agriculture

Business

JICA Intervention Boosts Rice Production In Northern Region

The Japan International Cooperation Agency’s (JICA) Project for Sustainable Development of Rainfed Lowland Rice...

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Nduom Cuts Sod For Construction of Assin Breku Rice Mill

Founder and President of Groupe Nduom (GN), Paa Kwesi Nduom has formally broken grounds to kickoff the construction of...

Business

Plan For Sugarcane Plantation To Feed Komenda Sugar Factory

The government is to establish its own sugar plantation to produce more than 100,000 tonnes of sugarcane per annum to...

Opinion

Sustainable Agriculture Deserves Center Stage In Marrakech

By José Graziano da Silva Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agriculture,...

Business

Gov’t Not Showing Commitment To Developing Agric Sector – Journalists

The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) is accusing government of not showing...

Business

Investors May Turn Away From Komenda Sugar Factory

The Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has disclosed that government’s decision to contract...

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Alhassan Abu Crowned Wa Municipal Best Farmer

Mr Alhassan Abu, 39, was adjuged the best farmer in the Wa Municipal at this year’s Farmers Day celebration held at...

International

Nigeria Urged To Adopt Netherland’s Model For Food Security

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been called upon to adopt The Netherland’s agricultural model to increase its...

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Take Advantage of ‘Green Revolution’ Under Mahama’s 2nd Term

The Chief of Staff, Mr Julius Debrah has called on farmers in the country to plan towards taking advantage of the...

Opinion

Promoting Economic Growth Through Smart Agriculture

Agriculture, one of the largest and most significant industries in the world, is important not only for a country's...

Politics

Subsidy Is A Prerequisite For Food Security – GAWU

Ghana has more arable land than most Western European countries yet we import agricultural products from these...

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Farmers Cry For Support To Increase Paltry 5% Local Production

Poultry farmers in Ghana are calling on government to create an environment that empowers the local farmer to produce...

Business

Robert Crentsil Is 2016 Best Farmer

Robert Crentsil, 42, from Ejumako Enyan Essiem in the Central Region, has been adjudged the 2016 National Best Farmer....

Business

Nduom Cuts Sod For Assin Breku Rice Project

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Groupe Nduom (GN), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has officially cut sod for the construction of...

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We’re Committed To Agric

The Government of Ghana is committed to ensuring a viable agriculture sector in the country in order to alleviate...

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Agriculture Not Failing

President John Mahama has refuted claims by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that agriculture has been...

Opinion

We Are Kiiling The Goose That Lays The Golden EGG

This year’s farmers’ day will be celebrated on Friday 4th November, 2016 and a fair, passionate and objective...

Business

Komenda Sugarcane Farmers Secure $24.5m Loan To Expand Their Business

Sugar cane farmers in and around Komenda have been handed a boost to expanding their farms following the Parliament of...

Business

Tax On Imported Poultry An Exercise In Futility

A new report on the poultry industry in Ghana has shown that government’s action to promote the industry by slapping...