COCOBOD signs new $300m facility to boost cocoa production
Beatrice Tawiah, a cocoa farmer Ghana Cocoa Board has signed a new 3-year receivables-backed trade finance facility of US$300m. The Facility will be used to refinance Cocoa Bills raised by Bank of... read more
Women farmers urged to explore other sources of income
A member of the Board of Directors of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Nana Adwoa Dokua has urged women in cocoa farming to look beyond cocoa cultivation as their only source of income. According to Nana... read more
Ghana to end tomato imports, cut rice imports by 50% in 2019
Ministry of Food and Agriculture says it is looking to cut down imports of rice by 50 per cent as well as end the importation of tomato this year. Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Food and... read more
Ghana needs 22.6 billion dollars to mitigate effects of Climate Change – EPA
Ghana is seeking a total amount of 22.6 billion dollars as its budget to implement her 31 national actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change from 2020 to 2030. The country, would therefore, use... read more
Bosome Freho not conducive for cashew farming – Fmr. Mofa Director
Cultivation of cashew in Ghana is receiving greatest attention by both government and the private sector, as the government has laid the foundation for its commercialization. The government is... read more
AFAP worried over fake Agro-Inputs on the market
Acting Country Manager of African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP), Nana Aisha- Mohammed has express worry over the increasing number of fake agro inputs on the the market. SHE... read more
“Investments in Research crucial to meeting SDG2 zero Hunger”- Prof. Eric Danquah
The Director West Africa Centre For Crop Improvement (WACCI) Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah has touted the government’s efforts working towards ending hunger in Africa and encouraged governments in... read more
U.S. Ambassador Cuts ribbon to Shea Butter Processing Center to Support Economic Empowerment for Hundreds of Northern Ghanaian Women
Gizaa-Gunda, Northern Region, Ghana – On Thursday, March 14, 2019, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie S. Sullivan led a ribbon cutting and inaugurated a shea butter processing facility that will... read more
AFAP keen on addressing unsafe use of pesticides
The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP), one of the players in the agri-industry is positioning itself to help end the level of misapplication and unsafe methods in the use of... read more
EPA warns against display of agro chemicals in the open
Mr. Joseph Edmund, the deputy director in charge of Chemical control and Management Center at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)has sounded a word of caution to agrochemical dealers in the... read more