Deputy ranking member on Parliament’s Food and Agriculture Committee, Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw, has urged African governments to work towards ...

Cocoa farmers are demanding a farm-gate price of GH¢1,380 for a 62.5kg bag of cocoa beans, a 72.5 percent increase ...

The Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) 2023 says Africa’s food system is failing to deliver sustainable and healthy diets to ...

The Africa Agriculture Status Report (AASR) 2023 has commended the Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing Scheme for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) for its ...

Founder of the Bamboo Bikes Initiative, Bernice Dapaah has won the Outstanding Value-adding Enterprise category award at the 2023 Women ...

A total of 31 warehouses, have been put up by the Alliance For a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in ...

Managing Director of the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF) Amath Pathe Sene says there is an urgent need to empower ...

AGRA president Dr. Agnes Kalibata says Africa must to end its dependence on imported fertilisers. Speaking during the opening ceremony ...

Ghana's agricultural landscape is about to witness a groundbreaking transformation as Acres Agriculture, a pioneering company, introduces the game-changing Acres ...

The Deputy Minister of food and Agriculture, Yaw Frimpong Addo, has advised the Ghana Association of Female Agricultural and Fish ...

As part of its efforts to help bring clarity on GM technology in Ghana and the status of work done ...

The majority of farmers in Northern Ghana earned less than GH₵500 per crop season from their respective food crop cultivation, ...

The Legacy Crop Improvement Centre has organised on-farm demonstrations in Fanteakwa North for its high-quality and locally adapted improved maize ...

ActionAid Ghana, a non-government organisation, says one of the reasons for youth unemployment in the country is their refusal to ...

Professor Ben Q. Honyenuga, the Vice-Chancellor of the Ho Technical University (HTU), has expressed worry about the current shortages of ...

Mr Kobina Tahir Hammond, Minister of Trade and Industry, has inaugurated a $10 million state-of-the-art cocoa pulp processing factory to ...

Mr Bryan Acheampong, the Minister of Food and Agriculture has inaugurated a nine-member committee to take stock of agricultural lands ...

Strategic Communication Africa Limited (STRATCOMM Africa) has announced its 11th edition of Ghana Garden and Flower Show (GGFS) grand opening on ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 28th August 2023, launched Phase Two of Government’s flagship programme on agriculture, “Planting ...

Mr Thomas Yao Atidepe, the assembly member for Torve Electoral Area within the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region ...

The Kosmos Innovation Centre (KIC) and its partners have hosted an Agricultural Innovation for Africa (AIA) Conference, a platform that ignites transformational dialogue to share insights on ...

The US Government, through the USAID-supported Feed the Future Ghana Mobilizing Finance in Agriculture (USAID MFA) Activity, under the COVID-19 ...

A recent study by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has shown youth representation in agriculture and farming is ...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), has launched Ricowas, a Project on scaling ...

Although the European Union’s (EU) ban on Ghana’s vegetable export was lifted in 2017, its impact is still being felt ...

Some onion sellers in Ghana are worried about possible shortages and price increase due to the Economic Community of West ...

Award for excellent public relations work on social media platforms – Award ceremony at Agritechnica 2023 – submission deadline September ...

Mr. Edward Kareweh, Secretary, General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU), has stated that the government’s contribution towards the agriculture sector continues ...

The country’s agricultural sector could see sustained growth if more tax-friendly policies are introduced, with data much more centralised and ...

In recent years, the country has been facing significant challenges in maize production due to irregular rainfall patterns; with extreme ...

Water for irrigation and agriculture activities at the Dawhenya Irrigation Facility is believed to have been heavily polluted – posing ...

The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) has exported its first chili in commercial quantity after the company ...

Deadline: 10th August, 2023 Smarter Climate Farmers Challenge is a call for solutions using climate-smart agriculture approaches to improve food ...

The Peasant farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has supported its members in the sorghum growing enclave around Paga, Navrongo, Garu ...

The government has disbursed the first carbon payments, under the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Programme (GCFRP) to the agreed programme ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Incoom Nigeria, with a population of over 200 million people, has the largest market in ...

Following recent news that the fight against hunger has stalled, a gathering of global leaders taking stock of progress made ...

Armyworms have invaded farms at Nabdam District in the Upper East Region and are destroying crops at a fast rate. ...

