A thick, dark cloud is slowly forming in the sky and the rain could start any minute. Emiliana Lucas sighs ...

It is a beautiful Saturday morning and Abdulsalum Njelekela is in his field irrigating crops. He says, “I have access ...

  At 64, Elise Goueu has defied gender norms and achieved what many women in Ivory Coast consider impossible. Not ...

It’s a hot Saturday morning with a clear blue sky, though the heat indicates that rain will soon start falling. ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Emmanuel Yaw Asamoah, a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Agriculture graduate from the University of ...

44-year old Alhaji Mashud Mohammed has been adjudged the National Best Farmer for 2021. He succeeds Solomon Kwadwo Kusi who took ...

National Farmers’ Day is celebrated to honour and recognise the immeasurable contributions of farmers to the country’s food security and ...

For smallholder farmers in Ghana producing shea butter, bees are normally pests to swat away. But these insects will soon ...

The government has supported more than 500 poultry farmers in parts of the Central Region to expand their farms and ...

Minister for Agriculture has reassured that the government is leveraging on its digitalisation drive to spearhead technology-driven agriculture to empower ...

It’s Wednesday afternoon and the employees at Cajou Espoir (Cashew Hope) are dressed in blue blouses, yellow caps, and face ...

COCOBOD is projecting an ambitious target of raking in US$50billion in annual revenues from processing cocoa into other value-added products ...

For the past three years, Nigeria has been leading globally in the production of yam, palm oil, cassava, maize, and ...

A 3-day virtual Ghana Agribusiness Investment Summit has ended in Accra on the theme “Building a Resilient and Sustainable Ecosystem ...

  The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)-University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey, has advised ...

Agricultural Manufacturing Group (AMG) Ghana, a leading fertilizer marketing and technologies manufacturer is supporting the development of student entrepreneurs at ...

Hortifresh Fruits and vegetables that seek to promote sustainable and internationally competitive fruits and vegetable sectors to contribute to economic ...

BY: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei More than 2,000 Ghanaian farmers have expressed their readiness to plant Bt cowpea, Ghana’s first ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji A strong and formidable agricultural sector is key in solving food security, nutrition, and income ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The USAID West Africa Trade Hub believes that a thriving and resilient agricultural sector is ...

The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) is committed to transparency and continuous improvement of Human Rights cases in cocoa growing communities, ...

To increase productivity and sustainability among women in agribusiness, 13 women-led horticulture business owners have been trained and certified by ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Seventy One (71) female agribusiness founders from 16 African countries on Thursday, graduated from Guzakuza’s ...

The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) has appointed Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, a Ph.D. holder in Agronomy/ Soil Microbiology and ...

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has assured that new data made available to the government ...

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will later today sign a $1.5 billion Syndication Loan for the 2021/2022 cocoa crop season. The ...

It’s about 10 o’clock in the morning and the rice mills are clanking so loudly that it’s hard to hear ...

The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mrs. Mavis Hawa Koomson has tasked the newly constituted governing board of the ...

The shortage and price hikes of food commodities have been attributed to the exportation of food commodities to other African ...

Southern and Eastern Africa face the twin challenges of growing agricultural production to meet food demand while adapting to extreme ...

An initiative that will avail digital tools and training resources to small-scale farmers and agriculture-linked small businesses in Africa has ...

GIZ through the Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) Programme will continue to support female entrepreneurs in the agribusiness sector. “We ...

Demand for rice surpasses supply in most West African countries, forcing countries to import to make up for the deficit. ...

The management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it will be submitting written-off values of some expired agrochemicals and ...

While the Ghana Union of Traders Association, GUTA is calling for the maintenance of the 50% benchmark values reduction policy, ...

The Akwamuhene of Wenchi Traditional Area, Nana Owusu Gyare has revealed that over nine billion dollars ($9b) that the Kuffour’s ...

After several weeks of increases in food prices on the market, consumers should expect some stability and price reductions by ...

Dorothy Achieng stands with her hands on her hips in her pawpaw field on the shores of Lake Victoria. She ...

( When a ‘60s Volkswagen Beetle coloured green, yellow, and red rolls down the road, everyone in Siby knows who ...

By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji            It is a known fact most young people are usually not interested in take farming ...

The Kumasi-based Crop Research Institute has one of the best research infrastructures in the region, thanks to the support of ...

While the taro industry had collapsed entirely in Ghana, researchers of the Crop Research Institute of the Council for Scientific ...

Ghana and Ivory Coast have signed the Headquarters Agreement for the establishment of the Cote D’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative Secretariat in ...

Three women in Ghana’s agriculture value chain have been awarded by Guzakuza with the support from GIZ to highlight the ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Delese Mimi Darko, has cautioned oil palm producers in ...

Ghana has exceeded the 1 million tonnes mark in cocoa production for the first time since the 2010/11 crop season. ...

Carrots are easy to grow as long as they are planted in loose, sandy soil. Depending on the variety and ...

