Nigeria Begins Yam Exports To Europe, US
Nigeria on Thursday began to export yams to Europe and the United States, as part of moves to diversify its ...
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Eating Fried Potatoes Linked To Higher Risk of Death, Study Says
How your spuds are cooked is key to your health. People who eat fried potatoes two or more times a ...
CSIR Supports ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ With New Cassava Varieties
The Crop Research Institute under the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has introduced three new improved varieties of ...
Canadian High Commissioner Cuts Sod For Agro-Processing Factory
The Canadian High Commissioner in Accra, Ms Heater Cameron, has cut the sod for the construction of an agro-processing factory ...
Farmers Encouraged To Explore Economic Potential of Sweet Potato
Farmers and other stakeholders are being encouraged to explore the business potential of sweet potato along its value chain. Besides ...
Ghana Set To Make Sweet Potato the Next Food Security Crop
The production of sweet potato in Ghana is less than 20 percent of targeted production levels, mainly hindered by perception ...
Sweet Potato Remains An Important Food Crop
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has noted that even though sweet potato is not list listed ...
Cassava, Soya Beans To Rescue Economy From Declining Cocoa Prices
Players in the agric sector have made fresh appeals to develop other export yielding ventures to increase Ghana’s export revenue. ...
MP Wants More Support For Staple Crop Farmers
Former Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, John Kwabena Oti Bless, has urged government to provide more funds ...
Government Urged To Encourage Investment Into NTEs
Mr Albert Atuah Amponsah, the Managing Proprietor of Albe Farms, producers of pineapples and vegetables, has called on the Government ...
PSIs ‘most Successful Industrial Intervention’ In Ghana – Alan
The Presidential Special Initiatives (PSIs) introduced by the Kufuor administration in 2001 can be described as "the most successful industrial ...
B-Bovid Champions Kofi Annan Sweet Potato Initiative In W/Region [Photos]
One of Ghana’s fastest growing agribusiness firms, B-Bovid, has stated its commitment to promote the breeding of the orange-fleshed sweet ...
Yam Farmers Exposed To Smart Technologies Amid Climate Threat
Yam farmers in parts of Ghana have been exposed to smart technologies required to build a resilient cropping system in ...
NBSSI Proposes Cassava Factory For Ho
The Volta Regional Office of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has proposed the establishment of a cassava ...
Yam Farmers Exposed To Improved Production Method For High Yields
Farmers in the Kumawu and Sekyere Afram Plains districts in the Ashanti Region are recording significant increase in crop yield ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Delicacy Of Fried Yam And The New Yam Season
Fried yam is a delicacy for many in Ghana. I love it too. It is best taken with hot pepper ...