Guinness Ghana Breweries PLC and SNV Netherlands Development Organization have announced an initiative aimed at significantly enhancing sustainable production and ...

By Aimable Twahirwa Adeline Umukunzi, a 28-year-old woman mushroom farmer in Musanze, a district located about 100 km north of the ...

FAO-organized side event at HLPF focuses on the role of finance in promoting sustainable, resilient and inclusive agrifood systems FAO ...

Members of the National Food Suppliers Association have spent another night at the premises of the National Food Buffer Stock ...

Rice farmers and millers operating in irrigated schemes have expressed satisfaction about the varieties of improved seeds on the market ...

The National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG) has urged the government to host a stakeholder engagement to develop strategies to ...

Government through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) will soon launch phase-two of the Planting for Food and Jobs ...

The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo-led government will establish an ultra-modern Rice Mill at Asato near Kadjebi in the Kadjebi ...

The benchmark index of international food commodity prices declined again in June, led by price decreases for all major cereals ...

The National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG), the apex body of the seed value chain, has refuted claims of ...

Jospong Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to bring the latest and ...

Climate change policy implementation indecisions, including for galamsey and deforestation among others, are consistently creating gaps between policy and actions; ...

The International Symposium on Agricultural Transformation and Biotech Crops in Africa (ISATBCA) has underscored the importance of collaborative research in ...

Farmerline, a pioneering AgriTech company building lasting wealth for farmers across the globe, is proud to announce its selection by ...

Global Affairs Canada has reaffirmed its commitment to continue it partnership with Agrihouse Foundation in advancing, empowering and improving women ...

The government of Japan is investing an estimated US$600,000 into soya-bean production in a bid to improve the cereal’s entire ...

Scientists have found a new technology to extend shelf life and improve storage in food crops especially perishable vegetables like ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have launched a joint ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has pledged to support AGRA’s five-year strategy to transform agriculture in the country. ...

A group of selected officers of the Fisheries Commission of Ghana have been trained on fish health and biosecurity in ...

A few weeks after the setback inflicted by the High Court in London, the court of Tarascon (France) in turn ...

By:Confidence Koffie Morklah Climate change is said to affect the world’s water in complex ways. From unpredictable rainfall patterns to ...

By: Confidence Koffie Morklah Agriculture is an important sector of Ghana’s economy. It contributes to 54 % of Ghana's GDP, ...

Norpalm Ghana Limited, an agro-based -processing company, has distributed crude palm oil to 21 selected institutions in the Western Region. ...

Guzakuza, a social enterprise, has launched the 3rd edition of its African Women in Agribusiness Awards as part of the Women in Agribusiness ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Incoom Her passion for organic farming led her to pursue a career in agriculture. Millicent ...

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources and the Forestry Commission are leading the campaign to plant 10 million plants ...

Government has joined forces with OCP Group, a Moroccan company, to complete the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a US$1.3billion ...

The Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters (FAGE) has debunked claims that local mangoes marketers are injecting the fruits with ...

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has reaffirmed its commitment towards protecting and safeguarding ...

President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has commissioned the National Aquaculture Centre and Commercial Farms project in the Adentan Municipality of ...

The World Bank has granted a US$100million facility to boost production and improve the value chains of cashew, coconut and ...

A rice processing factory at Anto in the Shama district of the Western Region has been inaugurated by SNV Ghana ...

A new regulation to block foreigners from purchasing cashew nuts directly from the farmgate will soon be enforced to make ...

Deadline:14 June 2023, 13:00 CET The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) is accepting proposals for projects contributing to innovation ...

IRENA, supported by the United Arab Emirates, has established the NewGen Renewable Energy Accelerator (NewGen) programme to empower youth to ...

Deadline:June 15th, 2023.  The International Sustainability Academy (ISA) is a 9-month stipend & personal development program, where 13 Young Professionals ...

Summit Vision Microfinance has since 2021 disbursed over US$375,000 in working capital to cashew producers in the Offinso North district ...

Acute food insecurity is set to potentially increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots” comprising a total of ...

The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) Ghana – a project mainly funded by the European Union (EU), is seeking to ...

Key agriculture sector stakeholders – including the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), International Budget Partnership (IBP) and the Chamber ...

Mr John Bewuah Edusei, the newly appointed Vice President of Confederation for the Development of Poultry in Africa (CADA), has ...

