The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana Mission Director, Andrew Karas, travelled to the Central and Western Regions from March 27-31 to meet with stakeholders and visit USAID programs and activities. The objective of the visit was to fortify USAID’s partnerships in Ghana’s Central and Western Regions to achieve positive development results. During … Read more
Former President John Dramani Mahama has called for a strong focus aimed at encouraging youth to consider opting for agriculture sector. In addition, he advocated for better seeds, fertiliser and irrigation systems which can have far ranging benefits for the nation. He spoke on the importance of agriculture in Ghana during the Chicago Council’s Global … Read more
US authorities have agreed to the $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta by state-owned ChemChina, marking the biggest overseas acquisition by a Chinese firm. The move lays the path for what would be the latest in a string of foreign investments by Chinese firms fuelled by Beijing’s call for its companies to “go … Read more
Research scientists at the Water Research Institute (WRI), one of the institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have raised alarm over dangers posed to many fish farmers in fishing communities along the Volta Lake. They attributed the problem to aquatic weeds, unregulated human activities and climate change. According to them, freshwater … Read more
Research scientists at the Water Research Institute (WRI), one of the institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), have raised alarm over dangers posed to many fish farmers in fishing communities along the Volta Lake. They attributed the problem to aquatic weeds, unregulated human activities and climate change. According to them, freshwater … Read more
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the first-ever Ghana District Profile Series report in Accra. This report is part of USAID’s work to support evidence-based decision making, and to bridge the data and information gap at the sub-national level in the implementation of Ghana’s local government decentralization policy. The Ghana District … Read more
The governments of Ghana and Japan have signed two grant agreements to the tune of US$58.4 million designated for some road and health projects.. The first agreement, worth US$56.6 million, will fund the Tema Motorway roundabout project, and will also ensure the rehabilitation of the Yamoransa-Assin Fosu road which had a portion cave in last … Read more
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the US government’s Feed the Future Initiative and the National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG), held the seventh annual Pre-season Planning and Networking Forum on March 30 in Ghana’s Northern Region. The event brought together 800 government officials, farmers, agribusinesses, processors, agro-input dealers, seed companies, … Read more
The Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) has embarked on a campaign to promote the cultivation and consumption of local food crops and vegetables. The campaign is to encourage and support the collection, conservation and sharing of local and indigenous seeds. In addition, the CIKOD is promoting crops that are not dependent on … Read more
This is the last of a three-week blog series on digital financial services for agriculture. This series showcases mSTAR and the Digital Development for Feed the Future team’s recently released interactive online resource and instructional videos, made to complement The Guide to the Use of Digital Financial Services in Agriculture. The online resource breaks down the steps … Read more
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has reiterated government’s commitment to provide the necessary incentives and policy initiatives to make the agricultural sub-sector more vibrant and profitable. He has also encouraged more youth to go into commercial farming as a source of employment to support the country’s development agenda. Dr. Afriyie … Read more
The devastating conflicts gripping the Middle East and North Africa have left 30 million people unsure of their next meal, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said. “Food security and nutrition levels in the Near East and North Africa have sharply deteriorated over the last five years,” the agency said in a report released Monday. … Read more
Some Smallholder farmers in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region are exploiting indigenous farming technologies to preserve their food stuff for storage and treat their livestock of diseases and pest. This came to light at the launch of a new Food Security Project, dubbed “Promoting Local Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security (Proli-FaNS)” … Read more
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the Northern Region that are committed to promoting the nation’s democracy have condemned the practice of snapping thumb printed ballots after votes casting on the day of elections. They decried the widespread of such practice at the 2016 elections and called for its total ban at future elections. They argued … Read more
Organic farming products have been on the rise in Ghana as food safety is a priority with more and more consumers in the African nation. Oluwakemi Aladesuyi has this story on a Ghanaian papaya farm with a difference. Michael Osei Appiah said he first heard it on the radio, the message “Go Organic.” As the … Read more
A plague of crop-destroying fall armyworm caterpillars has spread to East Africa where officials confirmed their presence for the first time in Uganda on Friday. An outbreak of the caterpillars in several southern African nations has already raised alarm with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warning they pose “a huge threat to food security”. … Read more
A third of Yemen’s 22 provinces are on the brink of famine, the UN said Friday, warning that 60 percent of the war-ravaged country’s population was going hungry. Yemen, long one of the world’s poorest nations, has seen its food security deteriorate dramatically since its civil war escalated two years ago after the intervention of … Read more
Parliament yesterday observed International World Water Day, with a call on Ghanaians to devise ways to treat and re-use waste water. The Members of Parliament (MPs) said the re-use of waste water would avoid the wasting of treated water and facilitate the extension of same to all Ghanaians. They also called for measures to protect … Read more
A Non-Governmental Organization, A Rocha Ghana, has launched a four-year project in Damongo to safeguard the Volta Basin within the Mole ecological zone in the Northern Region. The project codenamed, “Shared Resources Joint Solution” launch coincided with the 2017 World Water Day celebration. With the intention to upscale the project, it is to enhance natural … Read more
On March 21 and 22, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) met with the Government and partners working to advance food security goals under the U. S. government’s global hunger and food security initiative, Feed the Future. Over the course of two days, the Feed the Future partners and the Government of Ghana … Read more