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AICCRA trains Agriculture Extension Officers on climate-smart agriculture

AICCRA trains Agriculture Extension Officers on climate-smart agriculture

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June 23, 2022
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By : Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei A total of 45 Agriculture Extension Agents (AEAs) has undergone a two-day training workshop ...

800 Sekyere South District farmers receive rice seeds 

800 Sekyere South District farmers receive rice seeds 

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June 22, 2022
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Some 800 farmers in the Sekyere South district of the Ashanti Region have benefitted from the distribution of 32,000 kilogrammes ...

implement agricultural interventions in 2022 composite budget - Stakeholders urged

implement agricultural interventions in 2022 composite budget – Stakeholders urged

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June 22, 2022
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Dr Franklin Mabe, a Senior Lecturer, University for Development Studies, has called on stakeholders to take action on the agricultural ...

FDA registers food venders under Street Food Vending Scheme

FDA registers food venders under Street Food Vending Scheme

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June 22, 2022
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) as at the close of May this year registered about 340 street food vendors ...

Solidaridad to support poultry industry in 4 districts of Ghana

Solidaridad to support poultry industry in 4 districts of Ghana

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June 22, 2022
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Solidaridad, an international civil society organization, and its partners have launched a three-year poultry project aimed at promoting an inclusive ...

GAEC holds tomato processing & marketing training for industry players

GAEC holds tomato processing & marketing training for industry players

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June 21, 2022
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The Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has organised the maiden virtual ...

The "GOLD IN THE SOIL" Awards: celebrating Women farmers

The “GOLD IN THE SOIL” Awards: celebrating Women farmers

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June 21, 2022
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The annual Gold in the Soil Awards, which run alongside the women in Food and Agricultural Leadership Training Forum, is ...

Technology is critical to achieving sustained productivity in agriculture – Scientist

Technology is critical to achieving sustained productivity in agriculture – Scientist

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June 21, 2022
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The CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) says the adoption of technology and farm services support is woefully inadequate. It ...

Eat well cooked pork -Ghanaians urged

Eat well cooked pork -Ghanaians urged

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June 21, 2022
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Dr Samuel Armoo, a Senior Infectious Disease Research Scientist of the Biomedical and Public Health Research Unit of the Council ...

G/A Regional Minister warns encroachers of CSIR lands

G/A Regional Minister warns encroachers of CSIR lands

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June 20, 2022
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Mr Henry Quartey, Greater Accra Regional Minister, has given a 48-hour ultimatum, effective today, to encroachers within the premises of ...

Finance Ministry commemorates Green Ghana Project with 150 tree seedlings

Finance Ministry commemorates Green Ghana Project with 150 tree seedlings

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June 13, 2022
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Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has led the Ministry and its agencies to plant tree seedlings at the forecourt ...

Ghana lost 1.41m hectares tree cover lost in two decades

Ghana lost 1.41m hectares tree cover lost in two decades

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June 13, 2022
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Ghana has lost a total of 1.41 million hectares of tree cover from 2001 to 2021, equivalent to a 20 ...

Akuffo Addo leads nationwide campaign to plant 20 million trees

Akuffo Addo leads nationwide campaign to plant 20 million trees

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June 13, 2022
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday led the nationwide campaign to plant 20 million trees as part of efforts ...

War in Ukraine pushing millions of people into poverty and hunger

Ukraine Russia war is pushing millions of people into poverty and hunger

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June 13, 2022
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Conflict, weather extremes, economic shocks, the lingering impacts of COVID-19, and the ripple effects from the war in Ukraine push ...

Broadspectrum Limited Plants 3,000 Trees On Green Ghana Day

Broadspectrum Limited Plants 3,000 Trees On Green Ghana Day

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June 11, 2022
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The Green Ghana Day, which is aimed at creating a collective action towards the restoration of degraded landscapes in the ...

Volta Regional Police Command plants 400 trees

Ghana Police plants 400 trees in the Volta region

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June 11, 2022
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The Volta Regional Police Command has planted a total of 400 seedlings as part of the Green Ghana Project. Chief ...

Asantehene plants a symbolic pine tree seedling

Asantehene plants a symbolic pine tree seedling

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June 10, 2022
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Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, on Friday planted a symbolic pine tree seedling at the Royal Golf Park, Kumasi, in ...

Call for Young African Agrifood Changemakers

Call for Young African Agrifood Changemakers

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June 9, 2022
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Are you a young farmer or agripreneur in Africa who is introducing new technologies or approaches to tackle climate change, food loss and waste, ...

Growth funding for innovative start-ups

Growth funding for innovative start-ups

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June 8, 2022
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develoPPP Ventures is aimed at young companies, whose innovative business model improves living conditions in a developing or emerging country ...

Broadspectrum Limited Plants 3,000 Trees On Green Ghana Day

AGRA, MOFA intensify support for organic fertiliser

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June 8, 2022
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In a bid to boost the Ghanaian agricultural production amid fears of impending food insecurity due to global fertiliser shortage ...

Fertiliser sales hit lowest patronage amid high prices

Fertiliser sales hit lowest patronage amid high prices

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June 8, 2022
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Patronage of fertiliser for this year’s planting season is hitting a snag – an all-time low – as farmers are ...

Smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana to benefit from €5 million project

Smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana to benefit from €5 million project

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June 7, 2022
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Smallholder farmers in selected communities in northern Ghana are set to benefit from a project that seeks to improve their ...

Agribusinesses to receive more support through GIRSAL and DBG

Agribusinesses to receive more support through GIRSAL and DBG

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June 7, 2022
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The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) is to collaborate with the newly established Development Bank Ghana (DBG) ...

EU supports Physically Challenged Farmers

EU supports Physically Challenged Farmers

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June 7, 2022
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The European Union Funded ReFIAL project, as part of its support to physically challenged farmers has extended relief services to ...

Gov’t to support Zoomlion for mass quality organic fertiliser production

Gov’t to support Zoomlion for mass quality organic fertiliser production

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June 3, 2022
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has assured Zoomlion Ghana Limited of government’s support to ensure that they produce ...

Support Green Ghana programme

Support Green Ghana programme – Religous leaders urged

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June 3, 2022
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The leaderships of the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG) and the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) have asked all pastors ...

Olam driving local rice production agenda in Ghana

Olam-Driving local rice production agenda in Ghana

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June 2, 2022
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Although Rice has long been an important food staple in Ghana, its availability and consumption have depended heavily on imports ...

High yielding groundnut varieties introduced to farmers

SARI Workers Co-operative Credit Union holds 30th AGM

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June 2, 2022
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The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) Workers Co-operative Credit Union Limited (WCCU) has reduced its interest rate from three per ...

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AGI partners WFP, GIZ to establish agro processing facilities

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June 2, 2022
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The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has organised Northern Business and Investment Fair 2022 to promote business and investment in ...

Government to compensate Bird Flu affected farmers

Government to compensate Bird Flu affected farmers

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June 2, 2022
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Representatives from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Ghana Health Service (GHS), Greater Accra Veterinary Service ...

Family lays claim to ”Agric Land” acquired by gov’t in late 1940s

Family lays claim to ”Agric Land” acquired by gov’t in late 1940s

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June 1, 2022
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The chiefs, elders and youth of the Nii Dodoo Clottey Family of Pokuase in the Ga West Municipality have appealed ...

4th ‘Gold in the Soil Awards’ receives significant entries from women farmers with disabilities

4th ‘Gold in the Soil Awards’ receives significant entries from women farmers with disabilities

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May 31, 2022
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Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa Sarpong has noted that, this year’s Gold in the Soil Awards, ...

Potatoe production expected to double in 10 years – FAO

Potatoe production expected to double in 10 years – FAO

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May 31, 2022
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Potatoes could contribute even more to world history and global food security, and total production of the food crop could ...

Stakeholders meet to improve food and nutrition security in Ghana

Stakeholders meet to improve food and nutrition security in Ghana

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May 31, 2022
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Stakeholders have discussed the progress of implementing Food System Resilience Project, (FSRP) to improve food and nutrition security in Ghana. ...

GAWU links current food shortage in Ghana to policy failure

GAWU links current food shortage in Ghana to policy failure

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May 25, 2022
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The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Ghana Trade Union Congress (TUC) has cited the failure of successive governments to implement ...

Support afforestation programme - Ghanaians urged

Support afforestation programme – Ghanaians urged

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May 25, 2022
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Okyehene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, the Paramount Chief of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area, has urged Ghanaians to support government’s ...

Africa must feed itself with pride – Dr Adesina

Africa must feed itself – Dr Adesina

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May 25, 2022
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Dr Akinwumi Akin Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, says there is no need for Africa ...

GEPA trains exporters to meet non-traditional exports target

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May 24, 2022
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The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is holding a-five-day training in export marketing fundamentals for exporters to help meet the ...

Over 9 billion wasted on irrigation project meant to support farmers.

Africa must focus on commercial agriculture now – Economist

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May 23, 2022
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Mr Felix Ngmenkaara Darimaani, National Project Coordinator, Savannah Zone Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project (SAPIP), says Africa needs commercial agriculture to ...

KETASCO begins farming to generate extra revenue

KETASCO begins farming to generate extra revenue

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May 23, 2022
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Management of the Keta Senior High Technical School has started coconut and mango cultivation to generate revenue to address the ...

Grains Development Authority bill to address challenges of food fluctuations – MoFA

Grains Development Authority bill to address challenges of food fluctuations – MoFA

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May 23, 2022
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says the passing of the Grains Development Authority bill will address current challenges of ...

Farmers in Savelugu Municipality cry for support

Farmers in Savelugu Municipality cry for support

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May 23, 2022
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The Wunzoya Association of Farmers at the Koduzeigu Community in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region has appealed for ...

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

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May 20, 2022
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In late 2021, 43,281 cocoa trees affected by the swollen shoot disease were destroyed on 106.58 hectares of farmlands in ...

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

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May 20, 2022
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Cocoa production for the 2021/22 cocoa season has been forecasted to fall by one-third due to less conducive weather conditions and ...

Togo: Groundnut producers organize to increase productivity

Togo: Groundnut producers organize to increase productivity

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May 18, 2022
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It’s seven a.m. in Nano, a small town in the Tandjouaré prefecture of the Savanes region of northern Togo. It’s ...

Nigeria: Farmers use watering cans to grow maize during dry season

Nigeria: Farmers use watering cans to grow maize during dry season

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May 18, 2022
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It’s early in the morning and very cold. Abbas Jaafaru Julde is already awake and in his maize field busy ...

Kojo Hayford is COVAAAGH’s new Communication Officer

Kojo Hayford is COVAAAGH’s new Communication Officer

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May 17, 2022
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Founder and Managing Editor of Cocoa Post, Kojo Hayford, has been elected as the Media and Communication Officer for the ...

GIZ brings solar powered irrigation systems to doorsteps of farmers

GIZ brings solar powered irrigation systems to doorsteps of farmers

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May 17, 2022
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The Market Oriented Agriculture Programme in the North-West Ghana (MOAPNW), in partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and ...

Stakeholders meet to improve food and nutrition security in Ghana

NDDI warns against food shortage and hunger in Ghana

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May 17, 2022
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Ghana is likely to face  food shortage and hunger in the last quarter of 2022 and 2023, if government does ...

GAWU links current food shortage in Ghana to policy failure

Ghana Might experience food shortage next year-Presidential Advisor

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May 15, 2022
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Mr Habibu Adam, a Senior Economist at the Office of the Senior Presidential Advisor has stated that continued global food ...

EJF maintains 90% of industrial fishing vessels operating illegally

EJF maintains 90% of industrial fishing vessels operating illegally 

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May 12, 2022
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Following over four years of field investigations, crew interviews and satellite tracking, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has published a ...

ADB to partner churches to venture into commercial agriculture

ADB to partner churches to venture into commercial agriculture

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May 12, 2022
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The Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank PLC (ADB), Dr. John Kofi Mensah, has said the bank is ready ...

2nd Ghana Chicken Festival held

2nd Ghana Chicken Festival held

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May 12, 2022
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Agrihouse Foundation chalked another grand success with the timely and colourful execution of the 2nd edition of the Ghana Chicken Festival (GHACHICK), ...

WACCI call for robust seed systems in Ghana

WACCI call for robust seed systems in Ghana

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May 12, 2022
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The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has called for strategic investments in the seed systems of six staple ...

Cost of food production has quadrupled i – PFAG

Cost of food production has quadrupled – PFAG

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May 11, 2022
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Dr Charles Kwowe Nyaaba, the Executive Director, Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), says the cost of food production in ...

European Commission urged to expedite negotiations for sustainable development of cocoa sector

European Commission urged to expedite negotiations for sustainable development of cocoa sector

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May 9, 2022
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Eight Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on the European Commission (EC) to open negotiations with Cote D’Ivoire ...

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

New Fairtrade report to support cocoa farmers

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May 7, 2022
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Fairtrade Foundation has published a new report revealing key insights into factors that can either enable or jeopardise the ability ...

Export of yam can generate US$78m annually by only using IPR Protection

Export of yam can generate US$78m annually by only using IPR Protection

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April 30, 2022
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Revenue generation and sources of development funding are the most topical issues dominating public discourses today in Ghana. Various development ...

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AGRA commended for improving Ghana’s agricultural sector

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April 30, 2022
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A report evaluating the work of AGRA in Ghana has commended the organization for its contribution to improving agriculture in the ...

SARI-CSIR recommends organic fertiliser for high yields

SARI-CSIR recommends organic fertiliser for high yields

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April 28, 2022
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A study by the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has recommended ...

Farmerline gets GHC 97 million to support African agribusinesses

Farmerline gets GHC 97 million to support African agribusinesses

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April 27, 2022
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Farmerline Group, the Africa continent’s amazon for African farmers has secured an estimated GHC 97 million in Pre-Series ‘A’ investment ...

CSAT projects involve farmers to improve production resilience in Mali and Niger

CSAT projects involve farmers to improve production resilience in Mali and Niger

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April 21, 2022
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At the beginning of each year, the CSAT-Mali and CSAT-Niger projects hold evaluation and planning workshops for their activities. Following ...

Artificial intelligence key in modern agriculture – agric entrepreneur

Artificial intelligence key in modern agriculture – agric entrepreneur

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April 21, 2022
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Investments in modern agriculture technology must involve the arts and science of farming, relying heavily on artificial intelligence (AI) and ...

Advanced Leadership Programme Cohort 2 Application Process Now Open

Advanced Leadership Programme Cohort 2 Application Process Now Open

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April 21, 2022
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AGRA and our partners in the Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA) – the African Management Institute and Policy ...

Meet the 2022 Board of Directors of the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority

Meet the 2022 Board of Directors of the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority

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April 20, 2022
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The Minister for Food and Agriculture Dr.Owusu Afriyie Akoto on Wednesday 9th March, 2022 performed the swearing in ceremony of the ...