The Ashanti Regional Department of Food and Agriculture in collaboration with New Okaff Industries Limited has sensitized farmers in the ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji/ Farm Radio Int. It’s a bright Wednesday morning and Asana Muah Bujanmie is wearing a ...

Mr Eliphas Barine, Kenyan High Commissioner to Ghana, has called on researchers and the academia to come out with local ...

The largely informal nature of the agriculture sector, which is a major contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) creates ...

Mrs Virginia Siebenrok, the Chief Food Safety Quality, World Food Programme (WFP), has urged Ghana to adopt a standard local ...

The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), an international public organisation, has assured the government of its commitment towards supporting the promotion ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has warned of a large-scale outbreak of the Moroccan Locust ...

A flagbearer hopeful of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said that the agriculture sector holds ...

Deadline:June 9, 2023 The Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture’s (CALA) Advanced Leadership Programme is a collaborative, hands-on, and tailored ...

The U.S. Government on April 26, 2023, hosted its first-ever “Women in Agribusiness” Summit. The event showcased investment opportunities in ...

Governments should promote the benefits of sourcing food from land-based animals but take into account challenges linked to livestock including ...

Agriculture plays a crucial role in Ghana’s economy, contributing significantly to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Despite its enormous ...

Ghana’s food production may drop this year and beyond due to the impact of climate change, Mr Bryan Acheampong, the ...

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, says African countries should strive to add value to ...

The three new taxes introduced by the government of Ghana in 2023 – the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act (Act 1095), ...

The Asian-African Consortium (AAC), a subsidiary of Jospong Group of Companies, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University ...

Madam Hawa Koomson, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, has disclosed that only 30 registered trawl fishing vessels in Ghana ...

The African Fertiliser and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) and West Africa Fertiliser Association (WAFA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...

By: Princess Ama Midekor She is a graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration(BBA) from the University of Professional Studies ...

Farmerline – one of the world’s leading agritech companies -has announced its expansion into francophone Africa with an official launch ...

Ghana Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL), USAID Ghana Trade and Investment Activity, VegPro Kenya, and other partners ...

Demeter Ghana Ltd., one of Ghana’s leading fertiliser manufacturer, has added on to its brands Polysulphate cocoa fertiliser – also ...

Agrihouse Foundation recently organised a highly successful and impactful sixth edition of its annual Agricultural Students’ Career Guidance & Mentorship ...

A study has found that farmer households in deprived areas with access to information infrastructure, have higher intake of nutritious ...

Producers of palm oil at Tafi Dekpor, a farming community in the Afadzato South District of the Volta region, are ...

Cocoa farmers at Anomawobidi and Wassa Manso in the Mpohor and Ahanta West Districts of the Western region, have welcomed ...

The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced its $500,000 Innovative Finance Grant ...

Agrifood systems are a major employer of women globally and constitute a more important source of livelihood for women than ...

Chinese investors are set to build the largest sugar producing factory in the country, around the Bui dam enclave in ...

Rehabilitation works have commenced on the Vea Water Supply Dam and Irrigation Scheme in the Bongo district of the Upper ...

The Tomato Traders and Transporters Association has commended the Ghana Police Service for providing security escorts on their business trips ...

Mr. Adam Muniru, Vice Chairman of Multi-Stakeholders Dialogue (MSD) has called on the government to establish an agricultural mechanization service ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has welcomed a $23.7 million contribution from the Government of ...

By: Gideon Kwame Sarkordie Osei The Ghana cluster of the AICCRA (Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa) project ...

By: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei The Ghana Meteorology Agency ( GMet) has presented the 2023 Annual Seasonal Forecast to Agriculture ...

The Regional Organizing Group for the Implementation of the One Country One Priority Product Initiative in Africa meets for the ...

The Crops Research Institute (CRI) under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has introduced a water- saving irrigation ...

About 70 per cent of poultry farms in the Dormaa Municipality have collapsed due to lack of soya beans and ...

Funds aim to provide time-critical emergency aid and livelihood support to build back self-reliance and protect the most vulnerable against ...

FAO’s Strategy on Climate Change 2022-31 supports countries to make agrifood systems more efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable Climate-smart agriculture ...

