Government urged to inject additional resources into millet cultivation
Government has been urged to resource millet cultivators and develop improved seed varieties resistant to harsh climate conditions, particularly in northern Ghana, to encourage local farmers... read more
Closed fishing season begins today
The ban on fishing announced by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and the Fisheries Commission takes effect from today, Wednesday, 15 May 2019. The closed season period is aimed... read more
President Akufo-Addo justifies decision to retain current cocoa price
President Akufo-Addo has justified government’s decision to retain the price of cocoa despite the fall on the international market. He said cocoa farmers produce wealth for the nation and it is... read more
Government urged to invest in smallholder agricultural mechanization
The Government has been urged to prioritize and invest in smallholder agricultural mechanization in order to boost and sustain food production and better economic returns for farmers, as it pursues... read more
AUDIO: MP proposes 50 year jail term for smugglers of agricultural inputs
The chairman of the Parliamentary select committee on food and Agriculture and Cocoa affairs, Mr. Kwame Asafu Agyei, is considering submitting a bill before Ghana’s parliament to scalp agriculture... read more
Another Chinese woman arrested with 4 containers of Rosewood
A Chinese national has been arrested by police in the Northern region with four containers of Rosewood timber. Helena Huang, 41, was accompanying the truckloads of the timer when police at the... read more
Ghana invited to this year’s China Tea Expo
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, will be leading an official delegation which comprises entrepreneurs, businessmen together with various key industry players to this... read more
Audio:Gov’t abandons teak trees, imports Chilean pan products – PADO
The leadership of Private Afforestation Developers Organization (PADO) has frowned on government’s decision to import Chilean Pan product into the country at the expense of our local teak tree... read more
Prince Appiah wins 2019 IFAJ/Alltech award
Prince Appiah LUV FM’s Prince Appiah has been named as a recipient of the 2019 IFAJ/Alltech Young Leader in Agricultural Journalism Award by the International Federation of Agric Journalists (IFAJ)... read more
COCOBOD increases incentive package for cocoa rehabilitation
Ghana Cocoa Board has reviewed upwards, the initial treatment grant which is part of the compensation package for landowners and cocoa farmers who agree to cut and replant their Cocoa Swollen Shoot... read more