Closed Fishing Season: We’re Considering Calls For Extension – Afoley Quaye

2022 fishing closed season begins from July 1 – Aug 31

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April 20, 2022
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This year’s fishing closed season will begin from July 1, 2022, to August 31, 2022, a press statement issued by ...

Drip irrigation is the solution to the world’s water problem

Drip irrigation is the solution to the world’s water problem

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April 20, 2022
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Given that agriculture consumes 70 percent of global water resources, it has become imperative for farming communities to change water ...

Grains Development Authority bill to address challenges of food fluctuations – MoFA

MoFA authorises US$13.7m soya export deal

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April 13, 2022
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has authorised five Ghanaian soyabean-producing companies to export a recommended quantity of the commodity worth ...

EJF maintains 90% of industrial fishing vessels operating illegally

Fisheries sector in danger, experts bemoan collapsing of resources

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April 12, 2022
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It is no news that Ghana’s fisheries sector has been fraught with a myriad of challenges. These challenges according to ...

 Chief empowering women with access to farmlands

 Chief empowering women with access to farmlands

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April 11, 2022
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By Linda Dede  Nyanya Godji According to a World Bank study, women make up about 60% of the informal sector ...

AGI advocates for the ban on export of some raw agro products

AGI advocates for the ban on export of some raw agro products

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April 11, 2022
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The country needs to ban the export of some raw agro products that it has capacity to add value to, ...

2022 Ghana Youth Agriculture Summit’ kicks off in Kumasi

2022 Ghana Youth Agriculture Summit’ kicks off in Kumasi

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April 9, 2022
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Agriwealth Ghana Foundation, based in Kumasi, will hold the maiden edition of its flagship programme dubbed ‘Ghana Youth Agriculture summit’ ...

Phase 2 of Madina youth and women in agriculture project launched

Phase 2 of  Madina youth and women in agriculture project launched

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April 8, 2022
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The Madina Job Center operating in the Office of the member of parliament for the Madina Constituency is proud to ...

2021 National best farmer receives GHC600,000.00 from ADB

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April 6, 2022
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The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has presented a cheque of GHC 600.000 to the 2021 National Best Farmer, Alhaji Mashud ...

Ghana gets €44.7 million boost for agriculture.

Ghana gets €44.7 million boost for agriculture.

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April 1, 2022
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Ghana, the European Union (EU), and AFD have signed a 44.7 million euros Agricultural Water Management Project (AWMP) Financing Agreements ...

Agric Minister calls for increased climate-smart financing.

Agric Minister calls for increased climate-smart financing.

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April 1, 2022
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The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has asked the low-income, middle-income countries, and international to increase ...

No cassava import from China-MoFA clarifies

No cassava imports from China-MoFA clarifies

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March 30, 2022
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has denied claims that Ghana imports cassava from China. The allegation of Ghana ...

Agriculture Reduces 80% of world's poor lives in rural areas -- Deputy Agric Minister

Agriculture Reduces 80% of world’s poor lives in rural areas — Deputy Agric Minister

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March 28, 2022
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The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Alhaji Mohammed Hardi Tuferu, has stated emphatically that Agriculture helps to reduce poverty, ...

Agriculture strategy extension document 2022 launched.

Agriculture strategy extension document 2022 launched.

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March 28, 2022
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Extension services play a crucial role by improving skills and access to information that result in greater farm level innovations, ...

Worsening Russia-Ukraine Unrest: Implications for Ghana’s  Agricultural Sector and Fast-track Remedial Measures for Sustainable Agricultural Productivity

Worsening Russia-Ukraine Unrest: Implications for Ghana’s Agricultural Sector and Fast-track Remedial Measures for Sustainable Agricultural Productivity

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March 10, 2022
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By: Sebastian Alesane The exacerbation and ramifications of Russia-Ukraine crisis might be catastrophic, while the ripple effects could spread across ...

More than half a billion dollars spent in one aspect in the Agric Sector - Agriculture Minister

More than half a billion dollars spent in one aspect in the Agric Sector – Agriculture Minister

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March 4, 2022
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The Agriculture Minister, Hon. Owusu Afriyie Akoto said that the government has spent more than half a billion dollars in ...

GAWU links current food shortage in Ghana to policy failure

Stakeholders committed to reducing food losses from 20% to 10% at the AGRA’s Food Systems meeting.

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March 2, 2022
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The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has assured that it will play a key role to have ...

10th June declared Green Ghana Day

10th June declared Green Ghana Day

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March 2, 2022
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared June 10, 2022, as this year’s Green Ghana Day, under the theme “Mobilising ...

3 young KM4AgD experts to support Ghana’s learning initiative to develop a plan for the agric sector.

3 young KM4AgD experts to support Ghana’s learning initiative to develop a plan for the agric sector.

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February 28, 2022
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Despite the gains made towards achieving Agricultural Transformational Development in Ghana, significant challenges remain in ensuring that the newly promoted ...

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Dikoto Chief accused of selling off 250, 000 acres of cocoa farmlands to an Indian company to cultivate an oil palm plantation.

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February 28, 2022
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Ghana’s cocoa is one of the best in the world. It is cultivated in six regions in Ghana: Western, Central, ...

NIGERIA: Project Sparrow launched by LoftyInc and USAID to catalyse innovation in agriculture for wealth creation.

NIGERIA: Project Sparrow launched by LoftyInc and USAID to catalyse innovation in agriculture for wealth creation.

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February 25, 2022
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LoftyInc Allied Partners Limited was recently awarded the sum of a N592,204,667 co-investment grant by the USAID-funded West Africa Trade ...

UNIDO collaborates with Japan and Ghana to boost rice production.

UNIDO collaborates with Japan and Ghana to boost rice production.

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February 24, 2022
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The government of Ghana, Japan, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), a new project to strengthen the competencies ...

Join the training webinar on beekeeping on February 24, 2022

Join the training webinar on beekeeping on February 24, 2022

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February 22, 2022
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The USAID, West Africa Trade & Investment Hub and the Global Shea Alliance is organizing a 2.5 hours webinar dubbed ...

Price hikes of Agro-inputs affecting the interest of youth in agriculture

Price hikes of Agro-inputs affecting the interest of youth in agriculture

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February 16, 2022
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Prices of agro-inputs have skyrocketed in recent months now. This has been a big blow to the farmers in Ghana, ...

Chocolate should not be seen as a luxury product – Cocoa Value Chain Analyst

Chocolate should not be seen as a luxury product – Cocoa Value Chain Analyst

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February 14, 2022
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Ghana is the second world’s largest producer of Cocoa and according to the Ghana Cocoa Board, Ghana produced about 1 ...

AGRA, Stakeholders call for cooperation to strengthen food security in Ghana.

AGRA, Stakeholders call for cooperation to strengthen food security in Ghana.

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February 8, 2022
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The fate of the world’s wealthiest and poorest nations are interconnected, and eradicating poverty and hunger will be impossible without ...

AATF to host 19th International Triennial Symposium for Tropical Root Crops.

AATF to host 19th International Triennial Symposium for Tropical Root Crops.

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February 8, 2022
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African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in collaboration with the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC) and the Government of ...

Support local fertiliser producers – Government Urged

Support local fertiliser producers – Government Urged

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February 7, 2022
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The government has been urged to give locally manufactured organic fertiliser producers an equal opportunity as foreign fertiliser importers in ...

R. A introduces an App to monitor deforestation in the Western North Region.

R. A introduces an App to monitor deforestation in the Western North Region.

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February 2, 2022
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As part of the efforts to help address challenges hampering the cocoa and forestry sectors in the country, Rainforest Alliance ...

Nestle to pay African cocoa farmers to keep their kids in school.

Nestle to pay African cocoa farmers to keep their kids in school.

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February 2, 2022
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Leading global food manufacturer, Nestle S.A, has expressed its readiness to pay cocoa farmers in West Africa and elsewhere to ...

SAPZ program to boost agriculture in Nigeria - AFDB President

SAPZ program to boost agriculture in Nigeria – AFDB President

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February 1, 2022
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African Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has reiterated that the special agro-industrial processing zones program that will soon get ...

Meet the 2021 National Best youth farmer, Marian Ofori Twumasi

Meet the 2021 National Best Youth Farmer Marian Ofori Twumasi

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January 31, 2022
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Marian Ofori Twumasi, the CEO Mariseth Farms, was adjourned the National Best Youth Farmer in December 2021. This is her ...

Sunflower farmers in Tanzania increase yields by keeping bees

Sunflower farmers I Tanzania increase yields by keeping bees

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January 10, 2022
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A thick, dark cloud is slowly forming in the sky and the rain could start any minute. Emiliana Lucas sighs ...

Tanzania: Intercropping boosts farmer incomes

Tanzania: Intercropping boosts farmer incomes

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January 10, 2022
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It is a beautiful Saturday morning and Abdulsalum Njelekela is in his field irrigating crops. He says, “I have access ...

Côte d’Ivoire: Local beliefs challenge women’s access to farmland

Côte d’Ivoire: Local beliefs challenge women’s access to farmland

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December 22, 2021
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  At 64, Elise Goueu has defied gender norms and achieved what many women in Ivory Coast consider impossible. Not ...

Agriculture Reduces 80% of world's poor lives in rural areas -- Deputy Agric Minister

Malawi: Soybean farmers struggle to manage pests and diseases

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December 21, 2021
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It’s a hot Saturday morning with a clear blue sky, though the heat indicates that rain will soon start falling. ...

Farming pays - Graduate Farmer tells the youth

Farming pays – Graduate Farmer tells the youth

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December 5, 2021
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Emmanuel Yaw Asamoah, a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Agriculture graduate from the University of ...

2021 Farmer's Day-Alhaji Mashud Mohammed adjudged National Best Farmer

2021 Farmers’ Day – Alhaji Mashud Mohammed adjudged National Best Farmer

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December 3, 2021
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44-year old Alhaji Mashud Mohammed has been adjudged the National Best Farmer for 2021. He succeeds Solomon Kwadwo Kusi who took ...

Includee us in Farmers Day celebrations -Market women

Include us in Farmers Day celebrations -Market women

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December 3, 2021
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National Farmers’ Day is celebrated to honour and recognise the immeasurable contributions of farmers to the country’s food security and ...

U.S. Government to support about 1,200 Ghanaian women shea farmers to receive training in beekeeping

U.S. Government to support about 1,200 Ghanaian women shea farmers to receive training in beekeeping

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December 3, 2021
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For smallholder farmers in Ghana producing shea butter, bees are normally pests to swat away. But these insects will soon ...

500 poultry farmers in the Central region receives government support

500 poultry farmers in the Central region receive government support

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December 1, 2021
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The government has supported more than 500 poultry farmers in parts of the Central Region to expand their farms and ...

Government leveraging on e-agriculture to empower farmers – Hon. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto.

Government leveraging on e-agriculture to empower farmers – Hon. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto.

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November 30, 2021
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Minister for Agriculture has reassured that the government is leveraging on its digitalisation drive to spearhead technology-driven agriculture to empower ...

Togo: Processing cashews to increase value

Togo: Processing cashews to increase value

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November 30, 2021
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It’s Wednesday afternoon and the employees at Cajou Espoir (Cashew Hope) are dressed in blue blouses, yellow caps, and face ...

COCOBOD projects US$50bn value-added revenue.

COCOBOD projects US$50bn value-added revenue.

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November 30, 2021
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COCOBOD is projecting an ambitious target of raking in US$50billion in annual revenues from processing cocoa into other value-added products ...

Export of yam can generate US$78m annually by only using IPR Protection

Nigeria is leading globally in yam, cassava, rice production – FG

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November 26, 2021
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For the past three years, Nigeria has been leading globally in the production of yam, palm oil, cassava, maize, and ...

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USAID’s Ghana Agribusiness Investment Summit ends in Accra

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November 22, 2021
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A 3-day virtual Ghana Agribusiness Investment Summit has ended in Accra on the theme “Building a Resilient and Sustainable Ecosystem ...

Government urged to focus on Agric to create jobs

Government urged to focus on Agric to create jobs

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November 2, 2021
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  The Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)-University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey, has advised ...

Agricultural Manufacturing Group supports student entrepreneurs

Agricultural Manufacturing Group supports student entrepreneurs

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November 2, 2021
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Agricultural Manufacturing Group (AMG) Ghana, a leading fertilizer marketing and technologies manufacturer is supporting the development of student entrepreneurs at ...

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2021 fruits and vegetables fair underway in Accra

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October 29, 2021
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Hortifresh Fruits and vegetables that seek to promote sustainable and internationally competitive fruits and vegetable sectors to contribute to economic ...

Farmers in Bono East ready to grow GM cowpea

Farmers in Bono East ready to grow GM cowpea

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October 15, 2021
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BY: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei More than 2,000 Ghanaian farmers have expressed their readiness to plant Bt cowpea, Ghana’s first ...

Warc Ghana poised to scale-up fortunes of smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana.

Warc Ghana poised to scale-up fortunes of smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana.

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October 11, 2021
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji A strong and formidable agricultural sector is key in solving food security, nutrition, and income ...

USAID West Africa Trade Hub reiterates its commitments to agribusiness

USAID West Africa Trade Hub reiterates its commitments to agribusiness

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October 11, 2021
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The USAID West Africa Trade Hub believes that a thriving and resilient agricultural sector is ...

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CAA takes initiative to improve human rights outcomes in cocoa growing communities.

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October 4, 2021
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The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) is committed to transparency and continuous improvement of Human Rights cases in cocoa growing communities, ...

13 women-led horticulture business owners undergo further training

13 women-led horticulture business owners undergo further training

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October 4, 2021
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To increase productivity and sustainability among women in agribusiness, 13 women-led horticulture business owners have been trained and certified by ...

Guzakuza holds 4th graduation and 5th enrollment Ceremony

Guzakuza holds 4th graduation and 5th enrollment Ceremony

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September 30, 2021
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Seventy One (71) female agribusiness founders from 16 African countries on Thursday, graduated from Guzakuza’s ...

Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the Chair-Elect of the AFAP Board of Trustees.

Dr. Nteranya Sanginga appointed as new AFAP Chairman.

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September 24, 2021
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The African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) has appointed Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, a Ph.D. holder in Agronomy/ Soil Microbiology and ...

Fertiliser sales hit lowest patronage amid high prices

Fertilizer troubles to end soon – Agric Minister.

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September 24, 2021
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The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has assured that new data made available to the government ...

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COCOBOD to sign a $1.5 billion Syndication Loan for 2021/2022 cocoa season.

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September 23, 2021
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will later today sign a $1.5 billion Syndication Loan for the 2021/2022 cocoa crop season. The ...

Olam driving local rice production agenda in Ghana

Nigeria: Improved rice varieties in high demand, fetch better prices

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September 19, 2021
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It’s about 10 o’clock in the morning and the rice mills are clanking so loudly that it’s hard to hear ...

