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Insecticide Responsible For Deaths of 13 Children In Bangladesh

Controversial insecticide endosulfan, which has been banned by more than 80 countries, was responsible for the deaths...

News

Govt’s Planting For Food and Jobs Gets Boost In N/R From SARI

The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) in the...

News

Grains Dev’t Board, SARI To Help Gov’t Bolster Local Seed Supply

Government will be collaborating with the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) and the Grains Development...

Business

11% Use of Improved Seeds Threat To Ghana’s Food Security

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has indicated the use of improved seeds by maize...

News

UNIDO Commissions Ultra-Modern Soil & Fertilizer Testing Lab In Ghana

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with support from the Switzerland government through the...

Headlines

Humans Pose Ever-Bigger Extinction Risk To Animals, Experts Warn

An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at...

Opinion

When You Sow, You Wait Before You Reap

Growing up, I spent time on the farm. I always enjoyed watching the maize seeds we sowed germinate, grow up and...

Politics

USAID Aims To Increase Farmer Access To High-Quality Seed

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the Alliance for a Green...

Top Stories

Entry 7, Chinese Farmers In Space

Greetings to everyone. Today (Nov. 11) is my 24th day onboard Tiangong-2. I am Xinhua space correspondent Jing Haipeng....

Top Stories

Asadu Management Given An International Award

Asadu Royal Seed and Waste Management Ltd has received an African Governance and Corporate Leadership award in waste...

Business

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...

Business

Government Urged To Set Up Fund For SMEs

The acting Country Director of Technoserve, Mr Samuel Baba Adongo, has appealed to the government to establish a fund...

Business

$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...

Business

There’s No GMO Seed On the Market

Seed traders are allaying fears of presence of Genetically Modified Organism planting materials are already on the...

Business

Stakeholders Review Progress Report On Food Security

A stakeholders’ validation workshop has been held in Accra to discuss the Annual Report on the New Alliance...