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 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,...
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...
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...
The government is liaising with two partners from the United States of America (USA) and Brazil for expert advice and services on the proposed ‘one village, one dam’ project, the Minister of Food...
The plant protection and regulatory services directorate of the Food and Agriculture Ministry has confirmed the invasion of fall armyworms on some farms in the country. Some maize farmers in the...
The wanton sale of government irrigation lands at Tuba in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra by some individuals including politicians, government officials, settlers, land guards and...
The Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) is introducing a livestock insurance scheme to cushion farmers in the event of losses on their animals. With effect tomorrow the pilot stage of the...
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Green-Ef Eco-Business Village Limited, Mr Mohammed Sachibu, has called for modernisation of agriculture to alleviate poverty among smallholder farmers in the...
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has expressed disappointment in the attempt by the Minister of Agriculture and some Vetting Committee members to misinform Ghanaians about the...
A five-day international training progrmme for stakeholders in the Agricultural sector to “Promote Agriculture Technology to Improve Productivity and Net Returns for Smallholder Farmers” has...
They call it way of life here in Karni, a remote village far off the Upper West Regional capital, it may seem idyllic, but to many, it’s the end of the rocky road. This is where the region’s...
Population expansion coupled with urbanisation of fertile agricultural lands together with modernisation in every aspect of human daily activities which create biodiversity are getting eroded in...
Farmers need to adopt climate-smart agriculture to ensure food security, a lecturer at the Department of Geography & Resource Development of the University of Ghana, Legon, Dr Kwadwo Owusu, has said....
Population expansion coupled with urbanisation of fertile agricultural lands together with modernisation in every aspect of human daily activities which create biodiversity are getting eroded in...
Ghana needs to create a favourable financial system to support the agricultural sector, the 2012 presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Dr Abu Sakara Foster, has admonished....
Let me first say that it was refreshing hearing Minister Designate for Food and Agriculture Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie, outline the New Patriotic Party government’s ‘planting for food and jobs’...
Joseph Opoku Gakpo It was refreshing hearing Minister Designate for Food and Agriculture Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie, outline the New Patriotic Party government’s ‘planting for food and jobs’...
A four-day training programme aimed at promoting productivity in the piggery industry to a very high earning and sustainable level has ended in Ho. Participants were introduced to new technologies...
Dear Mr. President-Elect First of all, congratulations on your election as fifth president of the fourth republic of Ghana. You have earned the admiration of many by attaining an enviable, privileged...
