2020 National Farmers’ Day Launched
September 29, 2020
IRENA, supported by the United Arab Emirates, has established the NewGen Renewable Energy Accelerator (NewGen) programme to empower youth to...
Read moreDeadline:June 15th, 2023. The International Sustainability Academy (ISA) is a 9-month stipend & personal development program, where 13 Young Professionals...
Read moreThe West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) Ghana – a project mainly funded by the European Union (EU), is seeking to...
Read moreThe three new taxes introduced by the government of Ghana in 2023 – the Growth and Sustainability Levy Act (Act 1095),...
Read moreFarmerline – one of the world’s leading agritech companies -has announced its expansion into francophone Africa with an official launch...
Read moreGhana Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL), USAID Ghana Trade and Investment Activity, VegPro Kenya, and other partners...
Read moreDemeter Ghana Ltd., one of Ghana’s leading fertiliser manufacturer, has added on to its brands Polysulphate cocoa fertiliser – also...
Read moreAgrihouse Foundation recently organised a highly successful and impactful sixth edition of its annual Agricultural Students’ Career Guidance & Mentorship...
Read moreThe United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced its $500,000 Innovative Finance Grant...
Read moreChinese investors are set to build the largest sugar producing factory in the country, around the Bui dam enclave in...
Read moreMr King Kofi Faska, a catfish farmer and entrepreneur, has said that catfish farming has a lot of prospects as...
Read morePresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday commissioned an expanded tomato tin factory of the Gallina Blanca (GB) Foods, manufacturer of...
Read moreGovernment has been urged to increase investment for women in agriculture, to help them increase production and contribute significantly to...
Read more…the story behind Grow For Me In this era when the African continent is becoming more youthful and mobile technology...
Read moreThe economy spent over GH¢6.8billion (equivalent to US$560million at current market rates) importing rice, a grain that can be produced...
Read moreThe University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U) with Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC)...
Read moreGhana to have the second edition of the Agritech West Africa exhibition, along with Food & Beverage Ghana and FoodPack Tech Ghana exhibitions, shall be held...
Read moreThe U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture...
Read moreAn online platform that will directly link Ghanaian Agribusinesses to counterparts in the European Union (EU) market has been launched...
Read moreGSMA is pleased to announce the AgriTech Accelerator to support and fast-track the growth of innovative, revenue-generating digital agriculture solutions that support...
Read moreThe Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending Project (GIRSAL) at its end of year Partner Financial Institution and Technical...
Read moreWhile government has allocated a little over GH¢253million for constructing the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam as mentioned in the 2023 national...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreCompanies from about 19 countries are in Ghana to seek opportunities for inclusive business and value chain development in the agricultural sector....
Read moreThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will lead...
Read moreThe USAID-supported Feed the Future Ghana Mobilizing Finance in Agriculture (MFA) Activity held a Business Management Training for 120 members...
Read moreThe European Union (EU), has injected EUR2.5 million into Ghana’s agricultural sector to help increase farmers’ access to credit facilities...
Read moreEach year, millions of women livestock owners lose a significant number of their animals to preventable diseases – thanks to...
Read moreOver 1,100 farmers in the AAK district in the Central region are excited as they enjoy partnership for Crop improvement...
Read moreMaphlix Trust Ghana Limited, Ghana’s leading producer and exporter of potatoes, ranks sixth at the Ghana Club 100 Awards.The company,...
Read moreTrade data from the Ghana Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association (Ghana Vegetables) indicate that annual tomato import from neighbouring Burkina...
Read moreAgrihouse Foundation, a non-governmental agricultural capacity building, innovation and project management organisation, has called on Government and individuals to support...
Read moreAmbassador Virginia Evelyn Palmer, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, has called on stakeholders in the agribusiness sector to leverage...
Read moreThe U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Ghana Ministry of Food and Agriculture are working...
