The devastating conflicts gripping the Middle East and North Africa have left 30 million people unsure of their next meal, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation said. "Food security and nutrition...
The Chairman of Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers, Victor OppongAgyei, has bemoaned the high cost of agricultural borrowing in the country, describing it as a major setback to the...
Some cocoa farmers in the country have called on the government to halt the indiscriminate sale of cocoa farms to small – scale miners. According to the farmers, the sale and destruction of cocoa...
A teacher with the Amahi M/A Basic School in the Akuapem-North Municipal Assembly has been summoned to appear before the Municipal Director of Education, Ms. Grace Owusua Addo for misconduct. In a...
A majority of EU nations voted against genetically modified corn during a meeting of the EU appeals committee. However, that was not enough to stop GM cultivation. The decision now rests with the...
Farmers in the Western region say it is sweet surrender to give up their farms to 'big-money' buyers interested in exploiting it for gold. The farmers in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the region...
The Upper West regional office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has stated that Shea butter from the region is not contaminated as reported in the media circles. The comment from the FDA comes...
Some Smallholder farmers in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region are exploiting indigenous farming technologies to preserve their food stuff for storage and treat their livestock of diseases...
Fertilizer importers have been advised to partner with researchers to come out with quality to enable farmers get the required amount of soil nutrient to boost crop growth. “Lack of access to...
Galamsey operations, according to the union, have popped up in some communities Cocoa production may significantly reduce in the country and affect Ghana’s foreign exchange earnings if illegal...
Brazil won a major victory Saturday in the fight to restore credibility amid a tainted meat scandal, with key markets China, Egypt and Chile lifting their bans on its products. The announcement of...
Egypt said on Saturday it would resume importing meat from Brazil after a brief suspension following allegations that exporters in the Latin American country had sold tainted beef and poultry. "We...
Brazil, trying to recover from a rotten meat scandal that has pummeled its agribusiness industry, said Saturday that major trading partner China had lifted a ban on imports of its products. "China...
Organic farming products have been on the rise in Ghana as food safety is a priority with more and more consumers in the African nation. Oluwakemi Aladesuyi has this story on a Ghanaian papaya farm...
A plague of crop-destroying fall armyworm caterpillars has spread to East Africa where officials confirmed their presence for the first time in Uganda on Friday. An outbreak of the caterpillars in...
A third of Yemen's 22 provinces are on the brink of famine, the UN said Friday, warning that 60 percent of the war-ravaged country's population was going hungry. Yemen, long one of the world's...
Hong Kong said Friday it would recall Brazilian meat from 21 processing plants under investigation over a rotten meat scandal. The city, which is the biggest market for Brazilian beef, already issued...
In Brielen, a small Belgian village of only 700 inhabitants, it was customary for church goers to meet up for a beer after every Sunday mass. That became a problem after the last bar in the village...
The Upper East regional Minister, Mr. Rockson Bukari Ayine has hinted that the defunt Pwalugu Meat Factory will be tramnsformed into a modern abattoir. The move he explained forms part of the ‘One...
The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari Ayine, has hinted that the defunct Zuarungu meat factory will be turned into an abattoir, while awaiting rehabilitation under the ‘One District One...
