The Minority Spokesperson on Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has made an allegation against the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government that the latter...
Stakeholders in the rice industry have urged the private sector to heighten their interest in domestic rice production by investing more in the sector. This was said at the 3rd Ghana Rice Festival...
The Minority New Patriotic Party in Parliament has entreated cocoa farmers to dismiss vile propaganda being perpetuated by the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) against the NPP’s...
The Ghana Free Zones Board (GFZB) has presented an amount of GH¢10,000.00 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to support the celebration of this year’s Farmers Day. According to Head of...
The Ghana Free Zones Board (GFZB) has presented a cash donation of ¢10,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to support the celebration of this year’s Farmers’ Day. According to the...
The central bank is confident a GH¢100 million guarantee it is providing will court commercial banks into agriculture financing, a venture the banks have kept away from due to its perceived risks....
The hassle farmers face with financing is expected to ease as the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has finally introduced an initiative to address the challenge. The project dubbed “the Ghana Incentive–Based...
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...
Vietnamese investors, currently on a one-week working visit to Ghana, are seeking to establish joint ventures with Ghanaian partners in the production of tilapia, cashew and rice. At a Ghana-Vietnam...
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...
Management and conservation of natural resources in Northern Ghana- Adopting the PES module By Samuel Adadi Akapule The Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions have the highest incidence of...
The Deputy General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has advised the Deputy Minority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Bimbilla, Dominic Nitiwul to...
The Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions have the highest incidence of poverty, food insecurity and the least climate resilient. As smallholder farmers, decreasing annual rainfall, erratic...
No one needs to be told on entering the yard of Volta Prairie Limited (VPL), formerly known as the Aveyime Rice Project at Aveyime, Battor, in the North Tongu District in the Volta Region, that the...
Sixty tonnes of foundation seeds worth US$200,000 meant for rice cultivation can no longer be used as seeds because they were kept at the Tema port for several months after they had arrived....
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Worawora Rice Limited, Mr Yaw Adu Poku, has underscored the need for the country to adopt a single rice seedlings for local rice production in the country. That,...
Retrenched workers of Prairie Volta Limited (PVL), formerly known as the Aveyime Rice and the Quality Grain Project, have made a passionate appeal to the government to pay them their salary arrears...
The Government of Ghana does not have money to pay salaries of its workers across the country for September 2016; and has therefore, decided to use part of the budget already allocated to run some 23...
Poultry farmers in the country are calling on all political parties to unveil their plans to revamp the ailing poultry industry ahead of the December 7 general election. They have subsequently...
A suitable environment for businesses to succeed remains an important precursor to economic growth and ultimately the improvement of living standards. At a UN forum held in 2015, UN Secretary-General...
