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U/E: Irrigation Farmers Say They’ve Lost Millions of Cedis Due To Poor Harvest

Hundreds of irrigation farmers in the Bawku West District of the Upper East region say thay have lost millions of cedis...

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The Marine Drive Project – A Planning Challenge

On Friday December 15, 2017, the President Nana Akufo Addo cut sod for the commencement of work on the Marine Drive...

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Nana Addo Dishes Out New ‘One-For-One’ Promise

From one district-one factory, one village-one dam, to one constituency-one million dollars, Nana Addo is now promising...

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45% of Tamale Residents Engage In Power Theft

Management of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company of the Volta River Authority (NEDco-VRA) has served notice...

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NEDco-VRA Risk Collapse Over Power Theft

Management of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company of the Volta River Authority (NEDco-VRA) has served notice...

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Give Us Jobs, Restore Our Allowance – Agric Students Beg Gov’t

Students of agriculture colleges in the country have lamented what they call government’s seeming neglect of their...

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‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Has No Implementation Plan – Minister

The Minister of State for Agriculture, Dr Nurah Gyeile has admitted that government’s flagship agricultural...

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‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Has No Implementation Plan

The Minister of State for Agriculture, Dr Nurah Gyeile has admitted that government’s flagship agricultural policy,...

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Over 2,000 Personnel Deployed For ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ Policy

A total of 2,170 National Service Personnel have been posted to serve under the government’s ‘Planting for Food and...

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10,000 Rice Farmers Receive Sponsorship

Dalex Finance and Leasing Company Ltd. (DALEX) has announced that it will, in partnership with Shinkaafa Buni Rice...

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Prisons Begin Agric Revamp

As part of measures to revamp the agricultural sector of the Ghana Prisons Service to increase food production and to...

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Banks To Look Into Agric Financing

Bankers are increasingly becoming amenable to agriculture financing, which they have long avoided for its unduly risky...

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First Lady Launches ‘reducing Malaria and Malnutrition Initiative’

Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization chaired by First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has...

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CSIR Supports ‘Planting For Food and Jobs’ With New Cassava Varieties

The Crop Research Institute under the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has introduced three new...

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Over 500 Unposted Vets To Picket At Agriculture Ministry

Over five hundred unemployed veterinary technicians have threatened to picket at the Ministry of Agriculture to push...

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Ministry of Agric Complicit In Subsidized Fertilizer Smuggling- Minister

Some Agric officers are conniving with fertilizer agents under the government’s fertilizer subsidy programme to...

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The Bloody Race To Win Sand In Ghana

The universal urbanization explosion is devouring vast amounts of sand, which is the key ingredient of concrete and...

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MoFA ‘cheap Cars’ Auctioneer Risks Losing License

The auctioneer involved in the irregular auctioning of 24 vehicles at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) risks...

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COCOBOD Disrespects Akufo-Addo’s Ban On New Cars

Reports picked up by The Herald reveal that, the new management of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has shown gross...