Five-year Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) Programme makes giant strides in renewable energy, WASH and agriculture sector
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation is preparing to close out its 5-year project, Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) Project. The V4CP Project, implemented since 2016, is funded by the Dutch... read more
We need one of our own on Producer Price Review Committee – Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association appeals to COCOBOD
Members of the Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association are accusing Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) of not involving them in determining the producer price of Cocoa. According to the president of Ghana... read more
Cocoa farmers have representatives on Producer Price Review Committee – COCOBOD
COCOBOD CEO, Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo Ghana Cocoa Board has refuted the claim by members of the Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association that the Board has not been involving them in the determination... read more
Audio : Two poor blind farmers cry for support
Two peasant blind farmers, Kwame Torsi and Mensah Torsi at the Tonkoase No1, a suburb of New Edubiase in the Adansi South District in Ashanti are appealing to the government, the Member of Parliament... read more
Painful COVID-19 Pandemic: A Lesson for Food Security
Photo: Nepal agriculture. Credit: Kam Raj Pant As a matter of fact, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is highly stressful and painful. We are locked inside homes and earning much less for the past... read more
Ghana set for a bumper harvest amid COVID 19 pandemic
One would have thought that the COVID 19 pandemic was going to petrify Ghana’s food production but that’s not the story at hand. The story looks positive for Ghana as the country... read more
President cuts sod for €85m Elmina fishing port
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Thursday begun his three-day working visit to the Central Region with a sod-cutting ceremony to commence the construction of Elmina fishing port... read more
Green Climate Fund approves $54.5 million for Ghana’s shea landscape
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved a USD54.5 million project facility to address the alarming deforestation and forest degradation challenges in the Northern Savannah Zone of Ghana. The... read more
COCOBOD gets $1Billion to buy cocoa beans for the 2020/2021 crop season
Parliament has approved a loan facility to the tune of one Billion US Dollars for the purchase of an estimated 900,000 metric tonnes of cocoa beans for the 2020/2021 crop season by the Ghana... read more
Agricultural extension remains critical in improving farm productivity – Report
Research conducted into the “Impact of Technology Adoption: Evidence from Maize and Cowpea Farmers in Northern Ghana” established that agricultural extension remains key to improving farm... read more