Government says it is rolling out measures to digitize the distribution of fertilizer in the country. In recent times fertilizer ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the West Africa Trade & Investment Hub, has awarded a $1.2 ...

A report by Heifer International Ghana has revealed that only 12 percent of the youth involved in agriculture have adopted ...

Despite agriculture becoming the main pillar of support for the economy in this pandemic period, the 2021 Heifer International Report ...

It is a hot sunny morning on a cloud-free day. Dressed in a red blouse and green chitenje, a cloth that ...

The Chamber of Agribusiness, Ghana, is asking government to take a second look at its fertilizer subsidy programme as it ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture through its Veterinary Services Directorate has confirmed the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is collaborating with some fellows of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) to conduct ...

The Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee in Parliament, Eric Opoku, wants government to immediately address ...

Poultry farmers and feed-millers across the country are expressing worry over a looming collapse of the local poultry industry due ...

Total expenditure allocation for the agriculture sector in the past four years, from 2017 to 2020, has stayed below one ...

Mr Georgios Badaro, Managing Director (MD), Nestlé Ghana Limited has said the company’s ambition of making cocoa more profitable for ...

By: Kingsley Adusei Amakye The Food Trade Coalition for Africa has organised its first meeting to coordinate food trade investments ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planning to electronically pay all its farmers to stimulate the digital economy and also ...

The Northern Region has seen some 250,000 trees planted to mark the Green Ghana Project that seeks to plant five ...

The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Penn State University ...

The Ghana Rice Interprofessional Body (GRIB) has said it is negotiating with foreign companies to access financial support and drive ...

The Market-Oriented Agriculture Programme in North-Western Ghana (MOAP-NW), has trained a total of 85 seed producers and seed inspectors on ...

By: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has petitioned the Agriculture Minister calling ...

Greenhouse farming is a thriving sector in Italy thanks to companies with decades of experience in providing cutting-edge greenhouse technologies ...

It was early one morning in October 2020 and the sun was shining brightly over Buta Feyisa’s compound. Behind the ...

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto says Ghana is on course to becoming rice sufficient by ...

Sri Lanka has imposed a ban on palm oil imports and ordered oil palm plantations in the country to be ...

Olam Food Ingredients (OFI), a leading supplier of cocoa beans and cocoa ingredients – and one of the largest private ...

World Vision Ghana, a Non- Governmental Organisation, NGO, today, cuts sod for the construction of a 2000 capacity poultry farm worth $74,778 ...

Even though agriculture has become the most thriving sector over the past one year due to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact, ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has rolled out implementation guidelines to ensure efficient distribution of subsidized fertilizer and ...

Agrihouse Foundation, in partnership with the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), is set to ...

Honey consumption has increased across the globe over the years due to consumer demand for quality natural sweeteners in place ...

CDC Group, the U.K. government’s development investment arm, is taking a step to help bridge what it estimates is a ...

Jane Hozheri used to run a small business with her daughter in Cape Town, South Africa. Together, they made a ...

Elizabeth Siyapi is a farmer in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. Instead of working through agricultural middlemen, she relies on her phone. Before ...

The first rains began to fall a few weeks ago, heralding the long growing season in southern Togo. Farmers are ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji. Despite the enormous benefits of agriculture , financing remains one of the bottlenecks to fully ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji USAID supported Feed the Future Ghana Mobilizing Finance in Agriculture (MFA) Activity has been launched ...

The members of the Council of State have said they are in support of efforts to stop illegal mining activities ...

The maiden edition of the Ghana Chicken Festival (GHACHICK) is set to come off on the 3rd of May 2021 at ...

Agriculture is perceived to be a dirty job reserved for the aged. Youth of today, after graduating from the tertiary ...

Agriculture is a major employability contributing to about 33 percent of the total working force in Ghana. In tackling food ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Adwoa Nyibi is a small-scale farmer in the Bono East Region of Ghana who is ...

Richard Twumasi-Ankrah, Director for Policy, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has indicated that smallholder ...

“VALUE4HERConnect, Africa’s first agri-business intelligence platform aimed at facilitating growth and development of women owned agri-enterprises was launched in Accra ...

Who controls the world's food supply? Seed laws criminalizing farmers for using diverse crops that stand a better chance of ...

In recent years, a number of innovative entrepreneurs have stepped in to help reverse the declining state of the agricultural ...

Government has announced the creation of a Ghana Land Information Bank (GhLIB), to provide a reliable and easily accessible information ...

The Coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on human lives and economic activity which has made the eradication of poverty ...

Women form a greater proportion in Ghana’s agriculture value chain yet they struggle to get market accessibility for their produce. ...

Moringa oleifera, called nebedaye in Senegal, is considered a “miracle” tree that helps address food insecurity and major environmental problems. Because ...

Most families in northern DRC’s Tshopo province, can’t afford electricity to cook. Instead, they rely on locally-produced wood charcoal to ...

