The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), has announced a total of GH¢450 million to, among other initiatives, support the government’s ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme. The fund, according to Mr. Daniel Asiedu, Managing Director of the Bank, is expected to meet the payment requirements for the agro inputs supplied to beneficiaries under the programme and … Read more
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has announced a total of GH450 million to among other initiatives support the government’s ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme. The fund, according to Daniel Asiedu, Managing Director of the Bank, is expected to meet the payment requirements for the agro-inputs supplied to beneficiaries under the programme and also support … Read more
Poor packaging in Ghana is one of the main reasons for the failure of locally manufactured food products to establish themselves in the market and compete favourably with imported ones. This fact, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), accounts for the same problem in most sub-Saharan African countries; thus improving food packaging in … Read more
A new report has found that the complex risks arising from climate change, fragility and conflict can contribute to the emergence and growth of terrorist groups, like Boko Haram and ISIL. The new report: “Insurgency, Terrorism and Organised Crime in a Warming World”, by Berlin-based think tank, Adelphi, found that climate change multiplies and interacts … Read more
Chief Technical advisor at the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Asante Krobea has reiterated that the flagship agricultural programme, ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ launched by President Akufo-Addo yesterday [Wednesday] will not fail but inure to the benefits of every Ghanaian. Speaking to Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm, he said a total of 100,000 out of the 200, … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday concretized his resolve to make agriculture a major source of employment for the youth by launching the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme at Goaso in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The agric flagship programme being driven by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture is aimed at food security and offer … Read more
President Akufo-Addo has noted that if Ghana is to make any meaningful change in the lives of the people, her efforts must be directed at agriculture, as the majority of people can only feel a change in their lives when agriculture is developed. With Ghana’s agriculture predominantly hinged on the production of cocoa, President Akufo-Addo … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, launched the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme at Goaso, in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to him, the programme is the basis of the answer to the twin-problem of the migration of youth to city centres in search of non-existent jobs as well as … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured that his government has put in place measures to ensure the success of the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme, which was launched today [Wednesday]. The programme, which was launched in Goaso in the Brong Ahafo Region, is expected to modernize agriculture, improve production, achieve food security and make Ghana … Read more
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, launched the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme at Goaso, in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to President Akufo-Addo, the programme is the basis of the answer to the twin-problem of the migration of youth to city centres in search of … Read more
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, launched the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme at Goaso, in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to President Akufo-Addo, the programme is the basis of the answer to the twin-problem of the migration of youth to city centres in search of … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has assured that his government has put in place measures to ensure the success of the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme, which was launched today [Wednesday]. The programme, which was launched in Goaso in the Brong Ahafo Region, is expected to modernize agriculture, improve production, achieve food security and make Ghana … Read more
Rwanda’s government announced on Wednesday it had discovered fall armyworm on its crops, making it the third east African country afflicted by the plant-eating pest also recently spotted in Kenya. Uganda confirmed last month that fall armyworm had entered its borders after devastating crops in several southern African nations in what the UN Food and … Read more
The continuous dwindling in the fortunes of the cashew sub-sector has ignited calls on the government to save the situation from its present quagmire. Subsequently, the Cashew Industry Association of Ghana (CIAG) has called on the government to give priority attention to the ailing sector by rolling out an aggressive expansion programme to restore the … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to launch the national ‘Planting for Food and Job programme’ at Goaso, capital of the Asunafo Municipality in the Brong-Ahafo Region on April 19. Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, disclosing this, explained that the programme was a new initiative and intervention introduced by the government to … Read more
Players in the agric sector have made fresh appeals to develop other export yielding ventures to increase Ghana’s export revenue. The renewed calls also come at a time that export revenue from cocoa is expected to drop due to declining global market prices. They contend that the increased options will shield the country from impacts … Read more
Despite international efforts to address food insecurity, around 108 million people in the world were severely food insecure in 2016. This shows a dramatic increase compared with the 80 million in 2015, the Global Report on Food Crises 2017, has said. The report, whose compilation required integrating several measurement methodologies, represents a new and politically … Read more
leadership of the Gonjaland in the Northern region has declared war against illegal timber merchants and commercial charcoal burners whose activities of hacking down large volumes of fresh rosewoods and other trees have threatened farmlands and food security, following failures of the forestry commission to enforce a ban placed on the activities three years ago … Read more
The World Bank has advised the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), to revise the current designs for the construction of the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam project in the Upper East Region. According to the Director of Infrastructure, Lands, Environment and Natural Resources of SADA, Dr. Emmanuel Abeere-tuga, the final feasibility study presented to the World Bank … Read more
The Fruit Processors and Marketers Association of Ghana has requested for a US$10 million bailout from the government to be able it to boost pineapple farming in the country. The funds are needed to help the association to venture into large-scale pineapple farming to increase production from the present 33,000 tonnes to 10 million tonnes … Read more