Read moreGovernment has increased the Producer Price of Cocoa by 21 per cent for the 2022/2023 crop season. This translates into...
Read moreFarmerline Group has announced the second close of a Pre-Series A investment raise with an additional US$ 1.5 million investment...
Read moreThe Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has said it is targetting an annual revenue of US$2.8 billion from exporting semi-processed...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Women farmers are often faced with several challenges that hinder their yields. One of such...
Read moreSome young entrepreneurs have started exporting made-in-Ghana products, including millet mix for porridge (Hausa koko) and coconut to Germany. This...
Read moreThe Ghana Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) has partnered with Development Bank Ghana to deliver Cohort 7...
Read moreA ground breaking ceremony for the construction of seven separate factories has been held at Banso, a farming community in...
Read moreWhile acknowledging the achievements of the fifteen women farmers with disability, honored at this year’s 4th Gold in the Soil Awards,...
Read moreA rice-mill located at Kpekparigu-Kukuo in the Kumbungu district of the Northern Region – meant to facilitate the processing of...
Read moreOver 500 cocoa farmers in Ghana have been supported to obtain land rights documentation for their farms. This forms part...
Read moreAs Burkina Faso battles with one of the worst growing seasons in recent years, Ghana risks facing a tomato shortage...
Read moreScientists at the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have submitted an...
Read moreThe prevalence of phony and illegal agrochemicals on the Ghanaian market is a source of worry to stakeholders in the...
Read moreSome 800 farmers in the Sekyere South district of the Ashanti Region have benefitted from the distribution of 32,000 kilogrammes...
Read moreSolidaridad, an international civil society organization, and its partners have launched a three-year poultry project aimed at promoting an inclusive...
Read moreThe Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) has organised the maiden virtual...
Read moreThe annual Gold in the Soil Awards, which run alongside the women in Food and Agricultural Leadership Training Forum, is...
Read moreMinister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has led the Ministry and its agencies to plant tree seedlings at the forecourt...
Read moreGhana has lost a total of 1.41 million hectares of tree cover from 2001 to 2021, equivalent to a 20...
Read moredeveloPPP Ventures is aimed at young companies, whose innovative business model improves living conditions in a developing or emerging country...
Read moreIn a bid to boost the Ghanaian agricultural production amid fears of impending food insecurity due to global fertiliser shortage...
Read morePatronage of fertiliser for this year’s planting season is hitting a snag – an all-time low – as farmers are...
Read moreSmallholder farmers in selected communities in northern Ghana are set to benefit from a project that seeks to improve their...
Read moreThe Ghana Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) is to collaborate with the newly established Development Bank Ghana (DBG)...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has assured Zoomlion Ghana Limited of government’s support to ensure that they produce...
Read moreAlthough Rice has long been an important food staple in Ghana, its availability and consumption have depended heavily on imports...
Read moreThe Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has organised Northern Business and Investment Fair 2022 to promote business and investment in...
Read moreExecutive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa Sarpong has noted that, this year’s Gold in the Soil Awards,...
Read morePotatoes could contribute even more to world history and global food security, and total production of the food crop could...
Read moreStakeholders have discussed the progress of implementing Food System Resilience Project, (FSRP) to improve food and nutrition security in Ghana....
Read moreThe General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Ghana Trade Union Congress (TUC) has cited the failure of successive governments to implement...
Read moreThe Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is holding a-five-day training in export marketing fundamentals for exporters to help meet the...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture says the passing of the Grains Development Authority bill will address current challenges of...
Read moreIn late 2021, 43,281 cocoa trees affected by the swollen shoot disease were destroyed on 106.58 hectares of farmlands in...
Read moreCocoa production for the 2021/22 cocoa season has been forecasted to fall by one-third due to less conducive weather conditions and...
Read moreThe Market Oriented Agriculture Programme in the North-West Ghana (MOAPNW), in partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and...
Read moreThe Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank PLC (ADB), Dr. John Kofi Mensah, has said the bank is ready...
