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Africa Must Improve Domestic Rice Production – Kufuor
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has reiterated the need for African countries to implement the right policy to...
Rice Import Costs Ghana US$500m Annually
Ghana is said to lose over 500million dollars every year through the importation of foreign rice. This action has posed...
Lifting Rice Ban Unfortunate
Rice importers have described as unfortunate government’s decision to lift the ban placed on inland importation of...
Ghana’s Food Security Under Threat – Minority NPP
The Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Parliament has warned that the mass importation of food items in large...
NDC ‘dishonest’ – Minority
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) in parliament has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of...
Sustainable Rice Systems Development In Sub-Saharan Africa Project Underway
Ten countries (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, the United Republic of...
Loss of US$200,000 Foundation Seeds To Be Investigated
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is to conduct a probe into the circumstances that led to 60 tonnes of...
Africa’s Large Rice Imports Is Serious Food Security Concern
Despite the clear potential to boost rice production at the regional level in Africa, most countries on the Continent...
Tilapia, Cashew Draw Vietnamese Investors
Vietnamese investors, currently on a one-week working visit to Ghana, are seeking to establish joint ventures with...
Ghana To Lose Over US$3m Project Over Land Dispute
A longstanding land dispute which continues to brew raw tensions in the Bole district of the Northern region has...
Expansion of Rice Production Is Our Policy
Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, the Minister of State at the Presidency, has said it is the policy of government to expand the...
Vietnamese Investors Target Rice Investment
Vietnamese rice investors and exporters drawn from about 14 companies are in the country to explore investment...
Aveyime Rice Project Collapses; Over 500 Workers Sent Home Without Pay
No one needs to be told on entering the yard of Volta Prairie Limited (VPL), formerly known as the Aveyime Rice Project...
$200,000 Rice Foundation Seeds Destroyed At Port
Sixty tonnes of foundation seeds worth US$200,000 meant for rice cultivation can no longer be used as seeds because...
State Urged To Adopt Single Rice Seedlings
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Worawora Rice Limited, Mr Yaw Adu Poku, has underscored the need for the country...
I Won’t Marry A Woman Who Can’t Cook Jollof – Nigerian Artiste
The issue of who cooks in a relationship is a delicate one. It has caused a lot of debate in recent years with calls...
UFP Promises Irrigation Dams Across Country
Flagbearer of the United front Party, Dr. Nana Agyenim Boateng aka Gyataba says his party will give more attention to...
NPP Won’t Give Details On ‘1 Dam, 1 Village’ Promise
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it is not obliged to give further and better particulars on its campaign...
Smugglers Now Disguise Bags of Rice As Corpses
Selechang Taupyen, spokesman of the Nigeria Customs Service, Seme command, on Thursday disclosed that rice smugglers...