GAWU links current food shortage in Ghana to policy failure
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Ghana Trade Union Congress (TUC) has cited the failure of successive governments to implement...
Read moreThe General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), Ghana Trade Union Congress (TUC) has cited the failure of successive governments to implement...
Read moreOkyehene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin II, the Paramount Chief of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional area, has urged Ghanaians to support government’s...
Read moreDr Akinwumi Akin Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, says there is no need for Africa...
Read moreThe Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is holding a-five-day training in export marketing fundamentals for exporters to help meet the...
Read moreMr Felix Ngmenkaara Darimaani, National Project Coordinator, Savannah Zone Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project (SAPIP), says Africa needs commercial agriculture to...
Read moreManagement of the Keta Senior High Technical School has started coconut and mango cultivation to generate revenue to address the...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture says the passing of the Grains Development Authority bill will address current challenges of...
Read moreThe Wunzoya Association of Farmers at the Koduzeigu Community in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region has appealed for...
Read moreIn late 2021, 43,281 cocoa trees affected by the swollen shoot disease were destroyed on 106.58 hectares of farmlands in...
Read moreIt’s seven a.m. in Nano, a small town in the Tandjouaré prefecture of the Savanes region of northern Togo. It’s...
Read moreIt’s early in the morning and very cold. Abbas Jaafaru Julde is already awake and in his maize field busy...
Read moreFounder and Managing Editor of Cocoa Post, Kojo Hayford, has been elected as the Media and Communication Officer for the...
Read moreThe Market Oriented Agriculture Programme in the North-West Ghana (MOAPNW), in partnership with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and...
Read moreGhana is likely to face food shortage and hunger in the last quarter of 2022 and 2023, if government does...
Read moreMr Habibu Adam, a Senior Economist at the Office of the Senior Presidential Advisor has stated that continued global food...
Read moreFollowing over four years of field investigations, crew interviews and satellite tracking, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has published a...
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 moreThe West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has called for strategic investments in the seed systems of six staple...
Read moreDr Charles Kwowe Nyaaba, the Executive Director, Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), says the cost of food production in...
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 moreA report evaluating the work of AGRA in Ghana has commended the organization for its contribution to improving agriculture in the...
Read moreA study by the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) of the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has recommended...
Read moreFarmerline Group, the Africa continent’s amazon for African farmers has secured an estimated GHC 97 million in Pre-Series ‘A’ investment...
Read moreAt the beginning of each year, the CSAT-Mali and CSAT-Niger projects hold evaluation and planning workshops for their activities. Following...
Read moreInvestments in modern agriculture technology must involve the arts and science of farming, relying heavily on artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Read moreAGRA and our partners in the Centre for African Leaders in Agriculture (CALA) – the African Management Institute and Policy...
Read moreThe Minister for Food and Agriculture Dr.Owusu Afriyie Akoto on Wednesday 9th March, 2022 performed the swearing in ceremony of the...
Read moreThis year’s fishing closed season will begin from July 1, 2022, to August 31, 2022, a press statement issued by...
Read moreGiven that agriculture consumes 70 percent of global water resources, it has become imperative for farming communities to change water...
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 moreBy Linda Dede Nyanya Godji According to a World Bank study, women make up about 60% of the informal sector...
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 moreThe Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has presented a cheque of GHC 600.000 to the 2021 National Best Farmer, Alhaji Mashud...
Read moreGhana, the European Union (EU), and AFD have signed a 44.7 million euros Agricultural Water Management Project (AWMP) Financing Agreements...
Read moreThe Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has asked the low-income, middle-income countries, and international to increase...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has denied claims that Ghana imports cassava from China. The allegation of Ghana...
Read moreThe Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Alhaji Mohammed Hardi Tuferu, has stated emphatically that Agriculture helps to reduce poverty,...
Read moreExtension services play a crucial role by improving skills and access to information that result in greater farm level innovations,...
Read moreBy: Sebastian Alesane The exacerbation and ramifications of Russia-Ukraine crisis might be catastrophic, while the ripple effects could spread across...
Read moreThe Agriculture Minister, Hon. Owusu Afriyie Akoto said that the government has spent more than half a billion dollars in...
Read moreThe Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has assured that it will play a key role to have...
Read morePresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared June 10, 2022, as this year’s Green Ghana Day, under the theme “Mobilising...
Read moreDespite the gains made towards achieving Agricultural Transformational Development in Ghana, significant challenges remain in ensuring that the newly promoted...