Fisheries commission board tasked to end illegal fishing.

Fisheries commission board tasked to end illegal fishing.

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September 17, 2021
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The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mrs. Mavis Hawa Koomson has tasked the newly constituted governing board of the ...

Planting for Food and Jobs was a success but exaggerated-GAWUG

Planting for Food and Jobs was a success but exaggerated-GAWUG

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September 17, 2021
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The shortage and price hikes of food commodities have been attributed to the exportation of food commodities to other African ...

Continental agri-business intelligence platform for women launched

African farmers and agribusinesses need fair access to markets in face of climate change.

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September 16, 2021
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Southern and Eastern Africa face the twin challenges of growing agricultural production to meet food demand while adapting to extreme ...

ADB to partner churches to venture into commercial agriculture

Digital transformation initiative for Africa’s agri-food sector unveiled

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September 2, 2021
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An initiative that will avail digital tools and training resources to small-scale farmers and agriculture-linked small businesses in Africa has ...

Guzakuza has launched crowdfunding platforms to raise capital to support 100 women in Agribusiness in Africa.

GIZ supports Guzakuza in it’s 2021 Women in Agribusiness programme (Ignite)

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September 1, 2021
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GIZ through the Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) Programme will continue to support female entrepreneurs in the agribusiness sector. “We ...

ECOWAS to make West Africa rice self-sufficient by 2025

ECOWAS to make West Africa rice self-sufficient by 2025

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August 26, 2021
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Demand for rice surpasses supply in most West African countries, forcing countries to import to make up for the deficit. ...

COCOBOD to submit written-off values of expired products to Parliament.

COCOBOD to submit written-off values of expired products to Parliament.

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August 26, 2021
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The management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it will be submitting written-off values of some expired agrochemicals and ...

Artisanal Palm Oil Producers want 50% reduction in benchmark values reversed

Artisanal Palm Oil Producers want 50% reduction in benchmark values reversed

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August 25, 2021
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While the Ghana Union of Traders Association, GUTA is calling for the maintenance of the 50% benchmark values reduction policy, ...

Over 9 billion wasted on irrigation project meant to support farmers.

Over 9 billion wasted on irrigation project meant to support farmers.

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August 25, 2021
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The Akwamuhene of Wenchi Traditional Area, Nana Owusu Gyare has revealed that over nine billion dollars ($9b) that the Kuffour’s ...

GAWU links current food shortage in Ghana to policy failure

Food prices to drop by end of August – Esoko Ghana

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August 20, 2021
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After several weeks of increases in food prices on the market, consumers should expect some stability and price reductions by ...

Olam driving local rice production agenda in Ghana

Nigeria: Record keeping helps boost rice yield

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August 20, 2021
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Dorothy Achieng stands with her hands on her hips in her pawpaw field on the shores of Lake Victoria. She ...

ADB to partner churches to venture into commercial agriculture

Mali: Rastaman conveys the importance of agriculture to the youth

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August 12, 2021
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( When a ‘60s Volkswagen Beetle coloured green, yellow, and red rolls down the road, everyone in Siby knows who ...

Promote smart agriculture in the media to attract the youth - FRI By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji It is a known fact most young people are usually not interested in take farming or agriculture as a job partly or largely due to their perception of farming being antiquated, laborious and unprofitable. Engaging youth in agriculture has been a prominent topic recently and has risen up the development agenda, as there is growing concern worldwide that young people have become disenchanted with agriculture. With most young people – around 85% – living in developing countries, where agriculture is likely to provide the main source of income it is vital that young people are connected with farming. According to a report by Farm radio International (FRI), the promotion or the airing of entertaining and educative agricultural programs on TV and radio can change youths’ negative perceptions about agriculture and attract them to farming. The report affirms that the early exposure of children to facets of the agricultural value chain other than crop production, including entrepreneurship, using ICTs, and home-based processing, can encourage youths to go into agriculture. According to Farm radio, there is a potential to draw youth to agriculture by modernizing farming by taking advantage of ICT innovations and mechanization to improve agronomic practices, increase yields, connect farmers to buyers by phone or online, and increase revenues. As the world celebrate world Youth Day, FRI advised NGOs and governments to fund and incubate great agricultural innovations and businesses that add value and attract more youth into agriculture and not forgetting to facilitate youth access to farmland. It further states that while veteran farmers can help train emerging youth farmers on their agronomic skills, training it is more effective when conducted by youth who are already practicing agribusiness, who can act as new farmers’ main source of information. Potential youth farmers should be abreast with the following to enable them venture into agriculture: • The opportunities that exist across the full agricultural value chain. • How to market their farm produce and popularize their agricultural innovations. • How to use the media to promote their agricultural activities. • How to process raw agricultural produce in line with safety regulations. • How to handle harvested produce to prevent post-harvest losses. • How to identify opportunities to help fund their new agricultural ventures. • The high-value crops to grow to maximize their earnings. • How to capitalize on existing partnerships in agribusiness • How to make use of existing innovative technologies in agribusiness. Source: Farm Radio International. (From its backgrounder report issued to commemorate world youth day on the 12 of August, 2021)

Promote smart agriculture in the media to attract the youth – FRI

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August 12, 2021
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By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji            It is a known fact most young people are usually not interested in take farming ...

CRI enhances Ghana’s contribution to root and tuber innovation in West Africa.

CRI enhances Ghana’s contribution to root and tuber innovation in West Africa.

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August 9, 2021
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The Kumasi-based Crop Research Institute has one of the best research infrastructures in the region, thanks to the support of ...

AATF to host 19th International Triennial Symposium for Tropical Root Crops.

Taro industry bounces in Ghana

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August 9, 2021
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While the taro industry had collapsed entirely in Ghana, researchers of the Crop Research Institute of the Council for Scientific ...

GHANA AND COTE D'VOIRE COCOA DEAL

Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire to establish a cocoa initiative secretariat in Accra.

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August 9, 2021
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Ghana and Ivory Coast have signed the Headquarters Agreement for the establishment of the Cote D’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative Secretariat in ...

3 women receive food security in Ghana

3 women receive food security in Ghana

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August 4, 2021
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Three women in Ghana’s agriculture value chain have been awarded by Guzakuza with the support from GIZ to highlight the ...

Palm producers warned over the use Sudan IV in oil palm production

Palm producers warned over the use Sudan IV in oil palm production

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August 3, 2021
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The Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Delese Mimi Darko, has cautioned oil palm producers in ...

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Ghana’s 2010/11 cocoa season output impressive

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August 2, 2021
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Ghana has exceeded the 1 million tonnes mark in cocoa production for the first time since the 2010/11 crop season. ...

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How to successfully grow and harvest carrots.

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August 1, 2021
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Carrots are easy to grow as long as they are planted in loose, sandy soil. Depending on the variety and ...

Fertiliser sales hit lowest patronage amid high prices

Government to digitalize fertilizer distribution to curb smuggling – Ofori-Atta

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August 1, 2021
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Government says it is rolling out measures to digitize the distribution of fertilizer in the country. In recent times fertilizer ...

U.S. Government partners Warc Group to alleviate poverty among Smallholder farmers in the Upper West Region

U.S. Government partners Warc Group to alleviate poverty among Smallholder farmers in the Upper West Region

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July 28, 2021
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the West Africa Trade & Investment Hub, has awarded a $1.2 ...

Over 9 billion wasted on irrigation project meant to support farmers.

Only 12% of youth in agric use technology – Heifer Report

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July 23, 2021
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A report by Heifer International Ghana has revealed that only 12 percent of the youth involved in agriculture have adopted ...

Smallholder farmers losing out on GCX platform

Only 5% of youth are into agric processing -Heifer reports

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July 23, 2021
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Despite agriculture becoming the main pillar of support for the economy in this pandemic period, the 2021 Heifer International Report ...

Zambia: Livestock farmer copes with climate change by keeping fodder for use in dry season

Zambia: Livestock farmer copes with climate change by keeping fodder for use in dry season

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July 20, 2021
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It is a hot sunny morning on a cloud-free day. Dressed in a red blouse and green chitenje, a cloth that ...

Review fertilizer subsidy programme – Chamber of Agribusiness to government

Review fertilizer subsidy programme – Chamber of Agribusiness to government

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July 19, 2021
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The Chamber of Agribusiness, Ghana, is asking government to take a second look at its fertilizer subsidy programme as it ...

Poultry and pig feed shortage; effects, and the way forward.

MoFA announces the outbreak of avian influenza (Bird Flu) disease in Ghana.

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July 17, 2021
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture through its Veterinary Services Directorate has confirmed the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian ...

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COCOBOD partners GAAS to conduct research into cocoa for treating life-threatening infections

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July 16, 2021
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Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is collaborating with some fellows of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) to conduct ...

2,000 poultry farmers to start broiler module of RFJ programme

Government urged to address poultry feed challenges

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July 16, 2021
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The Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee in Parliament, Eric Opoku, wants government to immediately address ...

Implement ECOWAS Veterinary Pharmaceutical Protocol in livestock sector – Women in Poultry Value Chain

Poultry industry near collapse

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July 14, 2021
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Poultry farmers and feed-millers across the country are expressing worry over a looming collapse of the local poultry industry due ...

implement agricultural interventions in 2022 composite budget - Stakeholders urged

Gov’t allocation to Agric stays below 1% in 4 years.

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July 1, 2021
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Total expenditure allocation for the agriculture sector in the past four years, from 2017 to 2020, has stayed below one ...

Nestlé’s commitment to improving the Cocoa sector on course – Badaro.

Nestlé’s commitment to improving the Cocoa sector on course – Badaro.

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July 1, 2021
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Mr Georgios Badaro, Managing Director (MD), Nestlé Ghana Limited has said the company’s ambition of making cocoa more profitable for ...

Food Trade Coalition Africa maiden meeting underway in Accra

Food Trade Coalition Africa maiden meeting underway in Accra

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June 30, 2021
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By: Kingsley Adusei Amakye The Food Trade Coalition for Africa has organised its first meeting to coordinate food trade investments ...

Payment of cocoa farmers to go digital – COCOBOD.

Payment of cocoa farmers to go digital – COCOBOD.

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June 26, 2021
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planning to electronically pay all its farmers to stimulate the digital economy and also ...

250,000 trees planted in Northern Region to mark ‘Green Ghana’ initiative

250,000 trees planted in Northern Region to mark ‘Green Ghana’ initiative

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June 26, 2021
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The Northern Region has seen some 250,000 trees planted to mark the Green Ghana Project that seeks to plant five ...

CSIR-SARI, Penn State University to assist women access tractor services

CSIR-SARI, Penn State University to assist women access tractor services

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June 26, 2021
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The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Penn State University ...

Local rice farmers seek foreign support to stay in business

Local rice farmers seek foreign support to stay in business

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June 26, 2021
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The Ghana Rice Interprofessional Body (GRIB) has said it is negotiating with foreign companies to access financial support and drive ...

Seed producers trained on quality seed production and regulations.

Seed producers trained on quality seed production and regulations.

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June 26, 2021
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The Market-Oriented Agriculture Programme in North-Western Ghana (MOAP-NW), has trained a total of 85 seed producers and seed inspectors on ...

Agriculture Journalists petitioned sector Minister to reform fertilizer subsidy scheme

Agriculture Journalists petitioned sector Minister to reform fertilizer subsidy scheme

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June 17, 2021
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By: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has petitioned the Agriculture Minister calling ...

Support Green Ghana programme

Italy to support Ghana in seeds, greenhouse technology and irrigation

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June 16, 2021
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Greenhouse farming is a thriving sector in Italy thanks to companies with decades of experience in providing cutting-edge greenhouse technologies ...

Ethiopia: Contract farming helps wheat farmers get better prices and guaranteed markets

Ethiopia: Contract farming helps wheat farmers get better prices and guaranteed markets

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June 7, 2021
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It was early one morning in October 2020 and the sun was shining brightly over Buta Feyisa’s compound. Behind the ...

Agric Minister calls for increased climate-smart financing.

Ghana to produce 1.2m tonnes of rice in 2023 – Agric Minister

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May 25, 2021
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The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto says Ghana is on course to becoming rice sufficient by ...

Sri Lanka to ban palm oil imports, raze plantations over environmental concerns.

Sri Lanka to ban palm oil imports, raze plantations over environmental concerns.

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May 21, 2021
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Sri Lanka has imposed a ban on palm oil imports and ordered oil palm plantations in the country to be ...

Olam Food Ingredients provide livelihood support for female cocoa farmers

Olam Food Ingredients provide livelihood support for female cocoa farmers

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May 21, 2021
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Olam Food Ingredients (OFI), a leading supplier of cocoa beans and cocoa ingredients – and one of the largest private ...

World Vision Ghana Cuts Sod for the construction of $74,778 worth poultry farm at Saamang in the Fanteakwa South District

World Vision Ghana Cuts Sod for the construction of $74,778 worth poultry farm at Saamang in the Fanteakwa South District

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May 17, 2021
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World Vision Ghana, a Non- Governmental Organisation, NGO, today, cuts sod for the construction of a 2000 capacity poultry farm worth $74,778 ...

Less than 4% of banks credit in 2020 Q4 went to agri-business

Less than 4% of banks credit in 2020 Q4 went to agri-business

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May 14, 2021
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Even though agriculture has become the most thriving sector over the past one year due to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact, ...

Fertiliser sales hit lowest patronage amid high prices

Implementation modalities for fertilizer subsidy rolled out

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May 12, 2021
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has rolled out implementation guidelines to ensure efficient distribution of subsidized fertilizer and ...

3rd edition for LiPF Tradeshow to be organized in May, 2021

3rd edition for LiPF Tradeshow to be organized in May, 2021

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May 12, 2021
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Agrihouse Foundation, in partnership with the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), is set to ...

Ghana to host her maiden honey festival and international bee day celebration.

Ghana to host her maiden honey festival and international bee day celebration.

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May 12, 2021
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Honey consumption has increased across the globe over the years due to consumer demand for quality natural sweeteners in place ...

Burkina Faso: Platform helps farmers and buyers get the best profit

Africa’s US$31bn farm funding gap in focus for CDC debt deal

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May 11, 2021
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CDC Group, the U.K. government’s development investment arm, is taking a step to help bridge what it estimates is a ...

ADB to partner churches to venture into commercial agriculture

South Africa: Female business owner turns to farming to make a living during COVID-19 (Ground Up)

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May 10, 2021
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Jane Hozheri used to run a small business with her daughter in Cape Town, South Africa. Together, they made a ...

I never used chemical fertilisers but I excelled – 2017 2nd National best farmer

Zimbabwe: Phone-based applications for farmers are gaining popularity—but many barriers remain

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May 10, 2021
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Elizabeth Siyapi is a farmer in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. Instead of working through agricultural middlemen, she relies on her phone. Before ...

