Ghana needs a “Covid-19 Emergency Food Security Preparedness Plan” – Alliance for Science
Civil Society Group Alliance for Science is urging the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to come up with a “Covid-19 Emergency Food Security Preparedness Plan” to ensure food security as the... read more
New agro intervention project to alleviate poverty among rural farmers
The Regional Minister, Mr. Kofi Amoakohene, has launched a project dubbed “PRODESOP,” which translates to Promoting Access of indigenous people to decent work and social protection. PRODESOP... read more
Young social entrepreneur wants to revolutionize farming among the youth
At the 2019 National Farmers’ Day Awards, Robben was adjudged the National Best Agro forestry Farmer in Ho In Kintampo, people have been farming since the dawn of time. Kintampo is a District in... read more
“Adopt good agricultural practices” – ADRA Ghana to cashew farmers
The Project Manager for the Bono-Asante Atea cashew Project Dr. Anthony Augustus Mainoo has asked cashew farmers in the Wenchi Municipality to adopt good agricultural practices in their quest to... read more
Tumu cooperative union endorses warehouse receipt system
The management of the Tumu Community Cooperative Union (TCCU) has expressed its readiness to embrace the Warehouse Receipt System Project (WRS). The leadership of the Union observed that the WRS... read more
COCOBOD puts a stop to ‘weighing fraud’-with use of electronic scales in October
Beatrice Tawiah, a cocoa farmer To address the age-long concern of cocoa farmers regarding weighing-scale adjustment fraud allegedly perpetrated by some cocoa purchasing clerks, the Ghana Cocoa Board... read more
“We are introducing digitized weighing scale by October” – Cocobod
The Deputy Chief Executive in-charge of Operations for the Ghana Cocoa Board, Dr. Emmanuel Opoku, has assured cocoa farmers in the country that by October this year Ghana will start using digitized... read more
Agric directorate intensifies monitoring of water sources for vegetable farming
The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Food and Agriculture has intensified its monitoring activities to check the sources of water used for irrigation by vegetable farmers. This follows recent... read more
World Food Program team in Ghana to Assess Malnutrition Efforts
A team from the World Food Programme (WFP) has paid a working visit to Ghana to assess efforts aimed at dealing with malnutrition in the country. Her Royal Highness Princess Sarah Zeid of... read more
Ghana to make $US1 billion from vegetable production
Ghana is projecting to generate about US$1 billion from vegetable production for the international market within seven years with the deployment and expansion of Greenhouse technology. The technology... read more