Egypt is pursuing a raft of reforms to try to revive an economy weakened by years of turmoil, but analysts say that wooing foreign investors will take time. Since the 2011 uprising, the Arab world's...
The Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) has declared its readiness to partner the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in the implementation of the recently announced “Planting for Food and...
A woman suffering from an extremely rare condition means she constantly smells like FISH. Kelly Fidoe-White, from Oldham, Greater Manchester, has lived her entire life with Trimethylaminuria – a...
The Paramount chief of Owirenchiman Traditional Area in Assin Kushea, Ehunabobrim Otekokoso Pra Agyinsem VI has promised to help each family in the town with five poultry birds as a measure of...
The Private Enterprise Foundation (PEF) has declared its readiness to partner the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in the implementation of the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs Programme’. PEF...
Agricultural growth needs to move from donor-dependency to profitable trade-driven agriculture. That’s coming from the President Ghana Agricultural Chamber of Commerce. Some analysts have...
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), has made a call on the government to create the available market for the produce of farmers in the country. This follows the assurance from President...
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), has cautioned the Akufo-Addo government, against the misappropriation of the $120m funds meant for the “Planting for Food and Jobs” intiative....
Malawi's Agriculture Minister George Chaponda has been fired over a scandal that has been dubbed "maizegate". Last month, President Peter Mutharika ordered an investigation into a $34.5m (£27.7m)...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed his government’s resolve to make the agricultural sector attractive to encourage the youth to go into farming. In line with that objective, he...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government’s flagship agriculture policy, “Planting for Food and Jobs” will begin with a cost GHc 560 million. This is according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government’s flagship agriculture policy, “Planting for Food and Jobs” will begin with a cost GHc 560 million. This is according to the Minister for Agriculture,...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has revealed that an amount of $125million has been secured from the Canadian government to support a national agricultural campaign dubbed “Planting for...
Gene editing, which has raised ethical concerns due to its capacity to alter human DNA, is being considered in the United States as a tool for improving livestock, experts say. The technique is...
Business Development Minister Alhaji Mohammed Awal has revealed that cotton and shea nut production are critical components of the industrialisation transformation agenda of government for job...
The government intends to offload its 60 percent shares in the struggling Aveyime rice project at Battor in the Volta Region. Consequently, it has initiated moves to look for investors to take over...
Peeling back the maize plant's leaves reveals a small brown caterpillar -- an armyworm that writhes as it burrows into the heart of the crop, producing a sticky dark paste. Eighty percent of the...
Drought in East Africa has led to a sharp increase in the price of staple foods, raising fears that hunger will worsen, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said, Reuters news agency...
Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo has outlined government’s plans to solve post-harvest losses in the agricultural sector. “COCOBOD’s storage facilities are almost half-empty and this can be used...
The Managing Director of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, says the surest way for any government to spur growth in the economy is to invest heavily in the agric sector. Mr. Thompson reckons that there is...
