Rise In Coconuts Spots In Accra
Coconut selling is a trade most Ghanaian youth are familiar with. The trade in recent times has become one of the fast growing fruits trade in the country which many have cashed in and made it a full...
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This Is A Good Initiative !
THERE is no denying the fact that agriculture is the mainstay of Ghana’s economy. The sector employs about sixty (60) per cent of the country’s total workforce. THROUGH agriculture we are able to...
This Is A Good Initiative But…
THERE is no denying the fact that agriculture is the mainstay of Ghana’s economy. The sector employs about sixty (60) per cent of the country’s total workforce. THROUGH agriculture we are able...
Planting For Food & Jobs Not ‘thought Through’
Government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme has come under scrutiny by industry players a day after it was launched in the Brong Ahafo Region. President Nana Akufo-Addo during the launch of...
Akufo-Addo Outdoors 750,000 Jobs
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yesterday concretized his resolve to make agriculture a major source of employment for the youth by launching the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme at...
Ghana Can Halt Rice Importation – Percival Ampomah
The importation of rice can be drastically reduced if the necessary measures are taken to boost rice production in Ghana, the Manager of Worawora Ricemill, a subsidiary of Groupe Nduom, Percival...
Ghana Can Halt Rice Importation
The importation of rice can be drastically reduced if the necessary measures are taken to boost rice production in Ghana, the Manager of Worawora Ricemill, a subsidiary of Groupe Nduom, Percival...
Government Will Develop Agriculture
President Akufo-Addo has noted that if Ghana is to make any meaningful change in the lives of the people, her efforts must be directed at agriculture, as the majority of people can only feel a change...
Food and Jobs Programme To Create 750,000 Jobs
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, launched the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme at Goaso, in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to him, the programme is...
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The President, Akufo-Addo today launched one of his government's biggest Agricultural sector intervention which he hopes will prevent any food shortages in the country. The project, "Planting for...
Akufo-Addo Launches ‘Planting For Food And Jobs’ Programme
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, launched the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme at Goaso, in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to...
GAWU Lauds ‘Planting For Food and Job’ Project
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) of Ghana has lauded the ‘Planting for Food and Job’ project by the ruling government. GAWU says such an initiative is “seeking to increase food...
President Akufo-Addo Launches “Planting For Food and Jobs” Programme
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, April 19, 2017, launched the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme at Goaso, in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to...
Akufo-Addo Launches ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Programme [Photos]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday launched the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme at Goaso, in the Brong Ahafo Region. According to him, the programme will among other...
Crop-Killing Armyworm Caterpillar Reaches Rwanda, Kenya
Rwanda's government announced on Wednesday it had discovered fall armyworm on its crops, making it the third east African country afflicted by the plant-eating pest also recently spotted in Kenya....
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Short-Term Approach
The General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Edward Kareweh, has cast doubt on the ability of government’s proposed ‘Planting for Food and Job’ program to address the...
Cashew Farmers Make Strong Case For Government’s Support
The continuous dwindling in the fortunes of the cashew sub-sector has ignited calls on the government to save the situation from its present quagmire. Subsequently, the Cashew Industry Association of...
Small Scale Farmers Introduced To High Nitrogen Fertilizer
Small scale farmers in the Sissala East and West district of the Upper West Region have been empowered to adopt a newly introduced fertilizer to increase production. The new fertilizer, with an...
Poultry In England Allowed Outside As Anti-Bird Flu Measures Relaxed
All poultry in England will be allowed outside again from Thursday, having been kept indoors to protect them from an infectious strain of bird flu. The government has carried out a new assessment of...
Participants At Agric Forum Demand Coordinated Agric Policies
Participants at an agricultural symposium in Accra have called for proper coordination of the programmes and policies in the agriculture sector. They said due to the multidisciplinary nature of the...