The government of Ghana is committed to assist the development of the women and youth in agriculture to ensure that ...

The success of the dairy farm relies on the success of the calf management program. Lifetime productivity starts when the ...

Due to the popular misconceptions about agriculture, many young Africans have no interest in agribusiness ventures. Upon completing their academic ...

The president of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo has said that cocoa farmers are to ...

The initiative designed to revamp and build capacities for the livestock, poultry, and fisheries sector players by the Agrihouse Foundation ...

By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji   Zaa fm in Tamale and Elmina’s Ahomka fm have received an internationally recognized broadcaster’s ...

It’s a fine, windy morning and Sarah Aryee is neatly dressed in a white T-shirt and Ghanaian wrap, her hair ...

The Koudijs Ghana Limited has unveiled the high complete quality made-in-Ghana poultry layer feed for farmers for optimum performance of ...

Some farmers and aggregators, also known as middle-men, in the Northern Region have refused to release maize unto the market, hoping ...

It’s no secret that agriculture is the main driving force behind Ghana’s economy, accounting for approximately 42% of the country’s ...

The word “Soy” itself originated as a corruption of the Chinese or Japanese names for soy sauce; yet, soybeans were ...

Unfortunately, many big species now face extinction due to their value in the illegal wildlife trade, vulnerability to habitat degradation ...

The 4th edition of the Agricultural Students career guidance and mentorship dialogue Bootcamp (AG-STUD), a practical agribusiness beginners’ capacity building ...

BY: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Prof. Amin Alhasan has called on ...

Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) has reported a topline growth of 29.5%, against 20.9% in the same period of 2019, ...

Revenue in exports from coffee for the year 2018 was US$34,000. This is according to the President of the Coffee ...

The year 2021 kicks off with two initiatives which respond to the pandemic for La Liste, a prominent restaurant finder ...

It’s early in the morning and Asfo Wass wakes up with much energy, eager to care for his chickens. He ...

The Commodity Brokers Association of Ghana (CBAG) president, Yaw Ohemeng Kyei, has called on government to introduce a 20 percent ...

Bayer Crop Science Ltd will provide training to 15,000 smallholder farmers in the country on advanced agricultural practices. The training ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has set out to implement the “National Fertilizer Expansion Programme. The aim of ...

Ms. Rose Goslinga Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at PULA, an African Agricultural Insurance, and Technology Service Provider has revealed ...

The Covid–19 pandemic has brought most countries to their knees, disrupting many economies leaving no one in its disruptive grip. ...

In Ghana, maize farmers often release their full yields to the market immediately after harvest. Because of the mechanics of ...

A thick, dark cloud slowly engulfs the sky. Although it hasn’t rained for the past two days, it will certainly ...

By: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei   In her small home in Bono East region of Ghana surrounded by her four ...

By:Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei Agricultural journalism plays a key role in food security, but is often lacking in many African ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has resolved to implement more digital agricultural innovations to give more meaning to ...

Economist Dr Adu Sarkodie says the impact of COVID-19 on the economy is a clear indicator that the government has ...

As part of the medium-term plan for the trade of commodities in Ghana, the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) is considering ...

Government is preparing to meet fruit and vegetable exporters who may be negatively impacted as the United Kingdom (UK) prepares ...

African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina has been announced as a champion of Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative. ...

Irish potato farmers in Meru should utilise a 250- tonne cold storage facility whose construction is set for completion in ...

The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Agriculture on Saturday, January 9, 2021 distributed farming inputs to smallholder farmers ...

As the country ushers into New Year 2021 more than 100,600 smallholder farmers in the country will be receiving grain ...

Mr. Yaw Biredu Boateng, the Chief Cocoa Farmer of New Nsutam in the Eastern Region, has called for the protection ...

Something has to be done to tackle the environmental problems caused by climate change, desertification and population growth,” says Barkissa ...

There has been growing concern about the availability of maize in the country, a situation that affects our food security ...

This story was originally published in April 2019 by Farm radio international. In eastern Burundi, nurseries of forest tree species ...

Business Consultant, Nataki Kambon, says Ghana stands to benefit immensely from the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (‎AfCFTA) if ...

Opanin Kofi Asaam is 74 years and has been farming cocoa all his life. He lives alone at Tenyikwa, a ...

Farmers cultivating cucumis melon, also known as yellow melon, say a chunk of their produce is left to go waste ...

The Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) has added rice contracts to the number of commodities traded on its electronic trading platform. ...

The Ghana Civil Society Cocoa Platform by this statement affirms its support for the decision taken by COCOBOD and CCC ...

At a time when hunger and poverty are increasing due to conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some of ...

Since the early 1990s, farmers in coastal Tanzania have been worrying about how rising sea levels are affecting their crops. ...

The world has a seemingly insatiable taste for coffee. But rising temperatures, drought, and erratic rainfall are making it harder ...

The shortage of maize across the Northern Region and some other parts of the country is affecting business activities of poultry ...

