Cocobod To Store Grains
Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo has outlined government’s plans to solve post-harvest losses in the agricultural sector. “COCOBOD’s storage facilities are almost half-empty and this can be used...
Tag: Food and drink
Is She Bake Off’s New Mary Berry?
Speculation is swirling that cookery expert Prue Leith is to step into Mary Berry's shoes on The Great British Bake Off when it begins afresh on Channel 4. According to The Sun, the 76-year-old food...
Chocolate Sales Surge Over Valentine Day Celebration
Chocolates are one of few special supplies that are popular on Valentine Day. Despite Ghana being a producer of chocolate, it faces competition from imported chocolates which have taken over the...
Niche Cocoa To Increase Local Cocoa Consumption
Edmund Poku, Chief Executive Officer, of Niche Cocoa Industry has pledged to ensure that more than 60 percent of Ghana’s cocoa harvest is processed locally. “Our nation produces a world-class...
Agric Is Biggest Growth Driver
The Managing Director of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, says the surest way for any government to spur growth in the economy is to invest heavily in the agric sector. Mr. Thompson reckons that there is...
We’ll Replace Food Imports With ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Campaign — Afriyie Akoto
The government will, by April this year, launch an audacious campaign to turn farmlands and backyards into a huge food basket that is expected to cut down the country’s food import bill...
Chocs Away As Japan Cashes In On Valentine’s Day
A billion-dollar Valentine's Day bounty is on the cards for Japan's retailers as women celebrate the festival of romance by stocking up on 'obligation chocolates' for men. February 14 is a huge...
Emergency UN Meeting In Harare Over Armyworm Outbreak
International experts will hold emergency talks in Harare on Tuesday to tackle an outbreak of crop-eating "armyworm" caterpillars advancing across several African countries. The armyworm has already...
Dangote To Launch 25k Ha Rice Outgrower Scheme In Nigeria
Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, is set to launch in Sokoto state its multi-million naira 25,000 hectares of rice outgrower scheme with a prospect of hundreds of thousands of employment...
Japan’s Kirin Selling Brazilian Unit To Heineken
Japanese brewer Kirin said Monday it would sell its Brazilian unit to Dutch beer giant Heineken for $706 million, citing a "stagnant and competitive" market. The company said it will transfer all...
‘Govt Must Support Bamboo Products’
Chief Executive Officer of MP Ghana Limited, Michael Mbilla, has called on the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to encourage the use of bamboo and raffia products. Michael Mbilla, whose...
Mountain Flavours Add Unique Twist To S. African Gin Craze
Piling in for after-work drinks, around two dozen people pore over the menu at Mother's Ruin, a speciality gin bar in Cape Town, where homegrown varieties are making a mark on the global scene. The...
Mountain Flavours Add Unique Twist To S. African Gin Craze
Piling in for after-work drinks, around two dozen people pore over the menu at Mother's Ruin, a speciality gin bar in Cape Town, where homegrown varieties are making a mark on the global scene. The...
Cocoa Processing Company Runs Out of Chocolate Ahead of Valentine Day
The Kumasi Office of the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), Ghana’s chocolate producers, has run out of the supply of the product ahead of the celebration of this year’s Valentine Day (Chocolate...
Government Urged To Encourage Investment Into NTEs
Mr Albert Atuah Amponsah, the Managing Proprietor of Albe Farms, producers of pineapples and vegetables, has called on the Government to formulate a policy to encourage investment into Non...
Suspects For Court On Monday
All 21 suspects arrested in connection with the renewed chieftaincy violence in Bimbilla in the Nanumba North District of the Northern region, will be arraigned before a Tamale Circuit Court on...
DR Congo Capital’s Street Food Booms As Economic Crisis Grows
In crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo, people in the capital increasingly turn to street hawkers to feed themselves and their families cheaply, but the makeshift option is often not a hygienic...
Shortage of Golden Tree Chocolate Hits Kumasi Ahead of Val’s Day
The Kumasi branch of the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), Ghana’s chocolate producers, has run out of supply of the product ahead of this year’s Valentine’s Day (chocolate day). Both retailers...
CPC’s Kumasi Office Runs Out of Chocolate
The Kumasi Office of the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), Ghana’s chocolate producers, has run out of the supply of the product ahead of the celebration of this year’s Valentine Day (chocolate...
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 on some farms in the country. Some maize farmers in the...