Reverend Dr Kwesi Nkum Wilson, the Principal of the Komenda College of Education, has appealed to the Ministry of Education ...

Mr King Kofi Faska, a catfish farmer and entrepreneur, has said that catfish farming has a lot of prospects as ...

USAID through its Feed the Future Innovation Lab for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss (PHLIL) has held a stakeholder handover ...

Three groups of students from the Department of Food Science and Technology, University for Development Studies (UDS) have won grants ...

Indian High Commissioner to Ghana, Sugandh Rajaram, has urged for greater cooperation between India and Ghana in the area of ...

Ghana will mark this year’s International Day of Forests (IDF) with a series of tree planting exercises across the country, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday commissioned an expanded tomato tin factory of the Gallina Blanca (GB) Foods, manufacturer of ...

World Vision Ghana’s project on Landscapes and Environment Agility across the Nation (LEAN) has nursed and distributed about 4,800 commercial ...

Even as global funding levels drop, agri-tech start-ups remain a key driver of investment in emerging markets as they work ...

 Government has been urged to increase investment for women in agriculture, to help them increase production and contribute significantly to ...

The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has called for a national conversation on “widespread” destruction of the country’s farmlands by ...

Deadline for application: May 31, 2023 The VALUE4HER Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards (WAYA) is an AGRA-led recognition initiative ...

USAID’s Feed the Future Ghana Mobilizing Finance in Agriculture (MFA) Activity, in collaboration with Ghana Resilience in Northern Ghana (RING ...

Some European Union-Ghana Agricultural Programme (EU-GAP)-assisted women farmers in the Upper West Region have said the impact of agricultural technology ...

FAO’s FAOSTAT data portal shows that Latin America and the Caribbean has the highest cost of a healthy diet compared ...

Heavy rains and hailstorms Saturday battered parts of the Volta Region, causing damage to property. The state-of-the-art rice mill and ...

Proper regulation, financial support and an increased subsidy on day-old chicks and other inputs are key to building a resilient ...

ActionAid Ghana has recommended that the Northern Development Authority (NDA) promotes agroecology and food sovereignty in northern parts of the ...

The just-ended Technical Education Development for Modernised Agriculture in Ghana (TEDMAG) project has transformed agriculture education at the tertiary level, ...

…the story behind Grow For Me In this era when the African continent is becoming more youthful and mobile technology ...

Government is resolved to invest US$684million into domestic rice production and processing as a pathway to self-sufficiency. The decision, which ...

Stakeholders in the agricultural seed production value chain have launched a tool to estimate prospective and current seed demand for ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has assured that it will ensure budgetary allocation for all agriculture colleges to keep ...

Paramount Chief of Salifu Krom, a farming community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region, Nana Amenyo Kwaku ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has lost GHS4.8 billion worth of investment in 35 hectares of cocoa farms ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), has honoured 15 visually impaired cocoa farmers from three cocoa-producing regions for their immense contribution ...

Mr Yaw Frimpong Addo, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, says the Ministry is working towards moving agriculture from smallholder, ...

The country’s food security balance sheet, according to data from the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG), has hit a negative ...

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in partnership with Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) distributed made-in-Ghana chocolates to over one thousand passengers who ...

Dr Joseph Kofi Abuh, the Greater Accra Regional Veterinary Officer, says the Government will soon pay some 138 poultry farmers ...

The second edition of the highly anticipated Agritech West Africa exhibition, along with Food & Beverage Ghana and FoodPack Tech ...

Cocoa farmers have been urged to take pruning of their farms seriously to help maximise crop yield and increase beans ...

His Majesty King Mohammed VI held on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace in Libreville, a meeting with His Excellency Ali ...

Stakeholders in the domestic piggery industry are threatening legal action which could result in a total import blockade on pork ...

The economy spent over GH¢6.8billion (equivalent to US$560million at current market rates) importing rice, a grain that can be produced ...

Agricultural crowdfunding platform Nserewa has set a target of supporting about 2,500 farmers under its farmers’ input support scheme. Launched ...

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has started implementing a remediation system to curtail child and forced labour in cocoa producing ...

The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U) with Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) ...

Ghana to have the second edition of the Agritech West Africa exhibition, along with Food & Beverage Ghana and FoodPack Tech Ghana exhibitions, shall be held ...

FAO’s work and vision were highlighted in several panels as well as the final communiqué FAO Chief Economist Máximo Torero ...