Your mother was right all along – breakfast actually is the most important meal of the day. Most of the ...

Professor Boniface B. Kayang, the Project Coordinator of the Ghana Grasscutter Project, has stated that the future of grasscutter farming ...

The Programmes Manager of Conservation Alliance (CA), Mr. Raymond Owusu-Achiaw, and his organization have declared their support for the ongoing ...

The Managing Campaigner for EcoCare Ghana Mr. Obed Owusu-Addai and his organization have thrown their support behind the ongoing “Securing ...

Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have set their price tag for cocoa to counter unfair trade in the international market. To ...

Stakeholders in Conservation Agriculture (CA) held discussions at a two-day summit in Accra, to develop a consolidated Manual for CA ...

The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in collaboration with USAID has organized a two-day workshop on “Development ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The use of fertilisers and  chemicals such as weedicides, herbicides and pesticides is becoming dominant ...

The Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA) and its implementing partners joined stakeholders in Ghana’s agricultural sector to ...

Cocoa is the chief agricultural export of Ghana and Ghana’s main cash crop. Ghana is the second-largest cocoa exporter in ...

A two-day cashew pricing workshop to propose a pricing model for cashew in Ghana is underway in Accra. The workshop ...

  The advent of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) tends to produce wholesome foods which in turn might ...

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Shai Osudoku, Hon. Daniel Teye Akuffo has lamented the rate at which real estate ...

Ghana has banned poultry imports from the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, and Denmark over bird flu. The government has temporarily banned ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will put in place stricter measures to reduce the spate of ...

The care given to a calf within its first 24 hours of life is essential as well as mandatory, as ...

“There is no need for a crop authority, Ghana just needs an agriculture regulatory authority and put all other government ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji (Farm Radio Int. Project) Comfort Appiah beams with delight as she inspects her flourishing cocoa ...

The SNV Ghana Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities (GrEEn) Project has organised a job fair for the youth at Agona ...

A 55-year-old farmer, Solomon Kwadwo Kusi, has been adjudged the National Best Farmer for 2020 at a ceremony held in ...

The Chamber of Aquaculture (COA) Ghana salutes all Farmers on the 36th edition of National Farmers Day. The COA acknowledges ...

On the occasion of the 36th National Farmers’ Day celebrations in Techiman in the Bono East Region, Farmer Radio International ...

Chemico Limited, Ghana’s pioneer Agro-inputs company, has supported this year’s Farmers Day celebration with over GH¢400,000. The company handed over ...

Implementer of the Cocoa Life programme, Mondelez International, has introduced a new technology that seeks to help triple annual yields ...

Starting today, November 2 until November 6, 2020, the Methodist Park at Techiman in the Bono East Region will be ...

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), OXFAM, and the Friends of the Nation (FoN) has launched a campaign to ...

Deputy Agric Minister Kennedy Nyarko Osei has said by 2023, government is planning to either ban or drastically reduce the ...

Two new Competitor Analysis reports recently released by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) indicate that massive untapped foreign market ...

A recent study carried out under the IITA-CARE project, covering six southern departments in the Benin Republic reveals the agriculture ...

Olam Ghana, a wholly-owned subsidiary of leading food and agri-business Olam International, has launched its locally grown and sourced rice ...

At Kofiase, a community in the Mampong municipality of the Ashanti Region of Ghana, members of a Village Savings and ...

Private sector actors in the oil palm value chain, when given the right knowledge and needed financial support, are able to ...

Some cocoa farmers in the Wassa enclave of the Western Region have resorted to proceeds they realise from trading-off portions ...

Kolda is an agro-pastoral zone in southern Senegal with good rainfall. Here, one farming activity supports another. For example, cattle ...

Wématou Ougue farms in Tiébélé, a village in south-central Burkina Faso more than 150 kilometres from the capital, Ouagadougou. Mr. ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in its attempt to collate and leverage data on cocoa famers across the country for ...

The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) is carrying out a field trial ...

Despite government’s flirtations with other modern-day endeavours, agriculture has retained its role as the undisputed essence of our local economy. ...

A plan by the Ghana Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) to implement a pricing regime has been met with resistance ...

EU Resilience Against Climate Change (EU-REACH), on 13 October, kicked-off a 2-day workshop in Wa, Upper West Region, to share ...

Ghana will produce an additional 91,000 metric tonnes of fish for fours years under the Healthy Food Africa Project, Madam ...

The Ashanti Regional Department of Food and Agriculture is collaborating with Rejuvenate Gaia Global, licensed importers of Greenfert organic fertilizer, ...

With support from the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), stakeholders in the cashew sector have launched the Cashew Council Ghana (CCG) ...

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is appealing to government, institutions and members of the public to buy their ...

The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has announced that his outfit has completed all processes ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will next year inject US$200 million into domestic cocoa processing. The money will be given ...

As farmers and consumers grapple with disruptions in the global food supply chain, we are witnessing an exacerbation of threats ...

