Mass Infestation of Maize Farms By Armyworms; Farmers Abandon Farms In Despair
The infestation of fall armyworms on maize farms in the Ashanti Region continues to worsen despite efforts by the government ...
Tag: rice
USAID-Ghana Rice Project Promoting Food Security, Incomes In UWR
The US Agency for International Development, Ghana Mission (USAID-Ghana) is providing new technologies and improved seeds to boost rice production ...
Government Institutions To Mandatorily Buy Local Foodstuff
The government has directed all schools, hospitals and other state institutions to mandatorily buy foodstuff from local farmers. They can ...
Northern Region Records High Grain Output
The Northern Region saw high grain production in the 2016 farming season, with farmers expressing gratitude to government and other ...
War On Armyworms As Ministry Declares ‘agric State of Emergency’
Parliament has been asked to declare an 'agricultural state of emergency' as an armyworm invasion puts a GHC560m agricultural project ...
Nigeria Minister Gaffes On CNN
Nigeria’s Information Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gaffed on CNN Friday when he said the best jollof rice is prepared in ...
Market Women Adopt New Technology To Eliminate Post-Harvest Losses
Market women in major market centers in the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana ...
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Will Fail – Lecturer
The “Planting for food and jobs” campaign which was launched by the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last week may ...
Planting For Food & Jobs Not ‘thought Through’
Government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme has come under scrutiny by industry players a day after it was launched ...
Ghana Can Halt Rice Importation – Percival Ampomah
The importation of rice can be drastically reduced if the necessary measures are taken to boost rice production in Ghana, ...
Ghana Can Halt Rice Importation
The importation of rice can be drastically reduced if the necessary measures are taken to boost rice production in Ghana, ...
‘Revive Aveyime Rice Project’
Some chiefs and influential leaders in South, North and Central Tongu Districts of the Volta Region have appealed to the ...
GAWU Lauds ‘Planting For Food and Job’ Project
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) of Ghana has lauded the ‘Planting for Food and Job’ project by the ruling ...
Government Slashes Fertilizer Prices By 50%
Government has reduced the prices of fertilizer by fifty percent. This according to government is to motivate farmers to increase ...
Lefover Rice Could Make You Sick If You Dont Do This One Thing
Although reheating a Chinese takeout when you’ve got a hangover is one of life’s great pleasures, leftover rice can actually ...
Students Develop Technology To Boost Rice Production
A group of tertiary-level students has developed technologies to address challenges of rice production in Ghana. Six teams from the ...
Rice Farmers Record Bumper Harvest But Worried Over Lack of Ready Market
Rice farmers in the Volta Region who complained of losses in the past are now heaving a sigh of relief ...
Nigeria Saves $5m Daily From Ban On Rice, Wheat Imports
The Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe yesterday in Kano said the policy on the ban of importation of rice ...
Ghana’s Rice Farming Sector – the Disconnect
According to Nyanteng, Ghana experienced a rapid dietary shift to rice, particularly in the urban centres, during the early post-independence ...
Government To Offload Shares In Aveyime Rice — Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto
The government intends to offload its 60 percent shares in the struggling Aveyime rice project at Battor in the Volta ...