Read moreAgrihouse Foundation chalked another grand success with the timely and colourful execution of the 2nd edition of the Ghana Chicken Festival (GHACHICK),...
Read moreEight Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called on the European Commission (EC) to open negotiations with Cote D’Ivoire...
Read moreFairtrade Foundation has published a new report revealing key insights into factors that can either enable or jeopardise the ability...
Read moreRevenue generation and sources of development funding are the most topical issues dominating public discourses today in Ghana. Various development...
Read moreFarmerline Group, the Africa continent’s amazon for African farmers has secured an estimated GHC 97 million in Pre-Series ‘A’ investment...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has authorised five Ghanaian soyabean-producing companies to export a recommended quantity of the commodity worth...
Read moreIt is no news that Ghana’s fisheries sector has been fraught with a myriad of challenges. These challenges according to...
Read moreThe country needs to ban the export of some raw agro products that it has capacity to add value to,...
Read moreAgriwealth Ghana Foundation, based in Kumasi, will hold the maiden edition of its flagship programme dubbed ‘Ghana Youth Agriculture summit’...
Read moreThe Madina Job Center operating in the Office of the member of parliament for the Madina Constituency is proud to...
Read moreGhana, the European Union (EU), and AFD have signed a 44.7 million euros Agricultural Water Management Project (AWMP) Financing Agreements...
Read moreBy: Sebastian Alesane The exacerbation and ramifications of Russia-Ukraine crisis might be catastrophic, while the ripple effects could spread across...
Read moreThe Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has assured that it will play a key role to have...
Read moreThe government of Ghana, Japan, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), a new project to strengthen the competencies...
Read morePrices of agro-inputs have skyrocketed in recent months now. This has been a big blow to the farmers in Ghana,...
Read moreGhana is the second world’s largest producer of Cocoa and according to the Ghana Cocoa Board, Ghana produced about 1...
Read moreAfrican Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has reiterated that the special agro-industrial processing zones program that will soon get...
Read moreFor smallholder farmers in Ghana producing shea butter, bees are normally pests to swat away. But these insects will soon...
Read moreCOCOBOD is projecting an ambitious target of raking in US$50billion in annual revenues from processing cocoa into other value-added products...
Read moreA 3-day virtual Ghana Agribusiness Investment Summit has ended in Accra on the theme “Building a Resilient and Sustainable Ecosystem...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji A strong and formidable agricultural sector is key in solving food security, nutrition, and income...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The USAID West Africa Trade Hub believes that a thriving and resilient agricultural sector is...
Read moreThe Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) is committed to transparency and continuous improvement of Human Rights cases in cocoa growing communities,...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Seventy One (71) female agribusiness founders from 16 African countries on Thursday, graduated from Guzakuza’s...
Read moreThe African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) has appointed Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, a Ph.D. holder in Agronomy/ Soil Microbiology and...
Read moreGhana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will later today sign a $1.5 billion Syndication Loan for the 2021/2022 cocoa crop season. The...
Read moreGIZ through the Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) Programme will continue to support female entrepreneurs in the agribusiness sector. “We...
Read moreThe management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it will be submitting written-off values of some expired agrochemicals and...
Read moreWhile the Ghana Union of Traders Association, GUTA is calling for the maintenance of the 50% benchmark values reduction policy,...
Read moreWhile the taro industry had collapsed entirely in Ghana, researchers of the Crop Research Institute of the Council for Scientific...
Read moreGhana and Ivory Coast have signed the Headquarters Agreement for the establishment of the Cote D’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative Secretariat in...
Read moreGovernment says it is rolling out measures to digitize the distribution of fertilizer in the country. In recent times fertilizer...
Read moreThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the West Africa Trade & Investment Hub, has awarded a $1.2...
Read moreThe Chamber of Agribusiness, Ghana, is asking government to take a second look at its fertilizer subsidy programme as it...
