Adopt backyard gardening to fight food scarcity
The Ashanti regional director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Mr. Fordjour Menka, has urged Ghanaians to consider to backyard farming to avert food insecurity in the country.... read more
Remove fertilizer subsidy – CEO of ECHO tells gov’t
The president and CEO of ECHO Community International, Mr. David Erickson, has called for the need to scrap of fertilizer subsidies from all agricultural based programs in Ghana since it is costly... read more
Solidaridad International poised to revamp Ghana’s cocoa sector
Solidaridad International poised to revamp cocoa production in the country by engaging more youth in cocoa plantation. Mr. Eric Agyare, the programme coordinator for solidarida international West... read more
Consider citrus farming – past workers of AGA told
Retrenched workers of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) have been asked to consider going into commercial citrus farming as it has lots to offer them. Doris Appiah Kubi , Secretary of Mine Workers’ Wives... read more
West Mamprusi district records bumper harvest
Residents of Nayoku, a farming community in West Mamprusi district of the northern region, are now enjoying bumper harvest as they have succeeded in increasing their crop yields by more than 50%.... read more
Dugouts and boreholes in farms can increase crop yield yearly
The Director of Agric and Food Security Programmes of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), Mr Samuel Asante-Mensah has suggested the provision of dugouts and boreholes on farm Lands to... read more
Adapt weighing scales to make agriculture attractive _ GARDJA leadership calls
It has become increasingly common to hear our farmers complaining about their inability to sell their produce at reasonable prices. Farmers in this country sell their produce all at once and at any... read more