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Local Farmers Produce Only 5% of Chicken Consumed In Ghana

Local poultry farmers only produce five per cent of chicken consumed in the country with 95 per cent imported, an...

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USAID Supports GSAM Project In 100 Districts

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing funding of 9.3 Million US Dollars for the...

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40 Ghanaians Leave For 2017 YALI Programme In US

A total of 40 young Ghanaians have left the country to attend the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship of the Young...

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Upper East: Regional Network For Disability Established

A Regional Disability Network (RDN) has been formed in the Upper East Region to support the Ghana Federation of...

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Experts Seek Ways To Consolidate West Africa’s Food Security

Stakeholders and Agricultural experts from the West African countries converged here on Tuesday for a Two-Day...

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Nationwide Sensitisation On Truth Commission Kicks Off

A workshop launching a nationwide sensitization process aimed at increasing awareness and generating public opinion on...

Business

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...

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Banks To Look Into Agric Financing

Bankers are increasingly becoming amenable to agriculture financing, which they have long avoided for its unduly risky...

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Keta, Bortianor Fishermen Seek End To Illegal Sand Winning

Fisherfolk at Keta in the Volta Region and Bortianor in the Greater Accra Region have complained about Illegal sand...

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1,083 Hectares of Farmlands Attacked By Armyworm In Northern Region

About 1,083 hectares of farmlands in the Northern Region alone have been affected by the fall armyworm that was...

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USAID Donates Five Vehicles To Education Ministry

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Friday donated five Land Cruiser Prados to the...

International

Qatar Rejects Saudi-Led Bloc’s ‘terror’ List

Qatar on Friday rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as "terrorists" by four Arab...

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Health Experts Meet In Accra

A two-day symposium to deliberate on ways to translate health research into influential policies and programme...

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More Intra-Africa Trade Needed

Ambassador of United States to Ghana, Robert Porter Jackson, has urged young entrepreneurs in the sub-region to trade...

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Chief Fishermen Growl For Powers To Fight Illegal Fishing

Fishermen along the country’s coastal zones have called on government to restore their authority to enable them fight...

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USAId’S Ghana Mission Head Visits Agric & Natural Resources Mgt. Site

The Ghana Mission Director of USAID, Andrew Karas, is impressed with rural women in Northern Ghana for their adoption...

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$10m Support Programme For District Assemblies Launched

A joint cooperation programme by Germany and the United States (US) to support the development and efficient management...

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Sarkodie Set To Speak At 2017 Africa Dialogues Conference

Multiple award-winning Ghanaian Rapper Michael Owusu Addo, known in showbiz as Sarkodie is scheduled to speak at the...

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Fishing Slows Down At Shama As Illegal Mining On Pra Pollutes Sea

Illegal mining (galamsey) activities in the Pra River have affected fishing activities at Shama, a coastal town in the...