Agric Minister Spends $20m On Wrong Chemicals
The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has been accused of spending 20 million dollars on wrong pesticides that ...
Tag: Pesticide
Involve Our Neighbouring Countries In Armyworm Fight
The Member of Parliament for Zabzugu Constituency in the Northern Region has advised the government to start engaging the neighbouring ...
FAO Warns Against Over Reliance On Pesticides To Fight Fall Armyworms
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Accra has warned against the over reliance on pesticides in the treatment of ...
IMANI’s ‘Efficiency’ Report On Operations At Ghana’s Tema Sea Port
Ports all over the world assess their performance using set key indicators, and Ghanaian ports are not an exception to ...
Farmers Tasked To Monitor, Detect and Control Pests
Farmers in the Upper East Region have been charged to regularly monitor fields for early detection and effective control of ...
Weak Agro-Chemical Control Life-Threatening – CropLife
The absence of strong regulations on the importation and use of agro-chemicals poses a threat to human life and food ...
Crop-Killing Armyworm Caterpillar Reaches Rwanda, Kenya
Rwanda's government announced on Wednesday it had discovered fall armyworm on its crops, making it the third east African country ...
Somey-Klikor Natives Call For End of Chieftaincy Dispute
Members of the Somey-Klikor Natives Association have called on the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, opinion leaders and citizens, both ...
US Agrees To ChemChina’s $43 Bn Takeover of Syngenta
US authorities have agreed to the $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticide giant Syngenta by state-owned ChemChina, marking the biggest ...
US Approves ChemChina’s $43 Bn Takeover of Syngenta
US antitrust regulators approved ChemChina's $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticide and seed giant Syngenta after they agreed the Chinese ...
Armyworms Threaten Southern Africa Food Supply
An outbreak of armyworm caterpillars present in several southern African countries threatens to strip the entire region of key food ...
Emergency UN Meeting In Harare Over Armyworm Outbreak
International experts will hold emergency talks in Harare on Tuesday to tackle an outbreak of crop-eating "armyworm" caterpillars advancing across ...
Fall Armyworms Invade Maize Farms At Afari and Obuasi
The plant protection and regulatory services directorate of the Food and Agriculture Ministry has confirmed the invasion of fall armyworms ...
Barrow To Be Inaugurated In Senegal
Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow will be sworn into office at the Gambian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal. Barrow took to his ...
Barrow To Be Inagurated In Senegal
Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow will be sworn into office at the Gambian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal. Barrow took to his ...
Ghana Deploys Troops To Support Ecowas Mission In The Gambia
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has approved and authorized the deployment of a combat team of 205 Ghanaian soldiers to ...
Ghana Deploys Troops To Support Ecowas Mission In The Gambia
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has approved and authorized the deployment of a combat team of 205 Ghanaian soldiers to ...
Yahya Jammeh’s Foreign Affairs Minister Resigns
Gambian Foreign Affairs Minister, Neneh Macdouall Gaye, has resigned from her post. She indicated in a letter addressed to the ...
Jammeh’s Government Hit By ‘resignations’
Three senior government ministers in The Gambia have resigned, as President Yahya Jammeh defies calls to step down when his ...
Gambian Government Hit By ‘resignations’
Three senior government ministers in The Gambia have resigned, as President Yahya Jammeh defies calls to step down when his term expires ...