Togo: New seed varieties and best agricultural practices help groundnut producers

Togo: New seed varieties and best agricultural practices help groundnut producers

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May 10, 2021
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The first rains began to fall a few weeks ago, heralding the long growing season in southern Togo. Farmers are ...

Vice President calls for innovative financing schemes for the Agri-Business Sector

Vice President calls for innovative financing schemes for the Agri-Business Sector

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May 7, 2021
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji. Despite the enormous benefits of agriculture , financing remains one of the bottlenecks to fully ...

US government gives further boost to Ghana’s Agricultural sector with the launch of the USAID (MFA) Activity

US government gives further boost to Ghana’s Agricultural sector with the launch of the USAID (MFA) Activity

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May 7, 2021
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji USAID supported Feed the Future Ghana Mobilizing Finance in Agriculture (MFA) Activity has been launched ...

Council of State in support of efforts to ‘Green Ghana’

Council of State in support of efforts to ‘Green Ghana’

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May 3, 2021
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The members of the Council of State have said they are in support of efforts to stop illegal mining activities ...

2,000 poultry farmers to start broiler module of RFJ programme

Ghana’s maiden Chicken Festival slated for Accra

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April 30, 2021
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The maiden edition of the Ghana Chicken Festival (GHACHICK) is set to come off on the 3rd of May 2021 at ...

MP advocates for support youth who venture into agriculture

MP advocates for support youth who venture into agriculture

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April 26, 2021
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Agriculture is perceived to be a dirty job reserved for the aged. Youth of today, after graduating from the tertiary ...

Who controls the world’s food supply?

Students urged to tap into business opportunities present in the seed sector.

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April 26, 2021
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Agriculture is a major employability contributing to about 33 percent of the total working force in Ghana. In tackling food ...

Women farmers more open to adopting new farming practices

Women farmers more open to adopting new farming practices

by admin
April 23, 2021
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Adwoa Nyibi is a small-scale farmer in the Bono East Region of Ghana who is ...

Smallholder farmers losing out on GCX platform

Smallholder farmers losing out on GCX platform

by admin
April 22, 2021
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Richard Twumasi-Ankrah, Director for Policy, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has indicated that smallholder ...

Continental agri-business intelligence platform for women launched

Continental agri-business intelligence platform for women launched

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April 22, 2021
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“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?

Who controls the world’s food supply?

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April 12, 2021
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Who controls the world's food supply? Seed laws criminalizing farmers for using diverse crops that stand a better chance of ...

Green Gold Farms revolutionising the agricultural industry in Ghana

Green Gold Farms revolutionising the agricultural industry in Ghana

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March 18, 2021
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In recent years, a number of innovative entrepreneurs have stepped in to help reverse the declining state of the agricultural ...

Government to accelerate commercial farming

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March 18, 2021
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Government has announced the creation of a Ghana Land Information Bank (GhLIB), to provide a reliable and easily accessible information ...

WFP provides supports to protect 5,000 livelihoods in Northern part of Ghana

WFP provides supports to protect 5,000 livelihoods in Northern part of Ghana

by admin
March 18, 2021
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The Coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on human lives and economic activity which has made the eradication of poverty ...

Market accessibility for women in agriculture unveiled.

Market accessibility for women in agriculture unveiled.

by admin
March 18, 2021
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Women form a greater proportion in Ghana’s agriculture value chain yet they struggle to get market accessibility for their produce. ...

Senegal: Moringa processing improves rural livelihoods and health

Senegal: Moringa processing improves rural livelihoods and health

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March 16, 2021
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Moringa oleifera, called nebedaye in Senegal, is considered a “miracle” tree that helps address food insecurity and major environmental problems. Because ...

DRC: How women are making money by replacing charcoal for cooking

DRC: How women are making money by replacing charcoal for cooking

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March 16, 2021
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Most families in northern DRC’s Tshopo province, can’t afford electricity to cook. Instead, they rely on locally-produced wood charcoal to ...

Government committed to supporting women and youth in the agriculture sector- GASIP National Coordinator

Government committed to supporting women and youth in the agriculture sector- GASIP National Coordinator

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March 12, 2021
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The government of Ghana is committed to assist the development of the women and youth in agriculture to ensure that ...

Calf management practices from birth up to weaning

Calf management practices from birth up to weaning

by admin
March 12, 2021
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The success of the dairy farm relies on the success of the calf management program. Lifetime productivity starts when the ...

I am better off as a Farmer – Nigerian young graduate

I am better off as a Farmer – Nigerian young graduate

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March 12, 2021
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Due to the popular misconceptions about agriculture, many young Africans have no interest in agribusiness ventures. Upon completing their academic ...

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

Cocoa price to be increased to 400 dollars per ton in the 2020/2021 season – President Akufo-Addo.

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March 10, 2021
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The president of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo has said that cocoa farmers are to ...

The 2021 Livestock, Poultry, and Fisheries (LiPF) training trade show launched.

The 2021 Livestock, Poultry, and Fisheries (LiPF) training trade show launched.

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March 6, 2021
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The initiative designed to revamp and build capacities for the livestock, poultry, and fisheries sector players by the Agrihouse Foundation ...

Two radio stations in Ghana win 2020 Farm Radio Int. broadcasters’ award.

Two radio stations in Ghana win 2020 Farm Radio Int. broadcasters’ award.

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March 5, 2021
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By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji   Zaa fm in Tamale and Elmina’s Ahomka fm have received an internationally recognized broadcaster’s ...

Burkina Faso: Women avoid handling pesticides by collaborating with agricultural technicians

Women farmers learn how to secure community land for farming

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March 3, 2021
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It’s a fine, windy morning and Sarah Aryee is neatly dressed in a white T-shirt and Ghanaian wrap, her hair ...

New locally produced high-quality layer feed concentrate for the poultry farmers introduced in Ghana.

New locally produced high-quality layer feed concentrate for the poultry farmers introduced in Ghana.

by admin
March 1, 2021
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The Koudijs Ghana Limited has unveiled the high complete quality made-in-Ghana poultry layer feed for farmers for optimum performance of ...

Burkina Faso: Platform helps farmers and buyers get the best profit

Farmers in the north hoard maize in anticipation of high prices

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February 20, 2021
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Some farmers and aggregators, also known as middle-men, in the Northern Region have refused to release maize unto the market, hoping ...

4th edition “Agricultural Students Boot Camp”  launched

4th edition “Agricultural Students Boot Camp” launched

by admin
February 19, 2021
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It’s no secret that agriculture is the main driving force behind Ghana’s economy, accounting for approximately 42% of the country’s ...

Economic prospects in the trade of soya

Economic prospects in the trade of soya

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February 18, 2021
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The word “Soy” itself originated as a corruption of the Chinese or Japanese names for soy sauce; yet, soybeans were ...

Gabon: Fruit famine is causing elephants to go hungry

Gabon: Fruit famine is causing elephants to go hungry

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February 16, 2021
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Unfortunately, many big species now face extinction due to their value in the illegal wildlife trade, vulnerability to habitat degradation ...

The agricultural students’ career guidance and mentorship dialogue Bootcamp (AG-STUD) 2021 launched.

The agricultural students’ career guidance and mentorship dialogue Bootcamp (AG-STUD) 2021 launched.

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February 15, 2021
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The 4th edition of the Agricultural Students career guidance and mentorship dialogue Bootcamp (AG-STUD), a practical agribusiness beginners’ capacity building ...

10th World Radio Day celebrated with a call for a Public input for sustainable community radio stations in Ghana.

10th World Radio Day celebrated with a call for a Public input for sustainable community radio stations in Ghana.

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February 12, 2021
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BY: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Prof. Amin Alhasan has called on ...

Benso Oil Palm Plantation benefits from higher Crude Palm Oil prices.

Benso Oil Palm Plantation benefits from higher Crude Palm Oil prices.

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February 10, 2021
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Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) has reported a topline growth of 29.5%, against 20.9% in the same period of 2019, ...

Revenue from coffee export declines due to neglect – CFG President

Revenue from coffee export declines due to neglect – CFG President

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February 9, 2021
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Revenue in exports from coffee for the year 2018 was US$34,000. This is according to the President of the Coffee ...

Ghana’s Midunu Restaurant named among top best restaurants in the world

Ghana’s Midunu Restaurant named among top best restaurants in the world

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February 5, 2021
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The year 2021 kicks off with two initiatives which respond to the pandemic for La Liste, a prominent restaurant finder ...

500 poultry farmers in the Central region receives government support

Ethiopia: Farmer’s attention to feeding and caring for chickens increases family income

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February 2, 2021
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It’s early in the morning and Asfo Wass wakes up with much energy, eager to care for his chickens. He ...

CBAG urges government to introduce 20% quota on rice imports

CBAG urges government to introduce 20% quota on rice imports

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January 31, 2021
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The Commodity Brokers Association of Ghana (CBAG) president, Yaw Ohemeng Kyei, has called on government to introduce a 20 percent ...

Bayer Crop to train 15,000 farmers.

Bayer Crop to train 15,000 farmers.

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January 28, 2021
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Bayer Crop Science Ltd will provide training to 15,000 smallholder farmers in the country on advanced agricultural practices. The training ...

Government leveraging on e-agriculture to empower farmers – Hon. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto.

Government sets to implement the National Fertilizer Expansion Programme

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January 28, 2021
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has set out to implement the “National Fertilizer Expansion Programme. The aim of ...

PULA to help reduce risk for smallholder farmers across Africa and Asia

PULA to help reduce risk for smallholder farmers across Africa and Asia

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January 28, 2021
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Ms. Rose Goslinga Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at PULA, an African Agricultural Insurance, and Technology Service Provider has revealed ...

Covid-19 has not slowed Ghana’s agriculture growth– Prof. Irene Susana Egyir.

Covid-19 has not slowed Ghana’s agriculture growth– Prof. Irene Susana Egyir.

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January 28, 2021
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The Covid–19 pandemic has brought most countries to their knees, disrupting many economies leaving no one in its disruptive grip. ...

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Storage facilities close to grain producing communities key to alleviate plight of farmers.

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January 21, 2021
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In Ghana, maize farmers often release their full yields to the market immediately after harvest. Because of the mechanics of ...

Malawi: Soap made from cassava peels boosts farmers’ income

Malawi: Soap made from cassava peels boosts farmers’ income

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January 19, 2021
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A thick, dark cloud slowly engulfs the sky. Although it hasn’t rained for the past two days, it will certainly ...

Farmers fear of a spike malaria deaths due to in second wave of Covid-19 in Ghana

Farmers fear of a spike malaria deaths due to in second wave of Covid-19 in Ghana

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January 19, 2021
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By: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei   In her small home in Bono East region of Ghana surrounded by her four ...

Making Judicious use of farmlands- The story of Malom Foods

Lack of Media attention to Agriculture is a threat to food security in Africa

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January 19, 2021
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By:Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei Agricultural journalism plays a key role in food security, but is often lacking in many African ...

MoFA to use digital agricultural innovations to mitigate COVID-19 effect on food systems

MoFA to use digital agricultural innovations to mitigate COVID-19 effect on food systems

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January 19, 2021
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has resolved to implement more digital agricultural innovations to give more meaning to ...

Increase agric sector investment to improve economy – Government urged

Increase agric sector investment to improve economy – Government urged

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January 18, 2021
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Economist Dr Adu Sarkodie says the impact of COVID-19 on the economy is a clear indicator that the government has ...

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

Ghana Commodity Exchange considers trading cocoa.

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January 18, 2021
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As part of the medium-term plan for the trade of commodities in Ghana, the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) is considering ...

GAWU links current food shortage in Ghana to policy failure

Gov’t to meet fruit & vegetable exporters over threats of Brexit

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January 17, 2021
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Government is preparing to meet fruit and vegetable exporters who may be negatively impacted as the United Kingdom (UK) prepares ...

AfDB President Adesina named champion of Africa’s Great Green Wall climate-adaptation initiative.

AfDB President Adesina named champion of Africa’s Great Green Wall climate-adaptation initiative.

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January 15, 2021
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African Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina has been announced as a champion of Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative. ...

Use coolers to cut post-harvest losses.- Potato farmers urged

Use coolers to cut post-harvest losses.- Potato farmers urged

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January 15, 2021
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Irish potato farmers in Meru should utilise a 250- tonne cold storage facility whose construction is set for completion in ...

Liberia: Government supports Smallholder Farmers in Bong County

Liberia: Government supports Smallholder Farmers in Bong County

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January 15, 2021
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The Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Agriculture on Saturday, January 9, 2021 distributed farming inputs to smallholder farmers ...

Olam driving local rice production agenda in Ghana

Tanzania: Small scale farmers to receive major boost to scale up food production

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January 12, 2021
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As the country ushers into New Year 2021 more than 100,600 smallholder farmers in the country will be receiving grain ...

Cocoa farmer worried over the destruction of farms by timber merchants and galamsey operators

Cocoa farmer worried over the destruction of farms by timber merchants and galamsey operators

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January 12, 2021
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Mr. Yaw Biredu Boateng, the Chief Cocoa Farmer of New Nsutam in the Eastern Region, has called for the protection ...

Using Science to combat desertification in the Sahel

Using Science to combat desertification in the Sahel

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January 12, 2021
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Something has to be done to tackle the environmental problems caused by climate change, desertification and population growth,” says Barkissa ...

Poultry and pig feed shortage; effects, and the way forward.

Poultry and pig feed shortage; effects, and the way forward.

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January 5, 2021
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There has been growing concern about the availability of maize in the country, a situation that affects our food security ...

Group farming yields positive results – Tanzania

Burundi: Farmers make baskets from banana “stems” to protect the environment

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January 5, 2021
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This story was originally published in April 2019 by Farm radio international. In eastern Burundi, nurseries of forest tree species ...

Ghana advised to take advantage of hemp production from ‎AfCFTA

Ghana advised to take advantage of hemp production from ‎AfCFTA

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December 30, 2020
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Business Consultant, Nataki Kambon, says Ghana stands to benefit immensely from the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (‎AfCFTA) if ...

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The future of Ghana’s cocoa sector under threat

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December 30, 2020
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Opanin Kofi Asaam is 74 years and has been farming cocoa all his life. He lives alone at Tenyikwa, a ...

Yellow melon farmers bemoan lack of market

Yellow melon farmers bemoan lack of market

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December 25, 2020
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Farmers cultivating cucumis melon, also known as yellow melon, say a chunk of their produce is left to go waste ...

Major boost for local rice millers as banks provide funds to clear harvest.

Ghana: Rice listed on Commodity Exchange’s trading platform

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December 17, 2020
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The Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) has added rice contracts to the number of commodities traded on its electronic trading platform. ...

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

GCCP’s press statement on COCOBOD/CCC farmer income communique

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December 14, 2020
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The Ghana Civil Society Cocoa Platform by this statement affirms its support for the decision taken by COCOBOD and CCC ...