Read moreGhana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is collaborating with some fellows of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) to conduct...
Read morePoultry farmers and feed-millers across the country are expressing worry over a looming collapse of the local poultry industry due...
Read moreTotal expenditure allocation for the agriculture sector in the past four years, from 2017 to 2020, has stayed below one...
Read moreMr Georgios Badaro, Managing Director (MD), Nestlé Ghana Limited has said the company’s ambition of making cocoa more profitable for...
Read moreThe Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planning to electronically pay all its farmers to stimulate the digital economy and also...
Read moreThe Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Penn State University...
Read moreThe Ghana Rice Interprofessional Body (GRIB) has said it is negotiating with foreign companies to access financial support and drive...
Read moreThe Market-Oriented Agriculture Programme in North-Western Ghana (MOAP-NW), has trained a total of 85 seed producers and seed inspectors on...
Read moreEven though agriculture has become the most thriving sector over the past one year due to the coronavirus pandemic’s impact,...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has rolled out implementation guidelines to ensure efficient distribution of subsidized fertilizer and...
Read moreAgrihouse Foundation, in partnership with the United State Department of Agriculture (USDA) – Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), is set to...
Read moreCDC Group, the U.K. government’s development investment arm, is taking a step to help bridge what it estimates is a...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji. Despite the enormous benefits of agriculture , financing remains one of the bottlenecks to fully...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji USAID supported Feed the Future Ghana Mobilizing Finance in Agriculture (MFA) Activity has been launched...
Read moreRichard Twumasi-Ankrah, Director for Policy, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has indicated that smallholder...
Read moreIn recent years, a number of innovative entrepreneurs have stepped in to help reverse the declining state of the agricultural...
Read moreGovernment has announced the creation of a Ghana Land Information Bank (GhLIB), to provide a reliable and easily accessible information...
Read moreThe president of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo has said that cocoa farmers are to...
Read moreThe Koudijs Ghana Limited has unveiled the high complete quality made-in-Ghana poultry layer feed for farmers for optimum performance of...
Read moreThe word “Soy” itself originated as a corruption of the Chinese or Japanese names for soy sauce; yet, soybeans were...
Read moreBenso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) has reported a topline growth of 29.5%, against 20.9% in the same period of 2019,...
Read moreRevenue in exports from coffee for the year 2018 was US$34,000. This is according to the President of the Coffee...
Read moreThe Commodity Brokers Association of Ghana (CBAG) president, Yaw Ohemeng Kyei, has called on government to introduce a 20 percent...
Read moreBayer Crop Science Ltd will provide training to 15,000 smallholder farmers in the country on advanced agricultural practices. The training...
Read moreMs. Rose Goslinga Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at PULA, an African Agricultural Insurance, and Technology Service Provider has revealed...
Read moreAs part of the medium-term plan for the trade of commodities in Ghana, the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) is considering...
Read moreIrish potato farmers in Meru should utilise a 250- tonne cold storage facility whose construction is set for completion in...
Read moreThe Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) has added rice contracts to the number of commodities traded on its electronic trading platform....
Read moreProfessor Boniface B. Kayang, the Project Coordinator of the Ghana Grasscutter Project, has stated that the future of grasscutter farming...
Read moreGhana and Cote d’Ivoire have set their price tag for cocoa to counter unfair trade in the international market. To...
Read moreThe Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in collaboration with USAID has organized a two-day workshop on “Development...
Read moreA two-day cashew pricing workshop to propose a pricing model for cashew in Ghana is underway in Accra. The workshop...
Read moreThe advent of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA) tends to produce wholesome foods which in turn might...
Read moreImplementer of the Cocoa Life programme, Mondelez International, has introduced a new technology that seeks to help triple annual yields...
Read moreTwo new Competitor Analysis reports recently released by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) indicate that massive untapped foreign market...