Farm Radio and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) are collaborating to develop Digital Agricultural advisory strategy and plan ...

Recently, Genetic Modify Foods (GMOs) are believed to have been introduced in Ghana’s food system creating anxiety among consumers. Ghana ...

The Savanah Agriculture Research Institute of the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSRI-SARI), has introduced high yielding groundnut varieties to ...

Mr Hayford Yao Dometi, founder of Effort Beekeepers Association in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region, has appealed ...

The government is committed to implementing comprehensive agricultural policies to ensure uninterrupted supply value chains and strong market linkages to ...

The Ashanti Region has since the launch of government flagship programme Planting for Food and Jobs in 2017 registered six ...

The torrential rains that devastated parts of the North East Region recently have subsided, but the humanitarian situation in the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic struck Ghana at a time when the country was grappling with youth unemployment, effects of climate change, ...

Ghana joins the rest of the World to celebrate the 40th World Food Day at the State House in Accra ...

Smallholder farmers in the country still experience as high as 30 percent post-harvest losses, mostly through spoilage and theft, a ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has inaugurated a GH¢2.7 million vegetable packhouse for the sorting and packaging of ...

Radio is the principal medium for receiving climate information by most farmers with social media being the least, a Kwame ...

  The Food Policy Forum for Change will be launched at the upcoming High-Level Special Event of the Committee on World Food ...

unknowns: the risk of political unrest disrupting supplies and the demand hit from COVID-19. Bigger crops in West Africa would ...

The food systems that must give daily sustenance to all humans are under threat by the pandemic. If we want ...

Bobo Dioulasso is a farming city in Burkina Faso. After cotton, cereals are the second largest agricultural product in terms ...

It’s around eight o’clock in the morning and Bello Iliyasu is already riding a motorcycle—not by choice, but because there ...

Ramatoulaye Badji is a farmer and vendor in the Thies region, 70 kilometres east of Dakar, Senegal. In the afternoons, ...

The 2020 National Farmers’ Day has been launched by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture ...

Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology says the Federal government of Nigeria is working on plans to mechanise ...

President Akufo-Addo has announced a new producer price for Cocoa for the 2020/2021 crop season. The government has pegged the ...

Mr. Bright Katamani completed Senior Secondary school some years ago and when he realized his parents had little funds to ...

The District Chief Executive for Nkoranza North in the Bono East Region, Hon. Gifty Arkosah Author has today through the ...

Four days, 10,400 voices, speaking to the need for inclusive agricultural transformation. Farmers, Presidents, entrepreneurs, and others coming together around ...

The 10th annual Alliance for Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) comes to an end today with a high level presidential discussion ...

The 2020 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) will be held under the leadership of H.E. President Paul Kagame and the ...

OCP Africa, in a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has increased its efforts to support ...

Ghana’s cocoa products will soon enjoy zero tariffs on China’s market should everything go as planned. This is according to ...

Ghana has recovered from the initial drawback in food production as a result of the COVID-19   pandemic, avoiding an imminent ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Wednesday, at a short ceremony in Accra  received some Covid-19 PPEs and sanitary ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The effect of Covid-19 on farming across the length of breadth of the country is ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The agric sector could be more productive and lucrative, if authorities ensured high standards are ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Malom Foods started as a backyard farm in 2014 at Dodowa in the Greater Accra ...

China appears to be launching a significant expansion of its distant water fishing fleet around the world and most notably ...

The farming season is underway in much of West Africa and farmers are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 in new ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has on Tuesday August 4 visited Akro Farms Ltd., a 1-District1-Factory (1D1F) initiative at Apasare, ...

The Ghana COCOBOD says it is importing electronic weighing scales for Cocoa License Buying companies to prevent the tampering of ...

By Gidean Kwame Sarkodie Osei Raymond Yaotse, Project Manager of United Purpose Ghana’s Partnership for Accelerated Local Economic Development in ...

The McDan Foundation has broken the ground for the construction of shea nut processing factory and warehouse at Nasia in ...

By: agrighanaonline.com The initiative which was outdoored yesterday on Zoom will help mobilize funds via gofundme, Alexpay & Facebook to ...

  The Agric Minister is worried about vegetable production in the country losing out on a projected $3 billion annually. ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says the Covid-19 pandemic has positively impacted Ghana’s cashew processing sector. MOFA says seven ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Demeter Ghana Limited is an agricultural focused company, committed to providing agricultural solutions to farmers. ...

The Asante Mampong Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Thomas Appiah Kubi, has cut a sod for the construction of a maize ...

The Chairman of the Assinman Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative and Marketing Union Limited (AMCOFUL), Mr Theophilus Tamakloe,  has called for a ...

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) said there would be no closed season this year due to the ...

Dropcap the popularization of the “ideal measure” has led to advice such as “Increase font size for large screens and ...

The Asene Manso Akroso District Assembly is to acquire equipment to add value to agriculture produce under the Planting for ...