Read moreGhana’s cocoa is one of the best in the world. It is cultivated in six regions in Ghana: Western, Central,...
Read moreLoftyInc Allied Partners Limited was recently awarded the sum of a N592,204,667 co-investment grant by the USAID-funded West Africa Trade...
Read moreThe government of Ghana, Japan, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), a new project to strengthen the competencies...
Read moreThe USAID, West Africa Trade & Investment Hub and the Global Shea Alliance is organizing a 2.5 hours webinar dubbed...
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 moreThe fate of the world’s wealthiest and poorest nations are interconnected, and eradicating poverty and hunger will be impossible without...
Read moreAfrican Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in collaboration with the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC) and the Government of...
Read moreThe government has been urged to give locally manufactured organic fertiliser producers an equal opportunity as foreign fertiliser importers in...
Read moreAs part of the efforts to help address challenges hampering the cocoa and forestry sectors in the country, Rainforest Alliance...
Read moreLeading global food manufacturer, Nestle S.A, has expressed its readiness to pay cocoa farmers in West Africa and elsewhere to...
Read moreAfrican Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has reiterated that the special agro-industrial processing zones program that will soon get...
Read moreMarian Ofori Twumasi, the CEO Mariseth Farms, was adjourned the National Best Youth Farmer in December 2021. This is her...
Read moreA thick, dark cloud is slowly forming in the sky and the rain could start any minute. Emiliana Lucas sighs...
Read moreIt is a beautiful Saturday morning and Abdulsalum Njelekela is in his field irrigating crops. He says, “I have access...
Read moreAt 64, Elise Goueu has defied gender norms and achieved what many women in Ivory Coast consider impossible. Not...
Read moreIt’s a hot Saturday morning with a clear blue sky, though the heat indicates that rain will soon start falling....
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Emmanuel Yaw Asamoah, a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Agriculture graduate from the University of...
Read more44-year old Alhaji Mashud Mohammed has been adjudged the National Best Farmer for 2021. He succeeds Solomon Kwadwo Kusi who took...
Read moreNational Farmers’ Day is celebrated to honour and recognise the immeasurable contributions of farmers to the country’s food security and...
Read moreFor smallholder farmers in Ghana producing shea butter, bees are normally pests to swat away. But these insects will soon...
Read moreThe government has supported more than 500 poultry farmers in parts of the Central Region to expand their farms and...
Read moreMinister for Agriculture has reassured that the government is leveraging on its digitalisation drive to spearhead technology-driven agriculture to empower...
Read moreIt’s Wednesday afternoon and the employees at Cajou Espoir (Cashew Hope) are dressed in blue blouses, yellow caps, and face...
Read moreCOCOBOD is projecting an ambitious target of raking in US$50billion in annual revenues from processing cocoa into other value-added products...
Read moreFor the past three years, Nigeria has been leading globally in the production of yam, palm oil, cassava, maize, and...
Read moreA 3-day virtual Ghana Agribusiness Investment Summit has ended in Accra on the theme “Building a Resilient and Sustainable Ecosystem...
Read moreThe Director of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER)-University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey, has advised...
Read moreAgricultural Manufacturing Group (AMG) Ghana, a leading fertilizer marketing and technologies manufacturer is supporting the development of student entrepreneurs at...
Read moreHortifresh Fruits and vegetables that seek to promote sustainable and internationally competitive fruits and vegetable sectors to contribute to economic...
Read moreBY: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei More than 2,000 Ghanaian farmers have expressed their readiness to plant Bt cowpea, Ghana’s first...
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 moreTo increase productivity and sustainability among women in agribusiness, 13 women-led horticulture business owners have been trained and certified by...
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 moreThe Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has assured that new data made available to the government...
Read moreGhana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will later today sign a $1.5 billion Syndication Loan for the 2021/2022 cocoa crop season. The...
Read moreIt’s about 10 o’clock in the morning and the rice mills are clanking so loudly that it’s hard to hear...
Read moreThe Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mrs. Mavis Hawa Koomson has tasked the newly constituted governing board of the...
Read moreThe shortage and price hikes of food commodities have been attributed to the exportation of food commodities to other African...
Read moreSouthern and Eastern Africa face the twin challenges of growing agricultural production to meet food demand while adapting to extreme...
Read moreAn initiative that will avail digital tools and training resources to small-scale farmers and agriculture-linked small businesses in Africa has...
Read moreGIZ through the Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) Programme will continue to support female entrepreneurs in the agribusiness sector. “We...