Supporting Smallholder Farmers with Low-Interest Loans is Key”- IFAD Director

High hopes for food security agenda as countries pledge funds to IFAD

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December 12, 2020
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At a time when hunger and poverty are increasing due to conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some of ...

Tanzania: Seawalls and mangroves help island-based farmers fight sea-rise due to climate change (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Tanzania: Seawalls and mangroves help island-based farmers fight sea-rise due to climate change (Thomson Reuters Foundation)

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December 10, 2020
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Since the early 1990s, farmers in coastal Tanzania have been worrying about how rising sea levels are affecting their crops. ...

How climate change threatens African coffee farmers

How climate change threatens African coffee farmers

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December 10, 2020
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The world has a seemingly insatiable taste for coffee. But rising temperatures, drought, and erratic rainfall are making it harder ...

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Tamale: Maize shortage crippling poultry farmers and food vendors

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December 8, 2020
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The shortage of maize across the Northern Region and some other parts of the country is affecting business activities of poultry ...

Why breakfast is more important

Why breakfast is more important

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December 7, 2020
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Your mother was right all along – breakfast actually is the most important meal of the day. Most of the ...

Grasscutter farming looks lucrative in Ghana – Prof. Kayang.

Grasscutter farming looks lucrative in Ghana – Prof. Kayang.

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December 3, 2020
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Professor Boniface B. Kayang, the Project Coordinator of the Ghana Grasscutter Project, has stated that the future of grasscutter farming ...

Rainforest Alliance supports the campaign against the use of highly hazardous pesticides in ghana’s agric sector.

Rainforest Alliance supports the campaign against the use of highly hazardous pesticides in ghana’s agric sector.

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November 30, 2020
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The Programmes Manager of Conservation Alliance (CA), Mr. Raymond Owusu-Achiaw, and his organization have declared their support for the ongoing ...

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EcoCare Ghana supports initiative to eliminate poverty among cocoa farmers in Africa.

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November 25, 2020
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The Managing Campaigner for EcoCare Ghana Mr. Obed Owusu-Addai and his organization have thrown their support behind the ongoing “Securing ...

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

Ghana and Ivory Coast join forces to fix unfair Cocoa Prices

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November 23, 2020
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Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have set their price tag for cocoa to counter unfair trade in the international market. To ...

Stakeholders meet to develop a Consolidated National Conservation Agriculture Manual for Ghana.

Stakeholders meet to develop a Consolidated National Conservation Agriculture Manual for Ghana.

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November 23, 2020
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Stakeholders in Conservation Agriculture (CA) held discussions at a two-day summit in Accra, to develop a consolidated Manual for CA ...

Seed value chain actors sensitized on guidelines for implementing Seed Legislation in Ghana

Seed value chain actors sensitized on guidelines for implementing Seed Legislation in Ghana

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November 20, 2020
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The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in collaboration with USAID has organized a two-day workshop on “Development ...

Export of yam can generate US$78m annually by only using IPR Protection

Ghana’s yam exports will soon crash if poor quality is not checked. – Exporter cries.

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November 19, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The use of fertilisers and  chemicals such as weedicides, herbicides and pesticides is becoming dominant ...

AGRA and partners showcase innovative agricultural models and win award at 36th National Farmers’ Day celebrations

AGRA and partners showcase innovative agricultural models and win award at 36th National Farmers’ Day celebrations

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November 18, 2020
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The Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA) and its implementing partners joined stakeholders in Ghana’s agricultural sector to ...

Ghanaians urged to patronize cocoa products at the just ended Ghana Cocoa Awards 2020

Ghanaians urged to patronize cocoa products at the just ended Ghana Cocoa Awards 2020

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November 17, 2020
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Cocoa is the chief agricultural export of Ghana and Ghana’s main cash crop. Ghana is the second-largest cocoa exporter in ...

Stakeholders meet to determine pricing model for Cashew

Stakeholders meet to determine pricing model for Cashew

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November 16, 2020
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A two-day cashew pricing workshop to propose a pricing model for cashew in Ghana is underway in Accra. The workshop ...

GAWU links current food shortage in Ghana to policy failure

Food prices likely to rise with the advent of AFCFTA – Experts.

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November 15, 2020
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  The advent of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) tends to produce wholesome foods which in turn might ...

Family lays claim to ”Agric Land” acquired by gov’t in late 1940s

Estate Developers are taking over our agricultural lands – DEC Laments

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November 14, 2020
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The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Shai Osudoku, Hon. Daniel Teye Akuffo has lamented the rate at which real estate ...

500 poultry farmers in the Central region receives government support

Poultry imports from Europe banned over bird flu.

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November 13, 2020
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Ghana has banned poultry imports from the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, and Denmark over bird flu. The government has temporarily banned ...

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele

Nigeria’s central bank pledges stricter measures to curb food importation

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November 11, 2020
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will put in place stricter measures to reduce the spate of ...

A step by step guide to nursing a newborn Calf

A step by step guide to nursing a newborn Calf

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November 10, 2020
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The care given to a calf within its first 24 hours of life is essential as well as mandatory, as ...

Ghana needs agriculture regulatory authority not Tree Crop Development Authority- Chamber of Agribusiness.

Ghana needs agriculture regulatory authority not Tree Crop Development Authority- Chamber of Agribusiness.

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November 10, 2020
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“There is no need for a crop authority, Ghana just needs an agriculture regulatory authority and put all other government ...

Ghana: Good agricultural practices help cocoa farmers increase yield and income

Ghana: Good agricultural practices help cocoa farmers increase yield and income

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November 10, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji (Farm Radio Int. Project) Comfort Appiah beams with delight as she inspects her flourishing cocoa ...

GrEEn job fair launched at Agona Nkwanta

GrEEn job fair launched at Agona Nkwanta

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November 9, 2020
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The SNV Ghana Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities (GrEEn) Project has organised a job fair for the youth at Agona ...

55-year-old wins 2020 National Best Farmer

55-year-old wins 2020 National Best Farmer

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November 6, 2020
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A 55-year-old farmer, Solomon Kwadwo Kusi, has been adjudged the National Best Farmer for 2020 at a ceremony held in ...

Chamber of Aquaculture felicitations to farmers on the 36th farmers’ day

Chamber of Aquaculture felicitations to farmers on the 36th farmers’ day

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November 6, 2020
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The Chamber of Aquaculture (COA) Ghana salutes all Farmers on the 36th edition of National Farmers Day. The COA acknowledges ...

36th Farmers’ day: Farm Radio Int. calls on government to enforce Laws on the use of standard, weight and measures for Agribusiness in Ghana.

36th Farmers’ day: Farm Radio Int. calls on government to enforce Laws on the use of standard, weight and measures for Agribusiness in Ghana.

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November 6, 2020
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On the occasion of the 36th National Farmers’ Day celebrations in Techiman in the Bono East Region, Farmer Radio International ...

Chemico supports 36th Farmers’ day celebration with over GH¢400,000

Chemico supports 36th Farmers’ day celebration with over GH¢400,000

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November 2, 2020
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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 ...

Mondelez International introduces technology to boost production

Mondelez International introduces technology to boost production

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November 2, 2020
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Implementer of the Cocoa Life programme, Mondelez International, has introduced a new technology that seeks to help triple annual yields ...

Burkina Faso: Platform helps farmers and buyers get the best profit

2020 Farmers Day begins Nov 2

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

Groups advocate for the allocation of adequate petroleum revenue into agriculture to help reduce importation

Groups advocate for the allocation of adequate petroleum revenue into agriculture to help reduce importation

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November 1, 2020
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The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), OXFAM, and the Friends of the Nation (FoN) has launched a campaign to ...

Ghana to ban or minimise rice importation by 90% by 2023 – Deputy Minister

Ghana to ban or minimise rice importation by 90% by 2023 – Deputy Minister

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October 30, 2020
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Deputy Agric Minister Kennedy Nyarko Osei has said by 2023, government is planning to either ban or drastically reduce the ...

GEPA identifies export potentials for Ghana’s chocolate and cashew

GEPA identifies export potentials for Ghana’s chocolate and cashew

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October 30, 2020
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Two new Competitor Analysis reports recently released by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) indicate that massive untapped foreign market ...

Benin: Study shows the potential of agriculture to employ a lots of young people

Benin: Study shows the potential of agriculture to employ a lots of young people

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October 29, 2020
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A recent study carried out under the IITA-CARE project, covering six southern departments in the Benin Republic reveals the agriculture ...

Olam Ghana launches local brand rice “Mama Gold”

Olam Ghana launches local brand rice “Mama Gold”

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October 29, 2020
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Olam Ghana, a wholly-owned subsidiary of leading food and agri-business Olam International, has launched its locally grown and sourced rice ...

Solidaridad supports farmers to increase their productivity

Solidaridad supports farmers to increase their productivity

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October 28, 2020
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At Kofiase, a community in the Mampong municipality of the Ashanti Region of Ghana, members of a Village Savings and ...

Solidaridad’s support towards the establishment of Tree Crop Development Authority

Solidaridad’s support towards the establishment of Tree Crop Development Authority

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October 28, 2020
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Private sector actors in the oil palm value chain, when given the right knowledge and needed financial support, are able to ...

Assinman Cocoa Farmers call for action to address deforestation

Cocoa farmers at Wassa resort to ‘galamsey money’ to maintain farms

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October 28, 2020
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Some cocoa farmers in the Wassa enclave of the Western Region have resorted to proceeds they realise from trading-off portions ...

Senegal: Homemade organic manure fertilizes soil, boosts income

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October 27, 2020
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Kolda is an agro-pastoral zone in southern Senegal with good rainfall. Here, one farming activity supports another. For example, cattle ...

Burkina Faso: Mobile phone system helps distribute agricultural inputs to the vulnerable

Burkina Faso: Mobile phone system helps distribute agricultural inputs to the vulnerable

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October 26, 2020
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Wématou Ougue farms in Tiébélé, a village in south-central Burkina Faso more than 150 kilometres from the capital, Ouagadougou. Mr. ...

Cocoa Management System launched to drive digitization in the sector

Cocoa Management System launched to drive digitization in the sector

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October 26, 2020
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in its attempt to collate and leverage data on cocoa famers across the country for ...

Trial of improved cowpea varieties underway in Wa.

Trial of improved cowpea varieties underway in Wa.

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October 26, 2020
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The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) is carrying out a field trial ...

Yara facilitates training for farmers at commemorative 10th pre-harvest conference and exhibition

Yara facilitates training for farmers at commemorative 10th pre-harvest conference and exhibition

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October 26, 2020
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Despite government’s flirtations with other modern-day endeavours, agriculture has retained its role as the undisputed essence of our local economy. ...

Cashew farmers unhappy about the pricing regime move by government

Cashew farmers unhappy about the pricing regime move by government

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October 26, 2020
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A plan by the Ghana Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) to implement a pricing regime has been met with resistance ...

Press Release: EU REACH Project engages stakeholders and partners on the status of implementation.

Press Release: EU REACH Project engages stakeholders and partners on the status of implementation.

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October 25, 2020
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EU Resilience Against Climate Change (EU-REACH), on 13 October, kicked-off a 2-day workshop in Wa, Upper West Region, to share ...

EJF maintains 90% of industrial fishing vessels operating illegally

Healthy Food Africa project to boost Ghana’s fishing sector

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October 24, 2020
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Ghana will produce an additional 91,000 metric tonnes of fish for fours years under the Healthy Food Africa Project, Madam ...

Farmers in Ashanti Region set to benefit from Greenfert’s organic fertilizer

Farmers in Ashanti Region set to benefit from Greenfert’s organic fertilizer

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October 22, 2020
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The Ashanti Regional Department of Food and Agriculture is collaborating with Rejuvenate Gaia Global, licensed importers of Greenfert organic fertilizer, ...

Cashew farmers unhappy about the pricing regime move by government

Cashew Council Ghana launched to complement TCDA

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October 22, 2020
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With support from the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), stakeholders in the cashew sector have launched the Cashew Council Ghana (CCG) ...

PFAG appeal for rice buyers

PFAG appeal for rice buyers

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October 21, 2020
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The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is appealing to government, institutions and members of the public to buy their ...

Cocoa Farmers to have a pension scheme soon – COCOBOD.

Cocoa Farmers to have a pension scheme soon – COCOBOD.

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October 21, 2020
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has announced that his outfit has completed all processes ...

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

COCOBOD to invest US$200 million towards domestic cocoa processing.

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October 20, 2020
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will next year inject US$200 million into domestic cocoa processing. The money will be given ...

Repairing the broken food system

Repairing the broken food system

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October 20, 2020
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As farmers and consumers grapple with disruptions in the global food supply chain, we are witnessing an exacerbation of threats ...

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Farm Radio International and MoFA to develop digital agriculture

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October 19, 2020
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Farm Radio and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) are collaborating to develop Digital Agricultural advisory strategy and plan ...

Organic Food Activist goes to court on Ghana’s first GMO case

Organic Food Activist goes to court on Ghana’s first GMO case

by admin
October 19, 2020
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Recently, Genetic Modify Foods (GMOs) are believed to have been introduced in Ghana’s food system creating anxiety among consumers. Ghana ...

High yielding groundnut varieties introduced to farmers

High yielding groundnut varieties introduced to farmers

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October 19, 2020
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The Savanah Agriculture Research Institute of the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSRI-SARI), has introduced high yielding groundnut varieties to ...

Beekeepers Association call for support to boost business

Beekeepers Association call for support to boost business

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October 19, 2020
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Mr Hayford Yao Dometi, founder of Effort Beekeepers Association in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region, has appealed ...

Stakeholders meet to improve food and nutrition security in Ghana

World Food Day: Government is devoted to food security – Dr. Bambangi.

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October 17, 2020
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The government is committed to implementing comprehensive agricultural policies to ensure uninterrupted supply value chains and strong market linkages to ...

Planting for Food and Jobs was a success but exaggerated-GAWUG

Obuasi: volunteers for Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative on the rise

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October 16, 2020
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The Ashanti Region has since the launch of government flagship programme Planting for Food and Jobs in 2017 registered six ...

North East Floods destroys large farmlands

North East Floods destroys large farmlands

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October 16, 2020
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The torrential rains that devastated parts of the North East Region recently have subsided, but the humanitarian situation in the ...

Statement from Forster Boateng, AGRA Regional Head for West Africa in commemoration of World Food Day

Statement from Forster Boateng, AGRA Regional Head for West Africa in commemoration of World Food Day

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October 16, 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic struck Ghana at a time when the country was grappling with youth unemployment, effects of climate change, ...

Ghana joins the world to mark World Food Day today

Ghana joins the world to mark World Food Day today

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October 16, 2020
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Ghana joins the rest of the World to celebrate the 40th World Food Day at the State House in Accra ...

