Mobile Money Solves Risky Cash and Lack of Loans For Farmers In Ghana
This is the last of a three-week blog series on digital financial services for agriculture. This series showcases mSTAR and ...
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Cocoa Revenue To Drop Further Over Falling Global Prices – Agric Minister
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has predicted a further drop in revenue from cocoa for this year. ...
EU Nations Vote Against GM Crops
A majority of EU nations voted against genetically modified corn during a meeting of the EU appeals committee. However, that ...
We Will Burn Our Cocoa Farms If Galamsey Activities Don’t Stop – Asunafo North Farmers
Galamsey operations, according to the union, have popped up in some communities Cocoa production may significantly reduce in the country ...
Three Key Markets Resume Imports
Brazil won a major victory Saturday in the fight to restore credibility amid a tainted meat scandal, with key markets ...
Ghana Likely To Miss 2017/18 Cocoa Target Over Unfavourable Weather
Ghana may miss its cocoa production target for the 2017/2018 crop season if the weather pattern forecast by the Ghana ...
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Campaign Gets To Volta Region’
The Volta regional technical committee for the implementation of the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ campaign has been inaugurated in ...
Cocoa Grind Margins Will Fall In 2017
Cocoa processing margins are expected to fall throughout 2017, despite low bean prices and recovering demand, Olam boss Sunny Verghese ...
There’s No Capital To Revive Komenda Sugar Factory
About $16 million will be needed to revive the factory Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan has expressed disappointment in the ...
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ To Begin With GHc 560m Cost
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government’s flagship agriculture policy, “Planting for Food and Jobs” will begin with a cost GHc ...
Kraft Walks Away From ‘friendly’ Bid For Unilever
U. S. food company Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O) withdrew its proposal for a $143-billion merger with larger rival Unilever Plc ...
Claims of Child Labour On Ghana Farms Overblown
Reports of Ghana using child labour on its cocoa farms are grossly exaggerated and not a true reflection of practices ...
‘Fat Taxes’ Could Save Billons In Healthcare Costs
Taxing unhealthy foods that contain salt, sugar and fat could save Australia billions in health care costs and extend people's ...
Cursory Look At the Media Monitoring Industry
Various terms have been used to describe media monitoring in businesses over the past years. However, the relevance of this ...
Revisiting Cassava As Industrial Crop With One District One Factory – Using DADTCO Experience
Latest: Revisiting Cassava as Industrial Crop with One District One Factory – Using DADTCO Experience Shake up in Police Service; ...
GAIP To Commence Pilot of Livestock Insurance
The Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) is introducing a livestock insurance scheme to cushion farmers in the event of losses ...
Olam Ghana’s Biscuit Factory Gets First FSSC Certification In West Africa
Olam Ghana’s Nutrifoods Biscuit factory became the first biscuit manufacturing facility in West Africa to earn international recognition for compliance ...
Farmers Urged To Use Improved Production Technologies
A five-day international training progrmme for stakeholders in the Agricultural sector to “Promote Agriculture Technology to Improve Productivity and Net ...
‘One Village, One Dam’ Is Feasible
A doctor in Geography and Resource Development at the University of Ghana, Legon has said, government’s proposed ‘One Village, One ...
Adopt Climate-Smart Agric To Ensure Food Security
Farmers need to adopt climate-smart agriculture to ensure food security, a lecturer at the Department of Geography & Resource Development ...