Tropical agriculture
Northern Region To Cultivate Rice For Exportation
Mr Salifu Saeed, the Northern Regional Minister has given the assurance that government was ready to support the...
Zimbabwe Bans Corn Imports After Bumper Crop
Zimbabwe has banned the import of corn after enjoying a bumper crop that authorities hope will be enough to feed the...
Savannah Agric Research Inst Engage Farmers On Fall Armyworm
The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in the Northern Region has engaged some farmers in the Tolon...
Mass Infestation of Maize Farms By Armyworms; Farmers Abandon Farms In Despair
The infestation of fall armyworms on maize farms in the Ashanti Region continues to worsen despite efforts by the...
USAID-Ghana Rice Project Promoting Food Security, Incomes In UWR
The US Agency for International Development, Ghana Mission (USAID-Ghana) is providing new technologies and improved...
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...
Tax Raw Cashew Exports
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is advocating the imposition of taxes on the export of raw cashew to...
Cashew Earns $196m For Ghana In 2016
Cashew has over the years become the leading non-traditional export earner in Ghana’s agriculture sub-sector,...
South Africa To Harvest the Highest Maize Crop In 40 Years
South Africa is expecting to harvest its biggest maize crop in four decades a year after drought devastated output of...
Government Urged To Check Illegal Operators In Oil Palm Industry
The Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana (OPDAG) has called on government and other stakeholders to urgently check...
Farmers Encouraged To Explore Economic Potential of Sweet Potato
Farmers and other stakeholders are being encouraged to explore the business potential of sweet potato along its value...
Ghana Set To Make Sweet Potato the Next Food Security Crop
The production of sweet potato in Ghana is less than 20 percent of targeted production levels, mainly hindered by...
GEPA Outlines Measures To Boost Non-Traditional Exports
THE Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has set up a desk to provide comprehensive support for the production and...
Northern Region Records High Grain Output
The Northern Region saw high grain production in the 2016 farming season, with farmers expressing gratitude to...
Sweet Potato Remains An Important Food Crop
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has noted that even though sweet potato is not list listed...
Volta Region To Lead Cashew Production
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister has appealed to the Competitive Cashew Initiative and the German...
Ghana Makes Strides In Cashew Production
Ghana has been announced as one of the leading countries making strides in the research and production of cashew with...
Ghana To Lead Cashew Production In Eight Years
Mr Collins Ntim, Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development has hinted of plans by government to...
War On Armyworms As Ministry Declares ‘agric State of Emergency’
Parliament has been asked to declare an 'agricultural state of emergency' as an armyworm invasion puts a GHC560m...