The Ghana Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (GASIP) has launched a Community Bushfire Sensitisation Campaign to promote sustainable livelihood for farmers. ...

The high cost of general agriculture production is fuelling a gradual shift from the cultivation of staple foods to tree ...

The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture ...

An online platform that will directly link Ghanaian Agribusinesses to counterparts in the European Union (EU) market has been launched ...

At the start of this year, six journalists from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America began work on ...

The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has cemented agreements with a private ...

GSMA is pleased to announce the AgriTech Accelerator to support and fast-track the growth of innovative, revenue-generating digital agriculture solutions that support ...

As the new year begins, it’s a great time to think about new opportunities in Africa’s agribusiness and food industries. ...

Food security could be under serious threat, with the country increasingly reliant on donor agencies and development partners (DPs) to ...

The index of world food prices dipped for the ninth consecutive month in December 2022, declining by 1.9 percent from ...

The Agricultural Development Bank PLC (ADB) has been adjudged the winner of the 2022 Highest Value of Guaranteed Agricultural Credit ...

The Afadzato South Women Rice Growers Association in the Volta Region has bemoaned the lack of support from the government, ...

The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending Project (GIRSAL) at its end of year Partner Financial Institution and Technical ...

Despite the current scarcity and hikes in the price of local rice in the Northern sector, demand for the commodity ...

While government has allocated a little over GH¢253million for constructing the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam as mentioned in the 2023 national ...

African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) is pleased to announce the selection of 50 African mid-career women as ...

Nana Kwadwo Poku Bonsu, a 49-year-old Officer of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), has been adjudged ...

Happy National Farmers’ Day to our hardworking farmers and fishermen across the 16 regions of Ghana. We are proud of ...

The Central Region has contributed about 49,752.00 metric tons of fish valued at GH¢389,335.00 out of a total of 628.617.53 ...

Companies from about 19 countries are in Ghana to seek opportunities for inclusive business and value chain development in the agricultural sector. ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will lead ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2023 is seeking $1.9 billion to save the lives and ...

Mr Albert Boakye Okyere, Ashaiman Municipal Chief Executive has been decorated with the Municipal 2022 Best Backyard Farmer at the ...

Nana Yaw Sarpong Siriboe, a 43-year-old mixed farmer, based at Juaben in the Ashanti Region, has been adjudged the 2022 ...

With an estimated 44.7% of the workforce employed in the agriculture sector, farming, forestry and fisheries are not only central ...

The USAID-supported Feed the Future Ghana Mobilizing Finance in Agriculture (MFA) Activity held a Business Management Training for 120 members ...

Ghanaian scientists and relevant stakeholders will tomorrow November 21, 2022 commence the development of a Genome Editing National Communication Strategy ...

The European Union (EU), has injected EUR2.5 million into Ghana’s agricultural sector to help increase farmers’ access to credit facilities ...

Small-scale fishers deserve greater recognition and support to end hunger and poverty, says FAO Director-General The Food and Agriculture Organization ...

The European Union (EU)-Ghana has donated 57 motorbikes worth over Gh₵800,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to support ...

Each year, millions of women livestock owners lose a significant number of their animals to preventable diseases – thanks to ...

Over 1,100 farmers in the AAK district in the Central region are excited as they enjoy partnership for Crop improvement ...

Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited, Ghana’s leading producer and exporter of potatoes, ranks sixth at the Ghana Club 100 Awards.The company, ...

Aimed at galvanizing change to how our food is produced, delivered and consumed and mitigating a growing global food crisis, a ...

Trade data from the Ghana Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association (Ghana Vegetables) indicate that annual tomato import from neighbouring Burkina ...

MTN Ghana, as part of celebrating the International Day for Rural Women, has organised free training for about 75 female ...

The Coalition for Cocoa Sector Reforms (CCSR) GH has called on government through COCOBOD to reconsider the 2022/23 producer price ...

Agrihouse Foundation, a non-governmental agricultural capacity building, innovation and project management organisation, has called on Government and individuals to support ...

Ambassador Virginia Evelyn Palmer, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, has called on stakeholders in the agribusiness sector to leverage ...

The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) is to construct a modern demonstration farm with green house technology to enhance urban agriculture. ...

