Olam has opened entries for the second International Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security, setting off another hunt for potentially ground-breaking scientific research into food security that...
World Food Day 2016 has the global message: “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.” This echoes weather-related disasters hitting vulnerable farmers, fishers and pastoralists in...
Many African smallholder farmers and farm communities are oblivious to the fact that they are experiencing low crop and animal yields partly due to climate change. In countries like Ghana, many are...
NDC Manifestos did not address impact of climate change on agriculture As the campaign season get heated up, election day draws closer and the debate on who has the best manifesto to rescue the...
The minority in Parliament has accused the government of collapsing the agriculture sector through poor policies and excessive importation of food products. It again attacked the agriculture...
The bridge on the main Ahinsan-Atonsu road, a suburb of Kumasi in the Asokwa constituency in the Ashanti region, has caved in posing a threat to residents. The bridge which was repaired a year ago...
Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Ami Mehl has called for a change in the banking system to support, develop and sustain the agriculture sector in the country. “If a farmer borrows at the bank to...
The Israeli Ambassador to Ghana, Ambassador Ami Mehl, has said Ghana cannot continue to do agriculture on a small scale and expect rapid socio-economic growth. The way forward for Ghana, he said, was...
A scoping study to understand and identify viable options for interventions to improve climate resilient agriculture in the Northern Region has identified conservative agriculture, flood recession...
There is no doubt that changes in the earth's climate always occurs, however as a result of human induced activities over the years, the change is happening at a fast pace. This change is at the...
A new technology, dubbed “MoneyMaker irrigation pump” has been introduced in the country by KickStart, a machines manufacturer, to help farmers farm all-year-round irrespective of the season....
Africa is a continent where, at least outwardly, we like to celebrate our diversity—the rich variety that can be found in our many cultures, languages, fashions, flora and fauna. That’s why...
A senior lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr. Robert Aidoo has advised government to prioritize agriculture if the state wants the rate of unemployment to...
Dr Henry Benjamin Obeng, former Director of the Soil Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Dr Obeng, who is now Chief Consultant of Tropical Agricultural...
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has warned that Ghana may experience shortage of foodstuff if pragmatic measures are not taken to develop irrigation farms due to changes in the weather...
