Agriculture Must Move From Donor-Dependency To Profitable Trade-Driven
Agricultural growth needs to move from donor-dependency to profitable trade-driven agriculture. That’s coming from the President Ghana Agricultural Chamber of ...
Tag: Agronomy
‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ To Begin With GHc 560m Cost
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government’s flagship agriculture policy, “Planting for Food and Jobs” will begin with a cost GHc ...
Gene Editing Mulled For Improving Livestock
Gene editing, which has raised ethical concerns due to its capacity to alter human DNA, is being considered in the ...
On A South African Farm, Despair Over Armyworm Attack
Peeling back the maize plant's leaves reveals a small brown caterpillar -- an armyworm that writhes as it burrows into ...
Govt Liaises With Partners For Advice On One Village, One Dam Project
The government is liaising with two partners from the United States of America (USA) and Brazil for expert advice and ...
Fall Armyworms Invade Maize Farms At Afari and Obuasi
The plant protection and regulatory services directorate of the Food and Agriculture Ministry has confirmed the invasion of fall armyworms ...
Tension In Ga South
The wanton sale of government irrigation lands at Tuba in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra by some individuals ...
GAIP To Commence Pilot of Livestock Insurance
The Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) is introducing a livestock insurance scheme to cushion farmers in the event of losses ...
Dr. Afriyie Akoto Misinformed Parliament On Plant Breeders Bill
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has expressed disappointment in the attempt by the Minister of Agriculture and some ...
Farmers Urged To Use Improved Production Technologies
A five-day international training progrmme for stakeholders in the Agricultural sector to “Promote Agriculture Technology to Improve Productivity and Net ...
Failing the Disabled
They call it way of life here in Karni, a remote village far off the Upper West Regional capital, it ...
Genetic Diversity-The Pillar To Food Security and Agricultural Productivity
Population expansion coupled with urbanisation of fertile agricultural lands together with modernisation in every aspect of human daily activities which ...
Adopt Climate-Smart Agric To Ensure Food Security
Farmers need to adopt climate-smart agriculture to ensure food security, a lecturer at the Department of Geography & Resource Development ...
Genetic Diversity-The Pillar To Food Security And Agricultural Productivity
Population expansion coupled with urbanisation of fertile agricultural lands together with modernisation in every aspect of human daily activities which ...
Financial System Hostile To Agribusiness – Dr. Abu Sakara
Ghana needs to create a favourable financial system to support the agricultural sector, the 2012 presidential candidate of the Convention ...
Opoku Gakpo Writes: Attention NPP
Let me first say that it was refreshing hearing Minister Designate for Food and Agriculture Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie, outline ...
Opoku Gakpo Writes: Attention NPP
Joseph Opoku Gakpo It was refreshing hearing Minister Designate for Food and Agriculture Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie, outline the New ...
Pig Farmers Update Skills
A four-day training programme aimed at promoting productivity in the piggery industry to a very high earning and sustainable level ...
GARJA Writes To The President Elect
Dear Mr. President-Elect First of all, congratulations on your election as fifth president of the fourth republic of Ghana. You ...