Pope Francis, United Nations Secretary-General and Italy’s President join other leaders in urging renewed efforts to tackle hunger and malnutrition ...

The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture are working ...

According to the Bretton Wood institution’s October 2022 Africa Pulse Report, food prices have since January 1, 2022, gone up ...

Government has increased the Producer Price of Cocoa by 21 per cent for the 2022/2023 crop season. This translates into ...

Farmerline Group has announced the second close of a Pre-Series A investment raise with an additional US$ 1.5 million investment ...

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has said it is targetting an annual revenue of US$2.8 billion from exporting semi-processed ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Women farmers are often faced with several challenges that hinder their yields. One of such ...

Mr Atta Adusei, the Krachi- West Municipal Director of Agriculture, says the iron nutrient contained in cowpea leaves is the ...

Food and nutrition security remains the most fundamental challenges to human welfare and economic growth in Africa. Unfortunately, Africa is ...

The Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CRI) has called on the Government to allocate ...

Professor Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, the Director of the West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), has been named winner of ...

Farming is not a poverty-oriented enterprise reserved for the poor in society, Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister has ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji More than 2500 smallholder Maize, Rice, Soya bean, and Vegetable farmers in the four regions ...

The United States of America (USA) government has awarded COVID-19 relief and resilience grants to 12 agricultural finance intermediaries in ...

The Management of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi Mine has implored beneficiary communities to take keen interest in the Climate Resilient ...

Climate resilient improved maize and cowpea varieties have been introduced to some farmers in the Northern Region to help them ...

Some young entrepreneurs have started exporting made-in-Ghana products, including millet mix for porridge (Hausa koko) and coconut to Germany.  This ...

Ghana is set to host a Pan-African agriculture-technology (AgriTech) and innovation hub to stimulate growth of sustainable startups and create ...

The future of Africa’s forestry sector is in the spotlight at the 23rd Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife ...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The 2022 women in agribusiness awards which is aimed at celebration women in the agric ...

Over 400 poultry farms in the country have had to shut down operations due to multiple reasons – including high ...

The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) has partnered with Development Bank Ghana to deliver Cohort 7 ...

Vegetable producers and exporters in the country are targetting an annual revenue of US$7million between now and next year as ...

About 10,000 female shea processors have received training in financial accounting to enhance their business acumen in the trade. It ...

On the flat lands east of Tamale, farmers tend to a field of what looks like tall grass. Stretching in ...

Chief Corporate Communications Officer-Jospong Group of Companies, Sophia Kudjordji, has revealed that excessive use of chemical fertiliser is removing nutrients ...

Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today underlined to G20 Finance Ministers and ...

The Kadjebi District Office of the Department of Food and Agriculture, in collaboration with Yara Ghana Ltd. and ADAMA West ...

Mr Benito Owusu Bio, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, says government has committed to an aggressive afforestation and ...

A ground breaking ceremony for the construction of seven separate factories has been held at Banso, a farming community in ...

Dr Peter Quandahor, an Entomologist, has stressed the need for the government to adopt Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) crops to ...

Catfish production increased by 276.92 percent in the Eastern Region from 2018 to 2021 after the Fisheries Commission assisted producers ...

While acknowledging the achievements of the fifteen women farmers with disability, honored at this year’s 4th Gold in the Soil Awards, ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) delivered the first batch of 262 tonnes of fertilizers to ...

Perennial post-harvest losses, according to the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), have compelled many farmers to reduce their farm ...

A rice-mill located at Kpekparigu-Kukuo in the Kumbungu district of the Northern Region – meant to facilitate the processing of ...

Over 500 cocoa farmers in Ghana have been supported to obtain land rights documentation for their farms. This forms part ...

As Burkina Faso battles with one of the worst growing seasons in recent years, Ghana risks facing a tomato shortage ...

Scientists at the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have submitted an ...

Globally, development partners remain integral stakeholders in national development. Development partners are usually considered third party organizations that share in ...

A world-class agro testing centre is to be established in Sagamu, Ogun State, South-West Nigeria by  the African Development Bank (AfDB), ...

Like most rural women farmers in Côte d’Ivoire, Mrs. Gohou Assiata Bamba has faced many financial difficulties. She struggled to ...

The prevalence of phony and illegal agrochemicals on the Ghanaian market is a source of worry to stakeholders in the ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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