The Minority Spokesperson for agriculture who doubles as the outgoing Member of Parliament for the Kwadaso constituency, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, is likely to be the next the Minister of Agriculture...
The Minority Spokesperson for agriculture who doubles as outgoing Member of Parliament for Kwadaso constituency, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto is likely to be the next the Minister of Agriculture pending...
The President-elect, Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo is expected to name his Cabinet and other Ministers immediately after being sworn into office on 7th January, 2017, but one key position which has...
President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his vice Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia are said to be putting final touches to names of those to be appointed ministers of state in the incoming New Patriotic...
A former chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Dr Afari Gyan, has been honoured for emerging as the ‘Best District Fish Farmer’. Dr Gyan beat his compatriots to the award at the 32nd...
Robert Crentsil, 42, from Ejumako Enyan Essiem in the Central Region, has been adjudged the 2016 National Best Farmer. He has several plantations comprising cocoa (12 acres), rubber (80 acres),...
President John Mahama has refuted claims by the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that agriculture has been declining under his administration. “The impression created in the media is...
The opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) has bemoaned the poor growth rate of the Agriculture sector describing it as sluggish. At a Press conference today to congratulate farmers and Fisherfolk on...
There is a sharp decline in agricultural growth from 7.4 per cent in 2008 and 7.2 percent in 2009 to 5.3 percent in 2010 and 0.8 percent in 2011, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minority spokesperson on...
The management of the "all-important" cocoa sector has been "nothing short of a disaster" under the Mahama administration, Kwadaso Member of Parliament (MP), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has said at a...
NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo Addo says the party has already prepared a list of enterprises to be developed in various parts of the country under its one district one factory policy. He says about 300...
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...
The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of fixing a low cocoa producer price for the 2016/2017 crop year. It said the low producer price of GH¢475 per bag announced recently was a...
The Minority in Parliament has accused government of engaging in fraudulent and corrupt practices that have resulted in low prices for cocoa. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, October 18, the...
The minority in Parliament has accused the government of collapsing the agriculture sector through poor policies and excessive importation of food products. It again attacked the agriculture...
The Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Parliament has warned that the mass importation of food items in large quantities poses a serious threat on the livelihood of Ghanaian farmers and fisher...
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in parliament has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of engaging in intellectual dishonesty following claims it has carried out...
The General Agricultural Workers’ Union (GAWU) has cast doubts over the NDC’s manifesto promise to provide every district with a farming mechanization center when elected into power. Not only do...
The Minority Spokesperson on Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has rubbished President John Mahama’s claim that the cocoa industry is thriving. The New Patriotic Party (NPP)...
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso Constituency, who is also the ranking member of the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says...