Intro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on measure and its relationship to how ...

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has procured and presented 1,260 protective working clothing to a women’s group in the ...

The District Chief Executive of Adaklu has urged the youths of the community and the Volta Region at large to ...

The rapid production growth of cashew in the country, especially within the forest-transition zone, is consuming sizeable farmlands and thus ...

Commodity price survey Service Company, Esoko Ghana, has reiterated the need for government to be deliberate about fixing roads leading ...

Toxic chemicals are being used by food sellers across Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the look of meat and fish, scientists ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the Ministry of Local Governance and Rural Development (MLGRD) on Friday 26th June, 2020 ...

Upfield Foods, the largest plant-based consumer products company in the world, has launched a new initiative and global advocacy platform ...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, says it is collaborating with allied institutions to improve food processing to ...

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, PFAG, has warned that the country could suffer rice shortage this year following the ...

A Lecturer of Marine Geochemistry at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences of the University of Ghana, Dr. Edem ...

It appears that inasmuch as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many economic activities and led to job losses, other sectors ...

Ghana supplies 70% of all cocoa beans imported into Japan and cocoa is seen as one of the nation’s ...

Source: Joy Business   The Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC) has called for the speedy implementation of the ECOWAS Veterinary Pharmacy ...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Boahene Aidoo has hinted of conclusive discussions with President ...

In Nigeria’s Kano state, some tomato farmers slice and dry fresh tomatoes in the sun to avoid losing so many ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Mr. Ben Archen, a Ghanaian born electrical engineer who is currently living in Germany has ...

Players in the livestock industry are calling on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to initiate long-term policies to ensure ...

Sugarcane growers at Komenda in the Central Region, are calling on government to support them financially to grow more sugarcane ...

Construction works will start on a six-acre land at Gbedzekope in the Akame Electoral Area for a Cassava Processing Factory ...

Agric officers at Agona in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region have begun processes to add value to ...

Charcoal selling in the Koforidua Municipality has drastically gone down due to covid-19 Pandemic and the partial lockdown that was ...

By: Nana Agyapong, Nkoranza Watermelon farmers in Nkoranza north and south in the Bono east region are crying bitterly due ...

By Nana Agyapong, Nkoranza The 2018 national best farmer, Mr James Obeng Boateng has commended the government for the various ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji With the stress and money invested in farming and the several reported challenges associated with ...

By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji “Even before I became a professional farmer, I had said to myself "I wouldn't be ...

Over 80 per cent of agribusinesses in Ghana confirm that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a toll on their operations ...

The World Bank Group approved today a US$500 million program to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight ...

The Ghana National Poultry Farmers Association is calling on government to design a special package for poultry farmers engaged ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) has presented a total of 99,468 bags ...

Vegetable farmers at Akomadan in the Offinso North District, have participated in a small farmer group meeting to observe the ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji / agrighanaonline.com He pursued Agricultural Technology and majored in Agronomy at the University of Development ...

By:agrighanaonline.com As part of efforts to help strengthen Ghana’s livestock sector, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), has announced a 500 ...

The coronavirus pandemic has almost not spared any sector of the world’s economy. In Ghana, the agric sector has also ...

In as much as he encourages the youth to delve into farming and agriculture in general, renowned actor, farmer, and ...

  The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, is appealing to the country’s security forces to pursue ...

The Ghana Peasant Farmers Association, has advised government to have a long-term plan to cushion farmers against unforeseen circumstances and ...

By: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei The  Ghana Agricultural  and  Rural  Development  Journalists Association  (GARDJA)  has  launched  an advocacy  initiative  to ...

By TONY BLAIR, AGNES KALIBATA (AGRA) Protecting food supply chains is the key missing component of an effective COVID-19 strategy. Global ...

Mrs Ida Maganga is a farmer who grows potatoes and tomatoes in Dedza district, Malawi. The 35-year-old mother of is ...

By:agrighanaonline.com One of the major companies in Ghana’s agriculture industry, RMG Ghana Limited, has announced a 100,000 cedis support package ...

The Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association of Ghana is lamenting the over 100% increase in the cost of exporting their ...

One of the major challenge facing rural farmers has to do with storage of their produce. Without the proper and ...

Mr. Geoffrey Komakech is a poultry farmer in Uganda’s Gulu district who has taken up construction work for extra income. ...

For two years running the country’s agriculture sector has experienced declines in growth, despite an impressive performance in 2017 after ...

Deforestation is a major issue in the most communities in Senegal. To show their commitment to defending forests, one of ...

By: Prince Karikari The Agric Ministry has cautioned farmers on the resurgence of Fall Armyworms in the country. The ministry ...

By:agrighanaonline.com The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, has announced that the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, ...

By: Bagbara Tanko (MoFA) The Covid-19 pandemic now entering its fourth month has sparked an unprecedented global health crisis that ...

Source: Farm Radio International About 500 students at Dano C primary school in the province of Ioba, in the ...