Read moreOlam Ghana, a wholly-owned subsidiary of leading food and agri-business Olam International, has launched its locally grown and sourced rice...
Read moreAt Kofiase, a community in the Mampong municipality of the Ashanti Region of Ghana, members of a Village Savings and...
Read morePrivate sector actors in the oil palm value chain, when given the right knowledge and needed financial support, are able to...
Read moreThe Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in its attempt to collate and leverage data on cocoa famers across the country for...
Read moreDespite government’s flirtations with other modern-day endeavours, agriculture has retained its role as the undisputed essence of our local economy....
Read moreA plan by the Ghana Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) to implement a pricing regime has been met with resistance...
Read moreEU Resilience Against Climate Change (EU-REACH), on 13 October, kicked-off a 2-day workshop in Wa, Upper West Region, to share...
Read moreGhana will produce an additional 91,000 metric tonnes of fish for fours years under the Healthy Food Africa Project, Madam...
Read moreThe Ashanti Regional Department of Food and Agriculture is collaborating with Rejuvenate Gaia Global, licensed importers of Greenfert organic fertilizer,...
Read moreThe Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is appealing to government, institutions and members of the public to buy their...
Read moreThe Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will next year inject US$200 million into domestic cocoa processing. The money will be given...
Read moreAs farmers and consumers grapple with disruptions in the global food supply chain, we are witnessing an exacerbation of threats...
Read moreFarm Radio and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) are collaborating to develop Digital Agricultural advisory strategy and plan...
Read moreThe Savanah Agriculture Research Institute of the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSRI-SARI), has introduced high yielding groundnut varieties to...
Read moreSmallholder farmers in the country still experience as high as 30 percent post-harvest losses, mostly through spoilage and theft, a...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has inaugurated a GH¢2.7 million vegetable packhouse for the sorting and packaging of...
Read moreunknowns: the risk of political unrest disrupting supplies and the demand hit from COVID-19. Bigger crops in West Africa would...
Read morePresident Akufo-Addo has announced a new producer price for Cocoa for the 2020/2021 crop season. The government has pegged the...
Read moreThe District Chief Executive for Nkoranza North in the Bono East Region, Hon. Gifty Arkosah Author has today through the...
Read moreOCP Africa, in a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has increased its efforts to support...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Wednesday, at a short ceremony in Accra received some Covid-19 PPEs and sanitary...
Read moreBy: agrighanaonline.com The initiative which was outdoored yesterday on Zoom will help mobilize funds via gofundme, Alexpay & Facebook to...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Demeter Ghana Limited is an agricultural focused company, committed to providing agricultural solutions to farmers....
Read moreThe Asante Mampong Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Thomas Appiah Kubi, has cut a sod for the construction of a maize...
Read moreThe Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) said there would be no closed season this year due to the...
Read moreThe District Chief Executive of Adaklu has urged the youths of the community and the Volta Region at large to...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the Ministry of Local Governance and Rural Development (MLGRD) on Friday 26th June, 2020...
Read moreGhana supplies 70% of all cocoa beans imported into Japan and cocoa is seen as one of the nation’s...
Read moreSolidaridad has officially launched the National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS) Program in Ghana aimed at...
Read moreBy News Desk Four major international sponsors of agribusiness are at various stages of supporting B-BOVID’s network of farmers to...
Read moreDirector, East and Southern Africa Division of IFAD, Sara Mbago-Bhunu
Read moreThe Ghana Rice Millers Association says it is ready to meet the market demand for Ghana rice this festive season....
Read moreThe Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), has announced a $97.6 million grants to support seven projects in countries...
Read moreThe African Development Bank (AfDB), Credit Suisse AG, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited and Ghana Cocoa Board...
Read moreThe Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX), with the collaboration of ARB Apex Bank, launched the electronic warehouse receipt (e-WR) financing program. ...
Read moreGhana is to benefit from a new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID grant) aimed at boosting agricultural production in...
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