The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) is accusing government of not showing enough commitment to developing the country’s agricultural sector. The...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been called upon to adopt The Netherland’s agricultural model to increase its food security. Marc van der Sterren , Managing Director/CEO Farming Africa, made...
The Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER) is calling on government to develop a clear-cut policy framework that will enshrine and enforce the right to food. According to the...
Ghana has been named as the first country in the Sub-Saharan Africa to have made considerable progress in reducing the prevalence of HIV under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which ended in...
I read a feature with the above heading and is very much surprised about the twists, half truths and in some cases lies of the phantom writer. First of all the name Kipo Gbolo Langa do not exist from...
What makes for a great development project? Which qualities imbue an initiative with longevity and sustainability, enabling it to meet a whole range of interconnected material and emotional needs? Is...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the CEO of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), Dr. Charles Abugre, as one who has the expertise to effectively manage the authority but...
Ghana imported $135 million worth of fish last year due to the reduction in the country’s fish stock, Sherry Ayittey, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, has stated. Ms Ayittey, who disclosed...
Olam has opened entries for the second International Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security, setting off another hunt for potentially ground-breaking scientific research into food security that...
Thousands of women in rural communities in Central and West Africa are reaping the rewards from Nestle’s agricultural support and capacity-building programmes to increase their yields, crop quality...
I read with deep concern the article published on Manasseh’s folder on a very sensitive and potentially divisive subject of love for Northerners by political players. In the said article, Manasseh...
The country has no strategic plan or priority for the cultivation of plantain and its value chain, although its production is viable for the country to consider both for local consumption and for...
A Sustainable Land and Water Management (SLWM) project in Ghana’s northern savannah zone is contributing to enhanced food security and increased climate resilience of the beneficiary communities....
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ghana Grains Council held the 6th annual Pre-harvest Agribusiness Forum in Sunyani on Thursday, October 20. The event brought...
The pledge to eradicate hunger and poverty must go hand in hand with rapid transformations of farming and food systems to cope with a warmer world, FAO said today in a new report. Agriculture,...
Rural women in Ghana say despite their key role in the agricultural sector, they have been sidelined in the implantation of certain government policies. Their concern is coming at a time rural women...
Rural women in Ghana say despite their key role in the agricultural sector, they have been sidelined in the implantation of certain government policies. Their concern is coming at a time rural women...
Chief Executive Officer of the Institute of Certified Economists of Ghana (ICEG), Daniel Amateye Anim-Prempeh, has joined the call for government to pay attention to the agriculture sector, saying...
1.3 million Kenyans in 23 counties are in need of food aid - Report Despite the progress Kenya has made in reducing hunger, it is among 50 countries where levels of hunger remain serious or alarming,...
World Food Day 2016 has the global message: “Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.” This echoes weather-related disasters hitting vulnerable farmers, fishers and pastoralists in...
