation, land degradation, coastal development as well as environmental stress collectively lead to large scale extinction of plant species, more importantly, agricultural food crops, which … Read more
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo will be the special guest of honour at the opening of the 68th Annual New Year School and Conference of the University of Ghana. The theme for the conference is “Promoting National Development Through Agricultural Modernization : The Role of ICT.” Organised by the School of Continuing and Distance Education, under … Read more
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo will be the special guest of honour at the opening of the 68th Annual New Year School and Conference of the University of Ghana. The theme for the conference is “Promoting National Development Through Agricultural Modernization : The Role of ICT.” Organised by the School of Continuing and Distance Education, under … Read more
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Washington, DC USA There has been considerable discussion and analysis about how the world will feed over 9 billion people in 2050. What we haven’t been asking is how we will feed over 6 billion people living in towns, cities and megacities, many of whom will have … Read more
By José Graziano da Silva Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agriculture, including forestry and fisheries, is the sector most threatened by climate change. At the same time, the agricultural sectors produce a fifth of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The transformation of the agricultural sectors to address climate change for adaptation … Read more
Rural women in Ghana say despite their key role in the agricultural sector, they have been sidelined in the implantation of certain government policies. Their concern is coming at a time rural women across Africa are being empowered to remain in agriculture so as to secure food for the future. The Africa Lead project is … Read more
Rural women in Ghana say despite their key role in the agricultural sector, they have been sidelined in the implantation of certain government policies. Their concern is coming at a time rural women across Africa are being empowered to remain in agriculture so as to secure food for the future. The Africa Lead project is … Read more
World Food Day 2016 has the global message: “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.” This echoes weather-related disasters hitting vulnerable farmers, fishers and pastoralists in Africa. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, growing food in a sustainable way means adopting practices that produce more with less in … Read more
Even though the global market for dairy products is growing steadily and is expected to generate revenues worth over US$400billion in 2019, Ghana continuous to lag behind, thereby losing out on this global goldmine. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that in the last three decades, world milk production has increased by more than … Read more
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama arrived in New York this morning (September 18, 2016) for the 71st United Nations General Assembly. Accompanied by the First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, he was met on arrival at the JFK airport by Ghana’s Ambassador to United States, Lt. Gen. Joseph Henry Smith, Ghana’s Permanent Representative to the United … Read more