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 has ended in Ho. Participants were introduced to new technologies...
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Ivorian Cocoa Piles Up At Ports As Shippers Halt Purchases
Cocoa is piling up at ports and warehouses in Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest producer, after a plunge in futures prices prompted some exporters to suspend purchases. Trucks carrying cocoa are...
Ivorian Cocoa Piles Up At Ports As Shippers Halt Purchases
Cocoa is piling up at ports and warehouses in Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest producer, after a plunge in futures prices prompted some exporters to suspend purchases. Trucks carrying cocoa are...
Creating Impact For Smallholder Farmers In Africa Through Mobile Technology.
Africa’s 33 million smallholder farmers feed an estimated one-third of humanity, and are key to mitigating global challenges such as food security and climate change. Recently, smallholder farming...
NGOs Lead Fight Against Rampant Bushfires
The Feed the Future Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has collaborated with the Ghana...
You Must Be Tall and Handsome To Work With Chocolate Lady
Statistics do not lie. Not many teenage pregnancies result in the mother going on to acquire several degrees, which makes Chocolate Lady an exception. At 14, she was already in the family way. W hen...
Ghana Assures World Market of Premium Quality Cocoa
Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni, Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has assured international chocolate companies that Ghana is set to continue with the supply of premium quality cocoa to the...
Esoko Launches ‘fasiba’ M-Commerce Product For Farmers
Esoko, an agricultural technology platform has launched a new product in Ghana to boost agriculture and address the challenge in acquiring inputs and access to credit for local farmers. The product,...
Mrs. Nduom Calls For Mechanised Agric
Wife of the presidential hopeful of the Progressive People’s Party, Mrs. Yvonne Nduom, has advocated the need for mechanised agricultural system where modern farming implements would be used...
Gov’t Not Showing Commitment To Developing Agric Sector – Journalists
The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) is accusing government of not showing enough commitment to developing the country’s agricultural sector. The...
Alhassan Abu Crowned Wa Municipal Best Farmer
Mr Alhassan Abu, 39, was adjuged the best farmer in the Wa Municipal at this year’s Farmers Day celebration held at Busa. Mr Abu, who was among 17 other award winners, had been in the farming...
Nigeria Urged To Adopt Netherland’s Model For Food Security
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been called upon to adopt The Netherland’s agricultural model to increase its food security. Marc van der Sterren , Managing Director/CEO Farming Africa, made...
Promoting Economic Growth Through Smart Agriculture
Agriculture, one of the largest and most significant industries in the world, is important not only for a country's balance of trade, but the security and health of its population. Almost every...
Subsidy Is A Prerequisite For Food Security – GAWU
Ghana has more arable land than most Western European countries yet we import agricultural products from these countries. That’s according to the General Agriculture Workers Union. Despite the fact...
Robert Crentsil Is 2016 Best Farmer
Robert Crentsil, 42, from Ejumako Enyan Essiem in the Central Region, has been adjudged the 2016 National Best Farmer. He has several plantations comprising cocoa (12 acres), rubber (80 acres),...
We’re Committed To Agric
The Government of Ghana is committed to ensuring a viable agriculture sector in the country in order to alleviate poverty, Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has said. According to him, the...
Agriculture Not Failing
President John Mahama has refuted claims by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that agriculture has been declining under his administration. “The impression created in the media is...
Growing Food the Sustainable Smart Way To Beat Climate Change
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...
African Farmers Need Transformative Adaptation To Climate Change
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
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...