By: Yaw Asamoah   Farming is an ancient profession. In the olden days, farming was the major work of the ...

Ghana’s sardinella fishery provides food and livelihoods for coastal communities and is more important than ever as coronavirus spreads. It ...

By: Gideon Kwame Sakodie Osei  /Kintampo Cashew farmers in Kintampo say they have been impacted negatively due to global restrictions ...

As part of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) mandate to help Cocoa Farmers, COCOBOD has encouraged farmers in various cocoa-growing communities ...

Staggering technique in tomato farming yields positive results in central Nigeria as farmers share their success stories. Mr. Jibril ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Ghana recorded its first corona virus cases on March 12, 2020 involving a Norwegian Embassy ...

Source: Farm radio International The use of the traditional baskets (The woven raffia baskets made from palm leaves and branches) ...

By Reuben Quainoo Chief Executive Officer for BEIT Farms Mr. Evans Larbi is asking the Ministry of Food and Agriculture ...

The rapidly evolving situation with COVID-19 is raising uncertainty within Ghana’s economy; and the agriculture and Agribusiness sector cannot be ...

By: agrighanaonline.com/Source: Ghana Television For many years, women especially those in the northern parts of Ghana have taken to farming ...

By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Agriculture’s role in advancing or transforming the economies of rural communities especially in providing jobs ...

A total number of 1.4 million farmers are expected to benefit from the country Agriculture flagship programme, Planting for Food ...

By: AGRA Ghana Testimonies of some rice farmers in the Northern Region indicates that there has been a tremendous increase ...

More than 170 farms have been destroyed by bushfires in the Atebubu Amantin Municipality in the Bono East Region of ...

Ugandan farmer and mother of 14, Josephine Nalwadda, recently learned new methods that are helping this experienced farmer save more. ...

By: Mabel Adorkor Annang As part of efforts to transform the agricultural sector digitally and improve on agricultural services in ...

By Linda  Dede Nyanya Godji The President of the republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has reiterated government’s ...

By  Gideon Kwame Sarkodie  Osei (Kintampo) In Kintampo, people have been farming since the dawn of time. Kintampo is a ...

By Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei (Kintampo) A project dubbed “PRODESOP” (Promoting Access of indigenous people to Decent Work and Social ...

Farming and learning in groups seem to be the best way to increased knowledge and income among small holder farmers ...

The Federal Government and the African Development Bank AfDB have commenced the setting up of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) ...

At least 2,000 poultry farmers have enrolled for the first phase of the broiler module of the ‘Rearing for Food ...

Farmers in some communities in the Tano North and South Municipalities of the Ahafo Region, are lamenting the influx of ...

The Project Manager for the Bono-Asante Atea cashew Project Dr. Anthony Augustus Mainoo is asking cashew farmers in the Wenchi ...

The market research company, Ecovia Intelligence, estimates the global organic market continues to grow worldwide and has passed the 100 ...

The latest global data on organic farming worldwide indicates that the global organic area continues to grow and as at ...

Data from the authorities in the Bono East region shows that more than 150 maize farms have been razed down ...

Ghana earned $378 million from the exportation of 110 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in 2018. The amount represented 43 ...

The Organic World Congress (OWC) is held every three years involving thousands of organic farmers, producers, researchers, advocates and policy ...

A Kenyan sugar cane farmer, Mr. Joseph Onsinyo noted that adding value to his produce has earn him more revenue ...

By Nana Agyapong (Nkoranza) The chiefs in Nkoranza have pledge their support to ensure farmers especially maize farmers within their ...

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Plant pests and diseases destroy up to 40% of food crops every ...

Theresia Mushi, a middle age farmer In Tanzania has been growing several banana varieties since 2011 and sells the raw ...

The Governor of Uttarakhand has approved the Organic Agriculture Act (2019). With this act, Uttarakhand has now become the first ...

H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, President of the Republic Of Ghana, On Wednesday 29th January 2020 commissioned the Akumadan Greenhouse ...

Solidaridad has officially launched the National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS) Program in Ghana aimed at ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has taken delivery of 100,000 pieces of motorised slashers to be distributed to cocoa farmers ...

Agriculture Extension Officers within the Sissala East and West Municipal Assemblies of the Upper West Region are optimistic that, the ...

By News Desk Four major international sponsors of agribusiness are at various stages of supporting B-BOVID’s network of farmers to ...

Mrs. Joyce Otim, a cassava farmer in Uganda has stated that Cassava without value addition fetches little money. For this ...

The Okole Women Development Initiative in Uganda has received a grant from the government’s Skills Development Facility and is currently ...

A 30-year-old mother, Suraya Bawa, who has converted her old building into a poultry house for the rearing of guinea ...

UAE residents will soon be able to buy fresher produce after plans were unveiled to grow a tonne of tomatoes ...

The President of Paddy Rice Dealers Association of Nigeria (PRIDAN), Muhammad Auwal has said that most farmers in the rural areas are ...

