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Nutrition Policy Forum Held In Bimbilla

A nutrition policy forum was held in Bimbilla in the Northern Region. The Head of Programs for Grameen Ghana, a...

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Volta Region: Test Planting Begins For Bred Rice

The Crop Research Institute (CRI) of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is test-planting...

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FDA Arrests Women For Selling Coloured Oranges

Following a video which went viral last Wednesday, the Food and Drugs Authority yesterday arrested two women suspected...

Business

New Rice Variety To Be Cultivated In the North

Mr Salifu Saeed, the Northern Regional Minister has given the assurance that government was ready to support the...

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Coconut Oil ‘as Unhealthy As Beef Fat and Butter’

Coconut oil is as unhealthy as beef dripping and butter, say US heart experts. It is packed with saturated fat which...

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I See Loopholes In Prof. Perbi Narrative About Tetteh Quarshie

The standard historical record is that Mr. Tetteh Quarshie, the half-Akan and half-Ga native, if memory serves me...

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Northern Region To Cultivate Rice For Exportation

Mr Salifu Saeed, the Northern Regional Minister has given the assurance that government was ready to support the...

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Timeabu Cocoa Farmers Thwart Gov’t’s ‘Tree On the Farm’ Initiative

Cocoa farmers at Timeabu in the Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region are cutting down trees on their farms,...

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Experts Seek Ways To Consolidate West Africa’s Food Security

Stakeholders and Agricultural experts from the West African countries converged here on Tuesday for a Two-Day...

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AU Is Committed To Keeping Food Safe – Commissioner Sacko

The African Union Commission has reiterated its commitment to working with the World Food Programme (WFP) in enhancing...

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COCOBOD Pledges To Contribute Its Quota To Reversing Deforestation

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBD) on Thursday gave the assurance that it would contribute its quota towards reversing the...

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India: Supreme Court Notifies Government On Cattle Trade Restriction

India’s Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the central government, seeking its response to the recent ban...

Headlines

Carrefour Pulls Dog Meat From Shelves In China

French retailer Carrefour has removed dog meat products from two supermarkets in China after an outcry from animal...

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Carrefour Pulls Dog Meat From Shelves In China

French retailer Carrefour has removed dog meat products from two supermarkets in China after an outcry from animal...

Business

Ghana To Buy Shares In Cadbury, Nestle and Other International Food Companies

The Ghana government is considering buying shares in international food companies that process cocoa aimed at...

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Zimbabwe Bans Corn Imports After Bumper Crop

Zimbabwe has banned the import of corn after enjoying a bumper crop that authorities hope will be enough to feed the...

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Savannah Agric Research Inst Engage Farmers On Fall Armyworm

The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in the Northern Region has engaged some farmers in the Tolon...

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Mass Infestation of Maize Farms By Armyworms; Farmers Abandon Farms In Despair

The infestation of fall armyworms on maize farms in the Ashanti Region continues to worsen despite efforts by the...

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Cow Vigilantes Arrested For Assault On Indian Officials

Eight men have been arrested for violently ambushing a government convoy transporting cows in northwest India, police...