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
Impact of hybrid cocoa seedlings on production to be felt from next year – Agric Minister
Government has put in place a more pragmatic policy and programme to facilitate the effective production and distribution of cocoa seedlings to farmers; an initiative that will increase the... read more
Ghanaian owned Cashew Processing Factories are operating far below capacity
It has emerged that locally owned Cashew Processing Factories in Ghana are operating far below capacity compare to those owned by foreigners. Even though both local and foreign-owned Cashew... read more
Physically Challenged Farmers Cultivates 60 Acres of Groundnut
The physically challenged at the farm in Salaga The saying disability does not mean inability is what motivated 30 physically challenged farmers in the East Gonja municipality of the Savanah Region... read more
Covid-19 has positively impacted Ghana’s cashew processing sector – MOFA
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says the Covid-19 pandemic has positively impacted Ghana’s cashew processing sector. MOFA says 7 local cashew processing companies that had... read more
Audio:Establish ‘Farmers Allowance Scheme’ for aspiring young farmers
A Professor of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, at the Soil Science Department of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Professor Kwame Agyei Frimpong, has called for the introduction of a scheme to... read more
Cashew processing: challenges and opportunities in the sub-sector
Cashew is an economic tree that produces apples and nuts. Cashew is largely cultivated in the forest-savanna transitional zone, covering parts of Ashanti, Bono, Bono East and Savanna Regions. Over... read more
Ghanaian chief calls for commercialization of GMOs
A Ghanaian chief, Nana Adjei Panin II of Deduako, near Kuntenase in the Bosomtwe District has called for the commercialization of genetically modified organism (GMO) seeds in the country.... read more