agriculture
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...
Cow Vigilantes Arrested For Assault On Indian Officials
Eight men have been arrested for violently ambushing a government convoy transporting cows in northwest India, police...
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...
Banks To Look Into Agric Financing
Bankers are increasingly becoming amenable to agriculture financing, which they have long avoided for its unduly risky...
11% Use of Improved Seeds Threat To Ghana’s Food Security
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has indicated the use of improved seeds by maize...
Tax Raw Cashew Exports
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is advocating the imposition of taxes on the export of raw cashew to...
Delays In Supply of Seeds Affect Planting For Food and Jobs Programme
Only 90 farmers out of the 1,000 registered farmers enrolled on the Planting for Food and Jobs Mr Francis Ennor, the...
Nest Agro Foods To Transform Vegetable Production In VR Through Franchise Farming
The Volta Region is set to become the hub of fresh organic vegetable production in the country as efforts are underway...
India’s Meat Exporters Take Hit Amid Cow Protection Drive
Indian buffalo meat exports plunged more than 10 percent in April, new trade figures show, with traders blaming a...
Planting For Food & Jobs Commitment Fee Scaring Farmers – NGO
The Centre for Agricultural Policy and Analysis (CAPMA), believes farmers are being scared away from enrolling on the...
Planting For Food & Jobs Commitment Fee Scaring Farmers
The Centre for Agricultural Policy and Analysis (CAPMA) believes farmers are being scared away from enrolling on the...
Ghana Partners India To Boost Tomato Production
Ghana and India are collaborating under a Pilot Research Project on Tomato Production, which would ensure that there is...
Fewer Farmers Registering For ‘Planting For Food & Jobs’ – Minister
The Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture Dr. Nurah Gyiele, has said his outfit is...
Agriculture Answer To Africa’s Misery
The quickest way out of Africa’s economic woes is through agriculture, Dr Rufaro Madakadze, Programme Officer for...
Fertiliser Smuggling Threatens ‘Food & Jobs’ Program – Minister
A Minister of State at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Nurah Gyiele, has urged residents to help guard against...
Fewer Farmers Registering For ‘Planting For Food & Jobs’
The Minister of State in charge of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture Dr. Nurah Gyiele, has said his outfit is...
No Need To Compensate For Armyworm Losses
Government is not likely to provide any compensation for losses incurred by farmers as a result of army worm...
Indian Judge Claims Peacocks Shed Tears To Conceive
An Indian judge has been mocked after bizarrely claiming during a legal argument about sacred cows that peacocks shed...
Indian Judge Baffles With Theories
Peacocks don't have sex, but rather shed tears to conceive, according to a judge in western India whose unique theories...