Post-harvest losses remain a challenge to smallholder farmers in in Ghana – Study

Post-harvest losses remain a challenge to smallholder farmers in in Ghana – Study

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October 15, 2020
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Smallholder farmers in the country still experience as high as 30 percent post-harvest losses, mostly through spoilage and theft, a ...

Food and Agricultural Ministry launches a GH¢2.7m project for Peri-urban farmers

Food and Agricultural Ministry launches a GH¢2.7m project for Peri-urban farmers

by admin
October 15, 2020
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has inaugurated a GH¢2.7 million vegetable packhouse for the sorting and packaging of ...

More than 70% of farmers rely on radio as their source of climate information – KNUST research

More than 70% of farmers rely on radio as their source of climate information – KNUST research

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October 12, 2020
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Radio is the principal medium for receiving climate information by most farmers with social media being the least, a Kwame ...

Global Food Policy Forum for Change to be launched on October 13, via Zoom

Global Food Policy Forum for Change to be launched on October 13, via Zoom

by admin
October 9, 2020
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  The Food Policy Forum for Change will be launched at the upcoming High-Level Special Event of the Committee on World Food ...

Assinman Cocoa Farmers call for action to address deforestation

Political and demand woes as African cocoa harvest starts

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October 5, 2020
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unknowns: the risk of political unrest disrupting supplies and the demand hit from COVID-19. Bigger crops in West Africa would ...

Impact of Covid-19 on food security in Ghana and way forward

Covid -19 effects-The need for healthy foods after the pandemic

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October 4, 2020
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The food systems that must give daily sustenance to all humans are under threat by the pandemic. If we want ...

Burkina Faso: Platform helps farmers and buyers get the best profit

Burkina Faso: Platform helps farmers and buyers get the best profit

by admin
October 1, 2020
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Bobo Dioulasso is a farming city in Burkina Faso. After cotton, cereals are the second largest agricultural product in terms ...

Olam driving local rice production agenda in Ghana

Nigeria: How farmers face difficulties accessing farm inputs during COVID-19 lockdown

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September 30, 2020
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It’s around eight o’clock in the morning and Bello Iliyasu is already riding a motorcycle—not by choice, but because there ...

Women farmers in Pusiga district cry for irrigated dams for their farms

Women farmers in Senegal develop financing initiatives to boost their businesses

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September 30, 2020
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Ramatoulaye Badji is a farmer and vendor in the Thies region, 70 kilometres east of Dakar, Senegal. In the afternoons, ...

2020 National Farmers’ Day Launched

2020 National Farmers’ Day Launched

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September 29, 2020
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The 2020 National Farmers’ Day has been launched by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture ...

Promote smart agriculture in the media to attract the youth - FRI By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji It is a known fact most young people are usually not interested in take farming or agriculture as a job partly or largely due to their perception of farming being antiquated, laborious and unprofitable. Engaging youth in agriculture has been a prominent topic recently and has risen up the development agenda, as there is growing concern worldwide that young people have become disenchanted with agriculture. With most young people – around 85% – living in developing countries, where agriculture is likely to provide the main source of income it is vital that young people are connected with farming. According to a report by Farm radio International (FRI), the promotion or the airing of entertaining and educative agricultural programs on TV and radio can change youths’ negative perceptions about agriculture and attract them to farming. The report affirms that the early exposure of children to facets of the agricultural value chain other than crop production, including entrepreneurship, using ICTs, and home-based processing, can encourage youths to go into agriculture. According to Farm radio, there is a potential to draw youth to agriculture by modernizing farming by taking advantage of ICT innovations and mechanization to improve agronomic practices, increase yields, connect farmers to buyers by phone or online, and increase revenues. As the world celebrate world Youth Day, FRI advised NGOs and governments to fund and incubate great agricultural innovations and businesses that add value and attract more youth into agriculture and not forgetting to facilitate youth access to farmland. It further states that while veteran farmers can help train emerging youth farmers on their agronomic skills, training it is more effective when conducted by youth who are already practicing agribusiness, who can act as new farmers’ main source of information. Potential youth farmers should be abreast with the following to enable them venture into agriculture: • The opportunities that exist across the full agricultural value chain. • How to market their farm produce and popularize their agricultural innovations. • How to use the media to promote their agricultural activities. • How to process raw agricultural produce in line with safety regulations. • How to handle harvested produce to prevent post-harvest losses. • How to identify opportunities to help fund their new agricultural ventures. • The high-value crops to grow to maximize their earnings. • How to capitalize on existing partnerships in agribusiness • How to make use of existing innovative technologies in agribusiness. Source: Farm Radio International. (From its backgrounder report issued to commemorate world youth day on the 12 of August, 2021)

Nigeria to attract youths into agriculture through mechanised farming

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September 25, 2020
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Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology says the Federal government of Nigeria is working on plans to mechanise ...

Cocoa production forecast to fall by one-third

Producer Price of Cocoa increased to GHS660 per bag

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September 24, 2020
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President Akufo-Addo has announced a new producer price for Cocoa for the 2020/2021 crop season. The government has pegged the ...

I went into farming right after Senior Secondary school and have not regretted- 30-year-Old farmer.

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September 22, 2020
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Mr. Bright Katamani completed Senior Secondary school some years ago and when he realized his parents had little funds to ...

Nkoranza North District distributes 200,000 cashew seedlings to 2,600 farmers

Nkoranza North District distributes 200,000 cashew seedlings to 2,600 farmers

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September 18, 2020
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The District Chief Executive for Nkoranza North in the Bono East Region, Hon. Gifty Arkosah Author has today through the ...

The AGRF Virtual Summit 2020: A Call to Action to use Africa’s strength – its Agriculture Sector – to build back stronger from COVID-19

The AGRF Virtual Summit 2020: A Call to Action to use Africa’s strength – its Agriculture Sector – to build back stronger from COVID-19

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September 16, 2020
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Four days, 10,400 voices, speaking to the need for inclusive agricultural transformation. Farmers, Presidents, entrepreneurs, and others coming together around ...

Virtual 2020 AGRF to host a Presidential Summit on final day of forum

Virtual 2020 AGRF to host a Presidential Summit on final day of forum

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September 11, 2020
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The 10th annual Alliance for Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) comes to an end today with a high level presidential discussion ...

AGRA mobilizes private sector for agricultural investment opportunities at 2020 African Green Revolution Forum

AGRA mobilizes private sector for agricultural investment opportunities at 2020 African Green Revolution Forum

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August 28, 2020
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The 2020 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) will be held under the leadership of H.E. President Paul Kagame and the ...

Group farming yields positive results – Tanzania

Over 100,000 farmers benefit from OCP Africa’s Agribooster Programme

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August 27, 2020
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OCP Africa, in a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has increased its efforts to support ...

Ghana’s Ambassador to China calls for tariff-free entry of Ghana’s cocoa products into Chinese market

Ghana’s Ambassador to China calls for tariff-free entry of Ghana’s cocoa products into Chinese market

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August 23, 2020
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Ghana’s cocoa products will soon enjoy zero tariffs on China’s market should everything go as planned. This is according to ...

Stakeholders meet to improve food and nutrition security in Ghana

Ghana’s food production bounces back after Covid-19 challenges – MoFA

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August 21, 2020
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Ghana has recovered from the initial drawback in food production as a result of the COVID-19   pandemic, avoiding an imminent ...

GIZ ComCashew Supports Ministry of Food and Agriculture with COVID 19 PPES

GIZ ComCashew Supports Ministry of Food and Agriculture with COVID 19 PPES

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August 13, 2020
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Wednesday, at a short ceremony in Accra  received some Covid-19 PPEs and sanitary ...

Malom Foods and farm manoeuvring through COVID-19 Times

Malom Foods and farm manoeuvring through COVID-19 Times

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August 9, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The effect of Covid-19 on farming across the length of breadth of the country is ...

“High Standards in Food Production vital”– Malom Foods CEO

“High Standards in Food Production vital”– Malom Foods CEO

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August 9, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The agric sector could be more productive and lucrative, if authorities ensured high standards are ...

Making Judicious use of farmlands- The story of Malom Foods

Making Judicious use of farmlands- The story of Malom Foods

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August 9, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Malom Foods started as a backyard farm in 2014 at Dodowa in the Greater Accra ...

China encroaching Africans fishing territories.

China encroaching Africans fishing territories.

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August 8, 2020
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China appears to be launching a significant expansion of its distant water fishing fleet around the world and most notably ...

Making Judicious use of farmlands- The story of Malom Foods

How farmers and processors in West Africa are impacted by Covid-19

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August 6, 2020
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The farming season is underway in much of West Africa and farmers are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 in new ...

President Akufo-Addo inspects Akro Farms

President Akufo-Addo inspects Akro Farms

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August 5, 2020
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has on Tuesday August 4 visited Akro Farms Ltd., a 1-District1-Factory (1D1F) initiative at Apasare, ...

COCOBOD to purchase electronic weighing scales to prevent LBCs from cheating farmers

COCOBOD to purchase electronic weighing scales to prevent LBCs from cheating farmers

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August 5, 2020
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The Ghana COCOBOD says it is importing electronic weighing scales for Cocoa License Buying companies to prevent the tampering of ...

Ghana may loose on AfCFTA if measures are not taken  to upgrade marketing of agricultural produce – United Purpose Ghana

Ghana may loose on AfCFTA if measures are not taken to upgrade marketing of agricultural produce – United Purpose Ghana

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July 26, 2020
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By Gidean Kwame Sarkodie Osei Raymond Yaotse, Project Manager of United Purpose Ghana’s Partnership for Accelerated Local Economic Development in ...

Northern region to get a new shea nut processing factory at Nasia

Northern region to get a new shea nut processing factory at Nasia

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July 26, 2020
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The McDan Foundation has broken the ground for the construction of shea nut processing factory and warehouse at Nasia in ...

Guzakuza has launched crowdfunding platforms to raise capital to support 100 women in Agribusiness in Africa.

Guzakuza has launched crowdfunding platforms to raise capital to support 100 women in Agribusiness in Africa.

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July 22, 2020
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By: agrighanaonline.com The initiative which was outdoored yesterday on Zoom will help mobilize funds via gofundme, Alexpay & Facebook to ...

500 poultry farmers in the Central region receives government support

Gov’t takes steps to restrain the projected $3b annual loss to vegetable production

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July 19, 2020
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  The Agric Minister is worried about vegetable production in the country losing out on a projected $3 billion annually. ...

Togo: Processing cashews to increase value

Ghana’s cashew processing sector benefits positively from Covid-19– MOFA

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July 18, 2020
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says the Covid-19 pandemic has positively impacted Ghana’s cashew processing sector. MOFA says seven ...

Impact of Covid-19 on food security in Ghana and way forward

Inflation rate for June inched up slightly on the back of food price increases

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July 16, 2020
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Demeter Ghana scaling up its commitments to the Ghanaian farmer.

Demeter Ghana scaling up its commitments to the Ghanaian farmer.

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July 16, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Demeter Ghana Limited is an agricultural focused company, committed to providing agricultural solutions to farmers. ...

I never used chemical fertilisers but I excelled – 2017 2nd National best farmer

Abuontem to get maize factory under One-District One-Factory

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July 16, 2020
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The Asante Mampong Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Thomas Appiah Kubi, has cut a sod for the construction of a maize ...

Assinman Cocoa Farmers call for action to address deforestation

Assinman Cocoa Farmers call for action to address deforestation

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July 15, 2020
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The Chairman of the Assinman Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative and Marketing Union Limited (AMCOFUL), Mr Theophilus Tamakloe,  has called for a ...

1,300 Outboard Motors to be distributed to Fisherfolks

1,300 Outboard Motors to be distributed to Fisherfolks

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July 14, 2020
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The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) said there would be no closed season this year due to the ...

Circular runways could revolutionize how planes takeoff and land

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July 13, 2020
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Dropcap the popularization of the “ideal measure” has led to advice such as “Increase font size for large screens and ...

District Assembly to acquire machinery to boost agri-business

District Assembly to acquire machinery to boost agri-business

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July 13, 2020
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The Asene Manso Akroso District Assembly is to acquire equipment to add value to agriculture produce under the Planting for ...

Traveling with a second language is a life savior

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July 12, 2020
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Intro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on measure and its relationship to how ...

Women in Shea butter production get support from GEPA

Women in Shea butter production get support from GEPA

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July 11, 2020
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The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has procured and presented 1,260 protective working clothing to a women’s group in the ...

The youth urged to venture into coconut farming

The youth urged to venture into coconut farming

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July 10, 2020
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The District Chief Executive of Adaklu has urged the youths of the community and the Volta Region at large to ...

Cashew farming threats to farmlands -Agric Ministry intervenes

Cashew farming threats to farmlands -Agric Ministry intervenes

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July 9, 2020
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The rapid production growth of cashew in the country, especially within the forest-transition zone, is consuming sizeable farmlands and thus ...

Government urged to fix bad roads in farming areas

Government urged to fix bad roads in farming areas

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July 9, 2020
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Commodity price survey Service Company, Esoko Ghana, has reiterated the need for government to be deliberate about fixing roads leading ...

Stakeholders meet to improve food and nutrition security in Ghana

Toxic chemicals are being used to beautify food on sale in African markets – Quartz Africa Report

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July 9, 2020
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Toxic chemicals are being used by food sellers across Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the look of meat and fish, scientists ...

Ministry of Food and Agriculture and Global Affairs Canada announced a GHC 2.5 million pilot support to Women’s Farmer-Based Organizations (WFBOs)

Ministry of Food and Agriculture and Global Affairs Canada announced a GHC 2.5 million pilot support to Women’s Farmer-Based Organizations (WFBOs)

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July 3, 2020
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the Ministry of Local Governance and Rural Development (MLGRD) on Friday 26th June, 2020 ...

Upfield Foods, Launches ‘A Better Plant-Based Future’ Initiative

Upfield Foods, Launches ‘A Better Plant-Based Future’ Initiative

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July 1, 2020
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Upfield Foods, the largest plant-based consumer products company in the world, has launched a new initiative and global advocacy platform ...

We are committed to sustaining food security amidst COVID-19 – CSIR

We are committed to sustaining food security amidst COVID-19 – CSIR

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July 1, 2020
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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, says it is collaborating with allied institutions to improve food processing to ...

Why some locally processed rice still have stones – Nigerian Expert explains

Rice shortage imminent; support farmers to boost production – PFAG warns

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July 1, 2020
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The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, PFAG, has warned that the country could suffer rice shortage this year following the ...

Marine Scientist calls for sustainable management of aquaculture sector

Marine Scientist calls for sustainable management of aquaculture sector

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July 1, 2020
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A Lecturer of Marine Geochemistry at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences of the University of Ghana, Dr. Edem ...

Tuobodom: Tomato farmers make gains as border closure curtails importation from Burkina Faso

Tuobodom: Tomato farmers make gains as border closure curtails importation from Burkina Faso

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July 1, 2020
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It appears that inasmuch as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many economic activities and led to job losses, other sectors ...

