Ghana may miss its cocoa production target for the 2017/2018 crop season if the weather pattern forecast by the Ghana Meteorological Service is anything to go by. The service has predicted severe weather pattern that may cause downpour leading to flooding in the coastal zones but minimal levels in the middle belt. Already, the number … Read more
The vice-president of policy think tank IMANI Ghana, Kofi Bentil says he is happy with the silence and lack of information from state agencies involved in the frozen bank account and assets of the former COCOBOD boss. He believes due process is being done and he is happy that the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has … Read more
Immediate past Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni, has had his assets frozen by the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), according to Citi News sources at the presidency. Although reasons for the seizure have not been officially communicated, the sources have hinted Citi News that EOCO is … Read more
It appears the Nana Akufo-Addo government may move the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) from the supervision of the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Agriculture. Shortly after Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto was named as the Minister for Agriculture, pending parliamentary approval, some observers pointed out that the new government may change the supervisory role … Read more
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has appealed to the Nana Akufo Addo administration to use policy tools to compel commercial banks in the country to cede a substantial portion of their loan portfolio to the agriculture sector. According to him, the non-existence of such policies is the cause of low investment in the agriculture … Read more
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has appealed to the Nana Akufo Addo administration to use policy tools to compel commercial banks in the country to cede a substantial portion of their loan portfolio to the agriculture sector. According to him, the non-existence of such policies is the cause of low investment in the agriculture … Read more
The incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government must act with circumspection regarding calls by groups for the abrogation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Ghana and European Union (EU), Franklin Cudjoe, the president of policy think tank IMANI Ghana, has said. According to him, it would be suicidal for the NPP, which prides itself … Read more
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has called for restructuring of the Ghana Cocoa Board(COCOBOD) to make it efficient rather than just moving it from the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Agriculture. Shortly after the president-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo hinted that the outgoing Member of Parliament for the Kwadaso constituency, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto … Read more
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has called for restructuring of the Ghana Cocoa Board(COCOBOD) to make it efficient rather than just moving it from the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Agriculture. Shortly after the president elect, Nana Akufo-Addo hinted that the outgoing Member of Parliament for the Kwadaso constituency, Dr. Owusu Afriyie … Read more
Ghana has more arable land than most Western European countries yet we import agricultural products from these countries. That’s according to the General Agriculture Workers Union. Despite the fact that agriculture contributes about 34 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product of most African countries’ economies, and shoulders the greatest part of the labour force, … Read more
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has warned that Ghana may experience shortage of foodstuff if pragmatic measures are not taken to develop irrigation farms due to changes in the weather pattern. A large part of Ghana’s agriculture sector depends on rainfall, but recent reports indicate a shortage of common staple which hitherto was in … Read more