Maize
UG Releases Three New WACCI Hybrid Maize Varieties
The National Variety Release and Registration Committee of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has approved and...
Jury Awards $218 Mn To Farmers In Syngenta GMO Corn Lawsuit
A US federal jury on Friday ordered Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta to pay nearly $218 million to 7,000 Kansas...
Grains Dev’t Board, SARI To Help Gov’t Bolster Local Seed Supply
Government will be collaborating with the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) and the Grains Development...
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...
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...
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...
11% Use of Improved Seeds Threat To Ghana’s Food Security
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has indicated the use of improved seeds by maize...
Army Worms Destroy Hectares of Farms In Sunyani
Army worms have destroyed about 1,380 hectares of maize farms in the Sunyani Municipality Army worms have destroyed...
South Africa To Harvest the Highest Maize Crop In 40 Years
South Africa is expecting to harvest its biggest maize crop in four decades a year after drought devastated output of...
18,200 Hectares of Maize Farm Destroyed
The devastation caused by fall armyworms has affected 18,219.07 hectares of maize farms as at Friday May 26, 2017. So...
Jealous ‘galamsey’ Operator Pours Acid On Ex-Lover
A popular galamsey (illegal mining) operator, popularly known as ‘Cash’, at Wassa Japa Aheneboboano in the Wassa...
Farmers Express Optimism As Agric Minister Tours Armyworm Infested Areas
Farmers in parts of the country have expressed optimism over Ghana winning the fight against the invasion of fall...
Government To Spend GHS16m To Fight Armyworm Invasion
Government is set to spend GHS16m to fight the infestation of Fall Army Worm (FAW) in the country to curtail the...
War On Armyworms As Ministry Declares ‘agric State of Emergency’
Parliament has been asked to declare an 'agricultural state of emergency' as an armyworm invasion puts a GHC560m...
Ghana Steps Up Efforts To Avert Food Insecurity
As Ghana steps up efforts to avert food insecurity, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has launched a five...
Market Women Adopt New Technology To Eliminate Post-Harvest Losses
Market women in major market centers in the Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions of Ghana...
Planting For Food & Jobs Not ‘thought Through’
Government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme has come under scrutiny by industry players a day after it was...
GAWU Lauds ‘Planting For Food and Job’ Project
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) of Ghana has lauded the ‘Planting for Food and Job’ project by the...
Akufo-Addo Launches ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Programme [Photos]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday launched the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme at Goaso,...