Ghana Cocoa Board, AfDB and financial partners celebrate first $200 million disbursement of loan to boost cocoa productivity in Ghana.

Ghana Cocoa Board, AfDB and financial partners celebrate first $200 million disbursement of loan to boost cocoa productivity in Ghana.

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June 27, 2020
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Ghana supplies 70% of all cocoa beans imported into Japan and cocoa is seen as one of the nation’s ...

Implement ECOWAS Veterinary Pharmaceutical Protocol in livestock sector – Women in Poultry Value Chain

Implement ECOWAS Veterinary Pharmaceutical Protocol in livestock sector – Women in Poultry Value Chain

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June 24, 2020
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Source: Joy Business   The Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC) has called for the speedy implementation of the ECOWAS Veterinary Pharmacy ...

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Government to increase price of Cocoa this year – Cocobod CEO

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June 21, 2020
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Boahene Aidoo has hinted of conclusive discussions with President ...

Nigeria: Farmers dry tomatoes to reduce post-harvest losses

Nigeria: Farmers dry tomatoes to reduce post-harvest losses

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June 12, 2020
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In Nigeria’s Kano state, some tomato farmers slice and dry fresh tomatoes in the sun to avoid losing so many ...

Mechanized farming, sure way to solve Ghana’s unemployment – Engineer Archen

Mechanized farming, sure way to solve Ghana’s unemployment – Engineer Archen

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June 12, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Mr. Ben Archen, a Ghanaian born electrical engineer who is currently living in Germany has ...

Covid-19- Dealers in Livestock lament impact on their business

Covid-19- Dealers in Livestock lament impact on their business

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June 12, 2020
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Players in the livestock industry are calling on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to initiate long-term policies to ensure ...

Sugarcane farmers seek Gov’t support ahead of Sugar Factory reopening

Sugarcane farmers seek Gov’t support ahead of Sugar Factory reopening

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June 12, 2020
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Sugarcane growers at Komenda in the Central Region, are calling on government to support them financially to grow more sugarcane ...

Work on cassava processing factory for Ketu South begins in two weeks

Work on cassava processing factory for Ketu South begins in two weeks

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June 12, 2020
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Construction works will start on a six-acre land at Gbedzekope in the Akame Electoral Area for a Cassava Processing Factory ...

Oil palm to receive a boost in Sekyere South District.

Oil palm to receive a boost in Sekyere South District.

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June 12, 2020
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Agric officers at Agona in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region have begun processes to add value to ...

Covid-19 hit hard on charcoal trade in Koforidua

Covid-19 hit hard on charcoal trade in Koforidua

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June 11, 2020
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Charcoal selling in the Koforidua Municipality has drastically gone down due to covid-19 Pandemic and the partial lockdown that was ...

Watermelon farmers in Nkoranza north and south cry of rotten produce due to lack of market

Watermelon farmers in Nkoranza north and south cry of rotten produce due to lack of market

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June 8, 2020
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By: Nana Agyapong, Nkoranza Watermelon farmers in Nkoranza north and south in the Bono east region are crying bitterly due ...

We need marketing opportunities. – 2018 national best farmer calls on government

We need marketing opportunities. – 2018 national best farmer calls on government

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June 8, 2020
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By Nana Agyapong, Nkoranza The 2018 national best farmer, Mr James Obeng Boateng has commended the government for the various ...

I never used chemical fertilisers but I excelled – 2017 2nd National best farmer

Farming is the most Lucrative job – CEO of Okata Farms

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June 6, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji With the stress and money invested in farming and the several reported challenges associated with ...

I never used chemical fertilisers but I excelled – 2017 2nd National best farmer

I never used chemical fertilisers but I excelled – 2017 2nd National best farmer

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June 6, 2020
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By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji “Even before I became a professional farmer, I had said to myself "I wouldn't be ...

80% Agribusinesses Hit Hard By COVID-19

80% Agribusinesses Hit Hard By COVID-19

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June 3, 2020
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Over 80 per cent of agribusinesses in Ghana confirm that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a toll on their operations ...

$500m Earmarked For Food Security

$500m Earmarked For Food Security

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June 3, 2020
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The World Bank Group approved today a US$500 million program to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight ...

Egg producers call for gov’t support as COVID-19 slows down patronage

Egg producers call for gov’t support as COVID-19 slows down patronage

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June 2, 2020
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The Ghana National Poultry Farmers Association is calling on government to design a special package for poultry farmers engaged ...

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COCOBOD gives over 90,000 bags of fertilizers to farmers in Western North

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June 2, 2020
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) has presented a total of 99,468 bags ...

Akomadan vegetable farmers participate in a promotional trial of improved varieties

Akomadan vegetable farmers participate in a promotional trial of improved varieties

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June 1, 2020
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Vegetable farmers at Akomadan in the Offinso North District, have participated in a small farmer group meeting to observe the ...

Meet the 22-year-old graduate farmer

Meet the 22-year-old graduate farmer

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May 28, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji / agrighanaonline.com He pursued Agricultural Technology and majored in Agronomy at the University of Development ...

500 poultry farmers in the Central region receives government support

ADB to support poultry farmers with GHS 500m to reduce chicken import

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May 21, 2020
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By:agrighanaonline.com As part of efforts to help strengthen Ghana’s livestock sector, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), has announced a 500 ...

Togo: Processing cashews to increase value

Jaman North: Cashew prices drop as COVID-19 slows down export

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May 20, 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic has almost not spared any sector of the world’s economy. In Ghana, the agric sector has also ...

Going for a loan to start farming is risky– Farmer advises

Going for a loan to start farming is risky– Farmer advises

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May 13, 2020
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In as much as he encourages the youth to delve into farming and agriculture in general, renowned actor, farmer, and ...

COCOBOD CEO decries destruction of cocoa farms by illegal miners

COCOBOD CEO decries destruction of cocoa farms by illegal miners

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May 12, 2020
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  The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, is appealing to the country’s security forces to pursue ...

Peasant Farmers call for a long-term plan to protect farmers from shocks after COVID-19

Peasant Farmers call for a long-term plan to protect farmers from shocks after COVID-19

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May 12, 2020
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The Ghana Peasant Farmers Association, has advised government to have a long-term plan to cushion farmers against unforeseen circumstances and ...

Journalists group launches an initiative to promote the Cashew sector

Journalists group launches an initiative to promote the Cashew sector

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May 12, 2020
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By: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei The  Ghana Agricultural  and  Rural  Development  Journalists Association  (GARDJA)  has  launched  an advocacy  initiative  to ...

First Organic Agriculture Act Introduced In India

Building food security during the pandemic

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May 10, 2020
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By TONY BLAIR, AGNES KALIBATA (AGRA) Protecting food supply chains is the key missing component of an effective COVID-19 strategy. Global ...

Nigeria: Farmers adopt recommended practices to manage late blight in Irish potato

Malawi: COVID-19 social distancing measures disrupt markets and farmers’ income

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May 10, 2020
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Mrs Ida Maganga is a farmer who grows potatoes and tomatoes in Dedza district, Malawi. The 35-year-old mother of is ...

COVID-19: RMG Ghana offers support package to farmers

COVID-19: RMG Ghana offers support package to farmers

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May 8, 2020
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By:agrighanaonline.com One of the major companies in Ghana’s agriculture industry, RMG Ghana Limited, has announced a 100,000 cedis support package ...

Vegetable exporters lament over 100% rise in cost of freight due to COVID-19

Vegetable exporters lament over 100% rise in cost of freight due to COVID-19

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May 8, 2020
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The Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association of Ghana is lamenting the over 100% increase in the cost of exporting their ...

Senegal: Female entrepreneur makes improved storage containers with plastic waste

Senegal: Female entrepreneur makes improved storage containers with plastic waste

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May 1, 2020
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One of the major challenge facing rural farmers has to do with storage of their produce. Without the proper and ...

500 poultry farmers in the Central region receives government support

Uganda: COVID-19 ban on livestock markets makes life difficult for chicken farmer

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April 30, 2020
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Mr. Geoffrey Komakech is a poultry farmer in Uganda’s Gulu district who has taken up construction work for extra income. ...

Agric sector slips again despite PFJ intervention

Agric sector slips again despite PFJ intervention

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April 29, 2020
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For two years running the country’s agriculture sector has experienced declines in growth, despite an impressive performance in 2017 after ...

Senegal: Community joins forces to stop deforestation

Senegal: Community joins forces to stop deforestation

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April 28, 2020
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Deforestation is a major issue in the most communities in Senegal. To show their commitment to defending forests, one of ...

Resurgence of ‘fall armyworms’ – Farmers warned

Resurgence of ‘fall armyworms’ – Farmers warned

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April 27, 2020
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By: Prince Karikari The Agric Ministry has cautioned farmers on the resurgence of Fall Armyworms in the country. The ministry ...

Supporting Smallholder Farmers with Low-Interest Loans is Key”- IFAD Director

IFAD approves $20m support for Ghana’s Agric sector amid COVID-19

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April 25, 2020
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By:agrighanaonline.com The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, has announced that the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, ...

COVID-19 -AGRA Donates  PPEs to support Agric extension officers

COVID-19 -AGRA Donates PPEs to support Agric extension officers

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April 24, 2020
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By: Bagbara Tanko (MoFA) The Covid-19 pandemic now entering its fourth month has sparked an unprecedented global health crisis that ...

Burkina Faso: School garden improves students’ nutrition and school performance

Burkina Faso: School garden improves students’ nutrition and school performance

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April 16, 2020
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Source: Farm Radio International About 500 students at Dano C primary school in the province of Ioba, in the ...

The woes of the Ghanaian farmer.

The woes of the Ghanaian farmer.

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April 15, 2020
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By: Yaw Asamoah   Farming is an ancient profession. In the olden days, farming was the major work of the ...

Fisheries collapsing as trawlers take young fish – Report reveals

Fisheries collapsing as trawlers take young fish – Report reveals

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April 9, 2020
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Ghana’s sardinella fishery provides food and livelihoods for coastal communities and is more important than ever as coronavirus spreads. It ...

Corona virus: Cashew farmers in Kintampo cry of negative impact

Corona virus: Cashew farmers in Kintampo cry of negative impact

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April 8, 2020
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By: Gideon Kwame Sakodie Osei  /Kintampo Cashew farmers in Kintampo say they have been impacted negatively due to global restrictions ...

Three cocoa farmer-cooperatives in Nkonya receives certificate to operate.

Three cocoa farmer-cooperatives in Nkonya receives certificate to operate.

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April 3, 2020
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As part of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) mandate to help Cocoa Farmers, COCOBOD has encouraged farmers in various cocoa-growing communities ...

Nigeria: Tomato farmers avoid glut in market by staggering plantings

Nigeria: Tomato farmers avoid glut in market by staggering plantings

by admin
April 1, 2020
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Staggering technique in tomato farming yields positive results in central Nigeria as farmers share their success stories. Mr. Jibril ...

Impact of Covid-19 on food security in Ghana and way forward

Impact of Covid-19 on food security in Ghana and way forward

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April 1, 2020
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By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Ghana recorded its first corona virus cases on March 12, 2020 involving a Norwegian Embassy ...

Nigeria: Transporting tomatoes in plastic crates improves shelf life and farmer income

Nigeria: Transporting tomatoes in plastic crates improves shelf life and farmer income

by admin
March 31, 2020
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Source: Farm radio International The use of the traditional baskets (The woven raffia baskets made from palm leaves and branches) ...

Farmer cries for support as Covid-19 hits hard

Farmer cries for support as Covid-19 hits hard

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March 30, 2020
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By Reuben Quainoo Chief Executive Officer for BEIT Farms Mr. Evans Larbi is asking the Ministry of Food and Agriculture ...

CAG Press Release– Set Up Agriculture Disaster & Emergency Fund (COVID 19 Emergency Action).

CAG Press Release– Set Up Agriculture Disaster & Emergency Fund (COVID 19 Emergency Action).

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March 28, 2020
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The rapidly evolving situation with COVID-19 is raising uncertainty within Ghana’s economy; and the agriculture and Agribusiness sector cannot be ...

Women farmers in Pusiga district cry for irrigated dams for their farms

Women farmers in Pusiga district cry for irrigated dams for their farms

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March 18, 2020
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By: agrighanaonline.com/Source: Ghana Television For many years, women especially those in the northern parts of Ghana have taken to farming ...

Activating the rural economy, the role of irrigated rice farming.

Activating the rural economy, the role of irrigated rice farming.

by admin
March 18, 2020
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By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Agriculture’s role in advancing or transforming the economies of rural communities especially in providing jobs ...

1.4 million farmers to benefit from Planting For Food And Jobs in 2020 – Agric Minister

1.4 million farmers to benefit from Planting For Food And Jobs in 2020 – Agric Minister

by admin
March 15, 2020
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A total number of 1.4 million farmers are expected to benefit from the country Agriculture flagship programme, Planting for Food ...

Olam driving local rice production agenda in Ghana

Rice production increases in Northern Ghana

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March 13, 2020
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By: AGRA Ghana Testimonies of some rice farmers in the Northern Region indicates that there has been a tremendous increase ...

Bush Fire Destroys Rice Farms In Northern Regions

Over 170 Farms Lands in Atebubu Destroyed by Bushfires in Three Months

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March 6, 2020
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More than 170 farms have been destroyed by bushfires in the Atebubu Amantin Municipality in the Bono East Region of ...

Uganda: Financial Literacy Training Aids Coffee Farmers to Improve Revenue

Uganda: Financial Literacy Training Aids Coffee Farmers to Improve Revenue

by admin
March 4, 2020
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Ugandan farmer and mother of 14, Josephine Nalwadda, recently learned new methods that are helping this experienced farmer save more. ...

Care International Launches Digital Solutions For Agriculture

Care International Launches Digital Solutions For Agriculture

by admin
February 26, 2020
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By: Mabel Adorkor Annang As part of efforts to transform the agricultural sector digitally and improve on agricultural services in ...

Government Committed to Make Agriculture More Attractive – President Akufo Addo

Government Committed to Make Agriculture More Attractive – President Akufo Addo

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February 20, 2020
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By Linda  Dede Nyanya Godji The President of the republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has reiterated government’s ...

Young Social Entrepreneur to Revolutionize Farming in the Youth

Young Social Entrepreneur to Revolutionize Farming in the Youth

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February 19, 2020
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By  Gideon Kwame Sarkodie  Osei (Kintampo) In Kintampo, people have been farming since the dawn of time. Kintampo is a ...

New Agro Intervention Project Launched to Alleviate Poverty – Kintampo

New Agro Intervention Project Launched to Alleviate Poverty – Kintampo

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

Group farming yields positive results – Tanzania

Group farming yields positive results – Tanzania

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February 17, 2020
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Farming and learning in groups seem to be the best way to increased knowledge and income among small holder farmers ...

