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The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Policy Link – a global Feed the Future...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Incoom Tropical almond (Terminalia catappa) also known as Indian almond, is a tree native to...

By: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Incoom In a quest to diversify the food system and promote sustainable plant-based alternatives, Talmond...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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),...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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