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FAO Warns Against Over Reliance On Pesticides To Fight Fall Armyworms
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Accra has warned against the over reliance on pesticides in the...
India Gets New President From Bottom of Hindu Caste System
Ram Nath Kovind was elected India's new president Thursday, the second time since independence a head of state has been...
Agric Ministry Dispatches Chemicals To Combat Army Worm In U/W
Government, through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture(MOFA) has released over one thousand litres of chemicals to...
Fertilizer Is Good, Has No Linkage To Life Expectancy – Yara Boss Defends
The Managing Director of Yara Ghana Limited has mounted strong defence for government’s move to increase fertilizer...
S.Sudan Clashes Force Patients, Doctors To Flee Hospital
Thouk Reath, 19, was recovering from a leg amputation after being shot in fighting in northeastern South Sudan when the...
Syrian Displaced By IS Fight Paints His Heartache
Under the Islamic State group's rule, Syrian farmer Faysal was forced to hide his sketches and paintings, but displaced...
California Man Sentenced To 16 Years In Prison For Killing 21 Cats
A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge has sentenced a 26-year-old California man to 16 years in prison for killing...
India To Get Head of State From Lowest Caste
India's next president will emerge from the Dalit caste -- a community so marginalised they were once known as...
Guinea-Bissau Parents Coax Truant Teachers Back To School
The school year is ending in the west African nation of Guinea-Bissau, but some pupils will hardly notice the...
3 Lions Shot After Escaping From South Africa’s Kruger Park
Three male lions that escaped over the weekend from South Africa's Kruger National Park have been shot dead after a...
Retail Inflation In India Hits Record Low
Retail inflation in India hit a record low in June, according to government data released Wednesday, reflecting a...
Ivorian Rural Hamlet Marks Role In Slave Trade
The hamlet of Kanga Gnianze is absent from many maps of Ivory Coast, but the rural community attracted stars and...
Cocoa Farmers To Be Compensated
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has disclosed that his outfit has mapped out a payment...
UG Releases Three New WACCI Hybrid Maize Varieties
The National Variety Release and Registration Committee of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has approved and...
Zimbabwe Leader Sells Cows To Fund AU
As the African Union struggles to get members to pay dues, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe took the bull by the...
10,000 Rice Farmers Receive Sponsorship
Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Ltd. (DALEX) has announced that it will, in partnership with Shinkaafa Buni Rice...
Two Convicted For Stealing A Cow
Two Fulani men caught with a stolen cow have been convicted by the Asante-Mampong District Magistrate Court. Ahmed...
Lebanon Dam Planned Atop Fault Line Stirs Fears
Lebanon's government says a dam planned for a valley near Beirut is vital to tackle chronic water shortages, but the...
Agribusiness Expert Outlines Ways Farmers, Others Can Eliminate Poverty
Countries in West Africa, including Ghana, have not made the best out of agribusiness due to the erroneous impressing...