Nigeria to set up Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones across the country

Nigeria to set up Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones across the country

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February 17, 2020
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The Federal Government and the African Development Bank AfDB have commenced the setting up of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) ...

2,000 poultry farmers to start broiler module of RFJ programme

2,000 poultry farmers to start broiler module of RFJ programme

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February 17, 2020
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At least 2,000 poultry farmers have enrolled for the first phase of the broiler module of the ‘Rearing for Food ...

Côte d’Ivoire: Local beliefs challenge women’s access to farmland

Farmers In Tano North & South Cry Over Harmful Agro-Chemicals

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February 17, 2020
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Farmers in some communities in the Tano North and South Municipalities of the Ahafo Region, are lamenting the influx of ...

Cashew farmers urged to adopt best practices

Cashew farmers urged to adopt best practices

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February 15, 2020
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The Project Manager for the Bono-Asante Atea cashew Project Dr. Anthony Augustus Mainoo is asking cashew farmers in the Wenchi ...

The Global Organic Market Passes 100 Billion US Dollars

The Global Organic Market Passes 100 Billion US Dollars

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February 13, 2020
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The market research company, Ecovia Intelligence, estimates the global organic market continues to grow worldwide and has passed the 100 ...

Promote smart agriculture in the media to attract the youth - FRI By Linda Dede Nyanya Godji It is a known fact most young people are usually not interested in take farming or agriculture as a job partly or largely due to their perception of farming being antiquated, laborious and unprofitable. Engaging youth in agriculture has been a prominent topic recently and has risen up the development agenda, as there is growing concern worldwide that young people have become disenchanted with agriculture. With most young people – around 85% – living in developing countries, where agriculture is likely to provide the main source of income it is vital that young people are connected with farming. According to a report by Farm radio International (FRI), the promotion or the airing of entertaining and educative agricultural programs on TV and radio can change youths’ negative perceptions about agriculture and attract them to farming. The report affirms that the early exposure of children to facets of the agricultural value chain other than crop production, including entrepreneurship, using ICTs, and home-based processing, can encourage youths to go into agriculture. According to Farm radio, there is a potential to draw youth to agriculture by modernizing farming by taking advantage of ICT innovations and mechanization to improve agronomic practices, increase yields, connect farmers to buyers by phone or online, and increase revenues. As the world celebrate world Youth Day, FRI advised NGOs and governments to fund and incubate great agricultural innovations and businesses that add value and attract more youth into agriculture and not forgetting to facilitate youth access to farmland. It further states that while veteran farmers can help train emerging youth farmers on their agronomic skills, training it is more effective when conducted by youth who are already practicing agribusiness, who can act as new farmers’ main source of information. Potential youth farmers should be abreast with the following to enable them venture into agriculture: • The opportunities that exist across the full agricultural value chain. • How to market their farm produce and popularize their agricultural innovations. • How to use the media to promote their agricultural activities. • How to process raw agricultural produce in line with safety regulations. • How to handle harvested produce to prevent post-harvest losses. • How to identify opportunities to help fund their new agricultural ventures. • The high-value crops to grow to maximize their earnings. • How to capitalize on existing partnerships in agribusiness • How to make use of existing innovative technologies in agribusiness. Source: Farm Radio International. (From its backgrounder report issued to commemorate world youth day on the 12 of August, 2021)

Over 71.5 Million Hectares of Farmland Are Organic – 2018 FiBL-IFOAM Report

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February 13, 2020
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The latest global data on organic farming worldwide indicates that the global organic area continues to grow and as at ...

Bush Fire Destroys Rice Farms In Northern Regions

Bono East Region lost 150 Maize Farms to Bush fires in 2019

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February 12, 2020
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Data from the authorities in the Bono East region shows that more than 150 maize farms have been razed down ...

Togo: Processing cashews to increase value

Cashew Nut Export Tops Ghana’s Non-Traditional Export in 2018

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February 12, 2020
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Ghana earned $378 million from the exportation of 110 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in 2018. The amount represented 43 ...

20th World Organic Congress scheduled for September 2020 in France

20th World Organic Congress scheduled for September 2020 in France

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February 10, 2020
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The Organic World Congress (OWC) is held every three years involving thousands of organic farmers, producers, researchers, advocates and policy ...

Sugar Cane Juice Earns Farmer more Revenue- Kenya

Sugar Cane Juice Earns Farmer more Revenue- Kenya

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February 6, 2020
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A Kenyan sugar cane farmer, Mr. Joseph Onsinyo noted that adding value to his produce has earn him more revenue ...

Chiefs In Nkoranza Determined To Support Farmers To Get Right Prices For Their Produce.

Chiefs In Nkoranza Determined To Support Farmers To Get Right Prices For Their Produce.

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February 6, 2020
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By Nana Agyapong (Nkoranza) The chiefs in Nkoranza have pledge their support to ensure farmers especially maize farmers within their ...

How to control pest and diseases on your farm – FAO

How to control pest and diseases on your farm – FAO

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February 4, 2020
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Plant pests and diseases destroy up to 40% of food crops every ...

Tanzania – How a Banana Farmer Makes Money From Her Produce

Tanzania – How a Banana Farmer Makes Money From Her Produce

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February 4, 2020
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Theresia Mushi, a middle age farmer In Tanzania has been growing several banana varieties since 2011 and sells the raw ...

First Organic Agriculture Act Introduced In India

First Organic Agriculture Act Introduced In India

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February 1, 2020
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The Governor of Uttarakhand has approved the Organic Agriculture Act (2019). With this act, Uttarakhand has now become the first ...

H.E President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo commissioned a Greenhouse capacity building and commercial centre in Akumada

H.E President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo commissioned a Greenhouse capacity building and commercial centre in Akumada

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February 1, 2020
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H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, President of the Republic Of Ghana, On Wednesday 29th January 2020 commissioned the Akumadan Greenhouse ...

Solidaridad launches program to boost oil palm production

Solidaridad launches program to boost oil palm production

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January 28, 2020
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Solidaridad has officially launched the National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS) Program in Ghana aimed at ...

COCOBOD to submit written-off values of expired products to Parliament.

Cocobod procures 100,000 slashers to improve cocoa quality

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January 28, 2020
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has taken delivery of 100,000 pieces of motorised slashers to be distributed to cocoa farmers ...

Agric Extension Officers Embrace Warehouse Receipt System

Agric Extension Officers Embrace Warehouse Receipt System

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January 28, 2020
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Agriculture Extension Officers within the Sissala East and West Municipal Assemblies of the Upper West Region are optimistic that, the ...

Network of farmers to receive support from 4 major corporate donors

Network of farmers to receive support from 4 major corporate donors

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January 25, 2020
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By News Desk Four major international sponsors of agribusiness are at various stages of supporting B-BOVID’s network of farmers to ...

Cassava Farmer tells how she boosts income from adding value to produce

Cassava Farmer tells how she boosts income from adding value to produce

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January 25, 2020
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Mrs. Joyce Otim, a cassava farmer in Uganda has stated that Cassava without value addition fetches little money. For this ...

Cassava Farmer tells how she boosts income from adding value to produce

Uganda: Women-led cassava farmer groups undergo training on value addition

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January 24, 2020
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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 farmer boosts income by hatching keets in incubator

A 30-year-old farmer boosts income by hatching keets in incubator

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January 23, 2020
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A 30-year-old mother, Suraya Bawa, who has converted her old building into a poultry house for the rearing of guinea ...

UAE firm ‘to grow a tonne of tomatoes a day’ in the desert

UAE firm ‘to grow a tonne of tomatoes a day’ in the desert

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January 15, 2020
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UAE residents will soon be able to buy fresher produce after plans were unveiled to grow a tonne of tomatoes ...

Why some locally processed rice still have stones – Nigerian Expert explains

Why some locally processed rice still have stones – Nigerian Expert explains

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January 14, 2020
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The President of Paddy Rice Dealers Association of Nigeria (PRIDAN), Muhammad Auwal has said that most farmers in the rural areas are ...

Growing Organic potatoes at home

Growing Organic potatoes at home

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January 14, 2020
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Generally, entertaining the thought of home grown food is given a pass due to the space crunch in modern urban ...

What do you know about Pineapples?

What do you know about Pineapples?

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January 14, 2020
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Pineapples are nutritious and delicious, and can be processed into several different foods that are easier to store or sell ...

Using Agricultural waste as fertilizers – Delhi Students innovate

Using Agricultural waste as fertilizers – Delhi Students innovate

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January 14, 2020
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The national capital of India, Delhi is mostly characterized by immense air pollution and one of the reasons was the ...

Using banana stems to grow vegetables – Organic farming innovation

Using banana stems to grow vegetables – Organic farming innovation

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January 13, 2020
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As the call for organic farming increase, people are coming up with innovative ways of farming especially in rural agriculture ...

Agritech West Africa 2020 launched

Agritech West Africa 2020 launched

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January 12, 2020
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The agriculture sector in recent years has appreciated significantly with the introduction of agronomical practices, improved seeds, technology and many ...

Solar-powered rice mills dispatched to four farming areas

Solar-powered rice mills dispatched to four farming areas

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January 10, 2020
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The government has dispatched solar-powered rice mills to four strategic rice farming areas to address the problem of inadequate capacity ...

Bush Fire Destroys Rice Farms In Northern Regions

Ghana’s 2019 best maize farmer loses 31- acres of maize farm to fire

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January 10, 2020
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Mr John Dimah, the 2019 National Best maize farmer has lost 31 acres of his maize farmland to fire in ...

Agro Industrialisation is key to Achieve Economic Transformation

Agro Industrialisation is key to Achieve Economic Transformation

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January 8, 2020
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The Managing Director, AgroNigeria, Mr Richard-Mark Mbaram, says agro industrialisation is key to achieving economic transformation, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), ...

No cassava import from China-MoFA clarifies

Rwanda: Farmers in need get free disease-resistant cassava

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January 7, 2020
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Jean Paul Sebarera had given up on growing cassava after brown streak disease, known locally as kabore, devastated plantations in ...

Tanzania: Pastoralists use weather information to plan livestock feeding

Tanzania: Pastoralists use weather information to plan livestock feeding

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January 7, 2020
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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 ...

Nigeria: Farmers adopt recommended practices to manage late blight in Irish potato

Nigeria: Farmers adopt recommended practices to manage late blight in Irish potato

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January 7, 2020
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This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from The Deutsche Gesellscaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GjbH (GIZ) ...

Strategic partnerships and collaborations  key in disseminating agricultural innovations- Dr. Dixon

Strategic partnerships and collaborations key in disseminating agricultural innovations- Dr. Dixon

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January 6, 2020
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The Director of the Development and Delivery Office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Alfred Dixon, has ...

Closed Fishing Season: We’re Considering Calls For Extension – Afoley Quaye

Closed Fishing Season: We’re Considering Calls For Extension – Afoley Quaye

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January 3, 2020
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The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development says government is considering an extension of the closed fishing season. According to ...

Revise new fishing license Fee — Fisheries Commission told

Revise new fishing license Fee — Fisheries Commission told

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January 3, 2020
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The Fisheries Commission has been urged to reduce the announced increase in fishing license fees for the operation of ...

Prof. Eric Danquah to serve on board of new $25m USAID food security initiative

Prof. Eric Danquah to serve on board of new $25m USAID food security initiative

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January 2, 2020
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Director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) at the University of Ghana, Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, has ...

Mass Immunisation Of Tilapia Farms Ongoing – Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministry

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January 2, 2020
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As part of drastic measures designed to fight against the spread of the Infectious Spleen and Kidney Virus diseases in ...

Household farmers in Columbia’s drought prone community (La Guajira), receive support to boost food production.

Household farmers in Columbia’s drought prone community (La Guajira), receive support to boost food production.

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January 1, 2020
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Farmers in one of Columbia’s most vulnerable community have undergone training to be able to yield results in crop production ...

Bush Fire Destroys Rice Farms In Northern Regions

Bush Fire Destroys Rice Farms In Northern Regions

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December 31, 2019
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Some rice farmers in Northern Ghana are counting their losses as bush fire ravages hundreds of acres of their rice ...

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Women Farmers attend annual farmers’ conference in Accra

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December 30, 2019
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Women farmers have been urged to take advantage of the various Government initiatives in agriculture to contribute their quota to ...

IITA Commended For Its Efforts On Digital Agriculture

IITA Commended For Its Efforts On Digital Agriculture

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December 30, 2019
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Policymakers comprising commissioners of agriculture, permanent secretaries and program managers of Agricultural Development Programs (ADPs) in Nigeria have lauded efforts ...

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Fishermen Appeal To Gov’t For Support

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December 30, 2019
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National President of the Ghana Inshore Fisheries Association, Mr. Joseph Nii Armah Quaye is calling on the government to support ...

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Dissolve Premix Fuel Committees–Fishermen To Gov’t

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December 30, 2019
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Fishermen across the coastal parts of the country are calling on the government to dissolve all the committees that sell ...

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Government to provide subsidy for acqua-culture – Farmer appeals

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December 21, 2019
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Mr Benjamin Ofori, the Farm Manager of Bridge Waters Farm at Suhum in the Eastern Region, has appealed to the ...

Olam driving local rice production agenda in Ghana

Rice farmers in Senegal want to change the reputation of local rice

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December 18, 2019
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Ibrahima Ly is a big rice producer in northern Senegal, growing irrigated rice in the Senegal River Valley. But Mr. ...

2018 National Farmers Day Award Winners on a week-long training tour to Casablanca, Morocco.

2018 National Farmers Day Award Winners on a week-long training tour to Casablanca, Morocco.

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December 18, 2019
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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture in collaboration with the Scholarship Secretariat  sponsored the 2018 National Farmers Day Award Winners ...

Rice importation to be ban by 2022 – MoFA

Rice importation to be ban by 2022 – MoFA

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December 18, 2019
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Government has set an ambitious target to ban the importation of rice by 2022, to boost local rice production for ...

Major Rice importer Sucryza distributors joins the Ghana rice campaign.

Major Rice importer Sucryza distributors joins the Ghana rice campaign.

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December 18, 2019
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As the campaign for the consumption of local rice intensifies, some rice importers are now getting involved although others are ...

Charles Gyamfi Awarded 2019 National Best Farmer

Charles Gyamfi Awarded 2019 National Best Farmer

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December 18, 2019
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A 58-year-old farmer, Charles Gyamfi from the Ahafo Region has been adjudged the 2019 National Best Farmer at a ceremony ...

Executive Policy needed to boost the rice sector in Ghana-Former Prez Kuffour.

Executive Policy needed to boost the rice sector in Ghana-Former Prez Kuffour.

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December 18, 2019
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Former President John Agyekum Kufuor is urging government to come up with an executive policy to improve the production and ...