Ten countries (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda) met in a two-day technical workshop from 22 to 23 September 2016...
Cocobod has announced that the 11.76% increase in the producer price of cocoa for the 2016/2016 crop season is to motivate farmers and also curb the smuggling of the commodity to neighbouring La Cote...
Some cocoa farmers in the Ashanti Region have expressed disappointment in government over what they describe as a ‘paltry’ increase in producer price of cocoa. The Deputy Minister of Finance, Ato...
Government has increased the producer price of cocoa from 6,800 cedis per tonne to 7,600 cedis per tonne for the 2016/17 cocoa season. This means every 64kg bag of cocoa beans will attract 475 cedis...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is to conduct a probe into the circumstances that led to 60 tonnes of foundation seeds valued at US$200,000 going bad at the port. The Deputy Minister of...
One million, four hundred and thirteen thousand, three hundred and thirty three (1,413,333) hectares of cocoa farms in the country have benefited from the free fertilizers under Ghana Cocoa Board’s...
You’ll never look at a banana the same way again after discovering the many health benefits and reasons to add them to your diet. Bananas combat depression, make you smarter, cure hangovers,...
Despite the clear potential to boost rice production at the regional level in Africa, most countries on the Continent continue to rely heavily on imports for meeting their rice consumption needs,...
The friendly winds that swept across the principal streets of the various communities within the constituency that Tuesday evening, dragging rags, polythene bags, papers and all forms of waste,...
Do you drink soda drinks? How often do you drink it? When I was young, I was an avi1d drinker of Coca-Cola and other soft drinks. Actually, I was pretty much a coke addict. I could never get past a...
A longstanding land dispute which continues to brew raw tensions in the Bole district of the Northern region has threatened the survival of a $3,139,383 poverty alleviation project. The project,...
Vietnamese rice investors and exporters drawn from about 14 companies are in the country to explore investment opportunities in rice production, processing, storage, marketing and distribution. The...
HFC bank has announced plans to increase its investment in the cocoa sector from GH¢90 million to GH¢198.1 million in order to further augment the availability of funds to players in the sector....
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has signed a $1.8billion cocoa syndicated loan agreement in Frankfurt, Germany, for the 2016/2017 cocoa crop year. The facility will go into the purchase of cocoa...
Shatta Wale in a radio interview has disclosed how much Coca-Cola is paying him for the Coke Studio Africa. “I was offered $4,200 but I requested for $30,000 and we later settled on $15,000.”...
It is public knowledge, whether true or false, that a certain Ashanti queen’s brother’s death is put squarely on the head of this notorious queen. She is blamed for secretly feeding her brother...
Aphrodisiacs are substances that increase s**ual desire or libido. Natural aphrodisiacs include: Avocado The Aztecs called the avocado tree “Ahuacuatl which translated means “testicle tree”....
President John Dramani Mahama has touted his government’s achievement in improving food production in the country. According to him, Ghana currently produces 60% of its meat requirement and only...
Citi Business News has gathered that Ghana will soon start inviting bids for the auctioning of the foreign-exchange proceeds from the Ghana Cocoa Board’s syndicated loans for the 2016/2017 crop...
The General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union, Edward Karaweh has described Nana Akufo-Addo’s ‘one dam one village’ policy as a sign of underdevelopment. In addition, he said...