Generally, entertaining the thought of home grown food is given a pass due to the space crunch in modern urban ...

Pineapples are nutritious and delicious, and can be processed into several different foods that are easier to store or sell ...

The national capital of India, Delhi is mostly characterized by immense air pollution and one of the reasons was the ...

As the call for organic farming increase, people are coming up with innovative ways of farming especially in rural agriculture ...

The agriculture sector in recent years has appreciated significantly with the introduction of agronomical practices, improved seeds, technology and many ...

The government has dispatched solar-powered rice mills to four strategic rice farming areas to address the problem of inadequate capacity ...

Mr John Dimah, the 2019 National Best maize farmer has lost 31 acres of his maize farmland to fire in ...

The Managing Director, AgroNigeria, Mr Richard-Mark Mbaram, says agro industrialisation is key to achieving economic transformation, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ...

Jean Paul Sebarera had given up on growing cassava after brown streak disease, known locally as kabore, devastated plantations in ...

Peter Kakanji is brushing his teeth, using bristles of a stick as a toothbrush. He looks to the sky for signs of imminent rainfall because he heard last night on ...

This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from The Deutsche Gesellscaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GjbH (GIZ) ...

The Director of the Development and Delivery Office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Alfred Dixon, has ...

The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development says government is considering an extension of the closed fishing season. According to ...

The Fisheries Commission has been urged to reduce the announced increase in fishing license fees for the operation of ...

Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) at the University of Ghana, Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, has ...

As part of drastic measures designed to fight against the spread of the Infectious Spleen and Kidney Virus diseases in ...

Farmers in one of Columbia’s most vulnerable community have undergone training to be able to yield results in crop production ...

Some rice farmers in Northern Ghana are counting their losses as bush fire ravages hundreds of acres of their rice ...

Women farmers have been urged to take advantage of the various Government initiatives in agriculture to contribute their quota to ...

Policymakers comprising commissioners of agriculture, permanent secretaries and program managers of Agricultural Development Programs (ADPs) in Nigeria have lauded efforts ...

National President of the Ghana Inshore Fisheries Association, Mr. Joseph Nii Armah Quaye is calling on the government to support ...

Fishermen across the coastal parts of the country are calling on the government to dissolve all the committees that sell ...

Mr Benjamin Ofori, the Farm Manager of Bridge Waters Farm at Suhum in the Eastern Region, has appealed to the ...

Ibrahima Ly is a big rice producer in northern Senegal, growing irrigated rice in the Senegal River Valley. But Mr. ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture in collaboration with the Scholarship Secretariat  sponsored the 2018 National Farmers Day Award Winners ...

Government has set an ambitious target to ban the importation of rice by 2022, to boost local rice production for ...

As the campaign for the consumption of local rice intensifies, some rice importers are now getting involved although others are ...

A 58-year-old farmer, Charles Gyamfi from the Ahafo Region has been adjudged the 2019 National Best Farmer at a ceremony ...

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor is urging government to come up with an executive policy to improve the production and ...

Director, East and Southern Africa Division of IFAD, Sara Mbago-Bhunu

The Ghana Rice Millers Association says it is ready to meet the market demand for Ghana rice this festive season. ...

The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), has announced a $97.6 million grants to support seven projects in countries ...

The 2019 National Best Agroforestry Farmer, Mr. Robben Asare is urging the youth to venture into agriculture which will ...

The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its international partners have ...

Domovir Bagolo whistles her favourite tune as she carefully weeds grass in her maize field. The 52-year-old farmer is holding ...

It’s a bright Wednesday morning and Phillip Msakwiza is busy supervising construction work for his new house. He is using ...

The Deputy MD of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Alhassan Yakubu-Tali, has stressed that the agriculture sector will continue to ...

The Pulitzer Center invites journalists who are working on projects related to tropical rainforests to submit a proposal to the ...

In a small room, two computers sit on a table. A wooden box contains various objects interconnected by cables of ...

It’s a Friday morning full of heat. But Florence Abakah and dozens of other female vegetable farmers are working on ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), Credit Suisse AG, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited and Ghana Cocoa Board ...

A vegetable farmer in Ahwerem, a farming community in the Ashanti Region, Margaret Afriyie, has been crowned the 2019 Miss ...

Olga Dicko is a teacher in Kalo, in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, 40 kilometres from Dori. Here, she ...

Josiah Mwangi’s farm is full of mango trees. Looking at it from a distance, the trees appear to form a ...

The Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX), with the collaboration of ARB Apex Bank, launched the electronic warehouse receipt (e-WR) financing program.  ...

Ghana is to benefit from a new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant aimed at boosting agricultural production in ...

Over a 12-year period, as rainfall became increasingly erratic, farmer Shemsu Hussein moved from rain-fed agriculture to intensive small-scale irrigation—and ...

Namulondo Kekurina’s maize is thriving. She’s harvesting for a second time this season and has already brought in more than ...