Stakeholders Hold Roundtable On Yam Value Chain
Mr Tony Sikpa, the President of the Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE), says Ghana must make the cultivation ...
Tag: Tropical agriculture
Orange Fleshed Sweet Potatoes Make Your Christmas Memorable
A GNA feature by Mildred Siabi-Mensah Mpohor, Dec. 20, GNA - For many, Christmas presents an opportunity to serve variety ...
‘Plastic Rice’ Seized In Nigeria
Nigeria has confiscated 2.5 tonnes of “plastic rice” smuggled into the country by unscrupulous businessmen, the customs service says. Lagos ...
‘Plastic Rice’ Seized In Nigeria
Nigeria has confiscated 2.5 tonnes of “plastic rice” smuggled into the country by unscrupulous businessmen, the customs service says. Lagos ...
Nigeria Intercepts Bags of ‘plastic Rice’ After Ghana Dispelled Rumours
Nigerian customs service has intercepted 102 bags of rumoured plastic rice in Lagos after a tip off on Monday. The ...
Ignore Reports of ‘plastic Rice’ On Market – FDA
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has downplayed reports of the influx of some fake rice purported to be ‘plastic ...
PNC To ‘wipe Out’ Joblessness In Two Years
The People's National Convention (PNC) Presidential Candidate says they would dedicate the first two years of their term if given ...
Making Farming A Wealth-Creating Business
A centre pivot irrigation system at VegPro Ghana Ltd in the Tongu District of the Volta Region. Climate change, slow ...
A Support Scheme For Farmers
A ricefield at Nasia in the Northern Region A matching grants scheme, set up by Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) ...
GCAP Beneficiaries Harvest 1.733 Tonnes of Rice
The Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) has started yielding results as beneficiaries have begun harvesting about 1.733 metric tonnes of ...
Over 1,733 Metric Tonnes of Paddy Rice Harvested
The Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) has started yielding results as beneficiaries have begun harvesting about 1,733 metric tonnes of ...
Groupe Ndoum Commissions Rice Mill At Worawora
The Groupe Ndoum (GN) has commissioned a refurbished Rice Mill at Worawora in the Biakoye District of the Volta Region ...
USAID-RING Feed the Future Project Thrives In Northern Region
Over 2,000 female beneficiaries of the United States Department for International Development (USAID) Resiliency in Northern Ghana (RING) Feed the ...
No Priority For the Cultivation of Plantain
The country has no strategic plan or priority for the cultivation of plantain and its value chain, although its production ...
Private Sector Must Invest In Local Rice Industry
Stakeholders in the rice industry have urged the private sector to heighten their interest in domestic rice production by investing ...
Rural Banks Urged To Fund Cash-Crop Cultivation
Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture has urged the rural banks to release start-up funding for ...
The Politics Affecting Local Rice Production In Ghana
Ghana has a vast arable and inland valley to boost rice production in the ecological and Savannah belts, yet not ...
Lifting Rice Ban Unfortunate
Rice importers have described as unfortunate government’s decision to lift the ban placed on inland importation of rice. They are ...
Ghana’s Food Security Under Threat – Minority NPP
The Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Parliament has warned that the mass importation of food items in large quantities ...
Sustainable Rice Systems Development In Sub-Saharan Africa Project Underway
Ten countries (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda) met in ...