agriculture
Ghana Signs Agric Industrialization Deal With India
Thirteen African countries including Ghana have signed series of partnership agreements with India to enhance the...
Madras Court Orders Suspension of Cattle Slaughter Ban
A ban on trading cattle for slaughter has been temporarily suspended by the Madras High Court, dealing the first legal...
Indian Court Suspends Controversial Cow Slaughter Ban
An Indian court Tuesday temporarily suspended a ban imposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on the sale of...
Global Fashion Giants Fret Over India Cow Crackdown
Indian exporters were scrambling Tuesday to assure global clients like Zara and Giorgio Armani their shipments would...
South Africa To Harvest the Highest Maize Crop In 40 Years
South Africa is expecting to harvest its biggest maize crop in four decades a year after drought devastated output of...
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...
AfDB Explores Investment Strategies To Tilt Markets In Favour of African Farmers
African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed new investment strategies in Africa’s agriculture sector, which, if...
Government Urged To Check Illegal Operators In Oil Palm Industry
The Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana (OPDAG) has called on government and other stakeholders to urgently check...
Ghana’s Honey Industry Gets Boost With First Honey-Based Drink
Last week witnessed a major paradigm shift in Ghana’s local honey industry as the demand for the commodity has now...
Indian State To Challenge Modi’s Cow Slaughter Ban
A southern Indian state announced Sunday it would go to the supreme court to challenge a federal ban on the sale of...
Indian State To Challenge Modi’s Cow Slaughter Ban
A southern Indian state announced Sunday it would go to the supreme court to challenge a federal ban on the sale of...
Fall Army Worms Invade Farming Communities In Dormaa Ahenkro
Fall army worms have invaded eleven maize farming communities in Dormaa Ahenkro, the Municipal Capital of the Dormaa...
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...
Ministry of Agric Complicit In Subsidized Fertilizer Smuggling- Minister
Some Agric officers are conniving with fertilizer agents under the government’s fertilizer subsidy programme to...
Poultry Industry Near Collapse Over No Compensation For Bird Flu
Poultry farmers are yet to be paid after their birds were destroyed due to bird flu attack The constant refusal by...
Mahama At AfDB 2017 Annual Meetings In India
The bane of agriculture in Africa is the disinterest of educated young people in the sector, Ghana’s former...
Youth Apathy Bane of Africa’s Agriculture
The bane of agriculture in Africa is the disinterest of educated young people in the sector, Ghana’s former...
Confusion Rocks Distribution of Subsidized Fertilizer In Upper West
Confusion has erupted over the distribution of 20,000 bags of government subsidized NPK fertilizers meant for farmers...
Government Institutions To Mandatorily Buy Local Foodstuff
The government has directed all schools, hospitals and other state institutions to mandatorily buy foodstuff from local...