Read moreDemand for rice surpasses supply in most West African countries, forcing countries to import to make up for the deficit....
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 moreThe Akwamuhene of Wenchi Traditional Area, Nana Owusu Gyare has revealed that over nine billion dollars ($9b) that the Kuffour’s...
Read moreAfter several weeks of increases in food prices on the market, consumers should expect some stability and price reductions by...
Read moreDorothy Achieng stands with her hands on her hips in her pawpaw field on the shores of Lake Victoria. She...
Read more( When a ‘60s Volkswagen Beetle coloured green, yellow, and red rolls down the road, everyone in Siby knows who...
Read moreBy Linda Dede Nyanya Godji It is a known fact most young people are usually not interested in take farming...
Read moreThe Kumasi-based Crop Research Institute has one of the best research infrastructures in the region, thanks to the support of...
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 moreThree women in Ghana’s agriculture value chain have been awarded by Guzakuza with the support from GIZ to highlight the...
Read moreThe Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Delese Mimi Darko, has cautioned oil palm producers in...
Read moreGhana has exceeded the 1 million tonnes mark in cocoa production for the first time since the 2010/11 crop season....
Read moreCarrots are easy to grow as long as they are planted in loose, sandy soil. Depending on the variety and...
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 moreA report by Heifer International Ghana has revealed that only 12 percent of the youth involved in agriculture have adopted...
Read moreDespite agriculture becoming the main pillar of support for the economy in this pandemic period, the 2021 Heifer International Report...
Read moreIt is a hot sunny morning on a cloud-free day. Dressed in a red blouse and green chitenje, a cloth that...
Read moreThe Chamber of Agribusiness, Ghana, is asking government to take a second look at its fertilizer subsidy programme as it...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture through its Veterinary Services Directorate has confirmed the outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian...
Read moreGhana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is collaborating with some fellows of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) to conduct...
Read moreThe Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee in Parliament, Eric Opoku, wants government to immediately address...
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 moreBy: Kingsley Adusei Amakye The Food Trade Coalition for Africa has organised its first meeting to coordinate food trade investments...
Read moreThe Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is planning to electronically pay all its farmers to stimulate the digital economy and also...
Read moreThe Northern Region has seen some 250,000 trees planted to mark the Green Ghana Project that seeks to plant five...
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 moreBy: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has petitioned the Agriculture Minister calling...
Read moreGreenhouse farming is a thriving sector in Italy thanks to companies with decades of experience in providing cutting-edge greenhouse technologies...
Read moreIt was early one morning in October 2020 and the sun was shining brightly over Buta Feyisa’s compound. Behind the...
Read moreThe Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto says Ghana is on course to becoming rice sufficient by...
Read moreSri Lanka has imposed a ban on palm oil imports and ordered oil palm plantations in the country to be...
Read moreOlam Food Ingredients (OFI), a leading supplier of cocoa beans and cocoa ingredients – and one of the largest private...
Read moreWorld Vision Ghana, a Non- Governmental Organisation, NGO, today, cuts sod for the construction of a 2000 capacity poultry farm worth $74,778...
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 moreHoney consumption has increased across the globe over the years due to consumer demand for quality natural sweeteners in place...
Read moreCDC Group, the U.K. government’s development investment arm, is taking a step to help bridge what it estimates is a...
Read moreJane Hozheri used to run a small business with her daughter in Cape Town, South Africa. Together, they made a...
Read moreElizabeth Siyapi is a farmer in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. Instead of working through agricultural middlemen, she relies on her phone. Before...
Read moreThe first rains began to fall a few weeks ago, heralding the long growing season in southern Togo. Farmers are...
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 moreThe members of the Council of State have said they are in support of efforts to stop illegal mining activities...
Read moreThe maiden edition of the Ghana Chicken Festival (GHACHICK) is set to come off on the 3rd of May 2021 at...
Read moreAgriculture is perceived to be a dirty job reserved for the aged. Youth of today, after graduating from the tertiary...
Read moreAgriculture is a major employability contributing to about 33 percent of the total working force in Ghana. In tackling food...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Adwoa Nyibi is a small-scale farmer in the Bono East Region of Ghana who is...
Read moreRichard Twumasi-Ankrah, Director for Policy, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has indicated that smallholder...
Read more“VALUE4HERConnect, Africa’s first agri-business intelligence platform aimed at facilitating growth and development of women owned agri-enterprises was launched in Accra...
Read moreWho controls the world's food supply? Seed laws criminalizing farmers for using diverse crops that stand a better chance of...
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 Coronavirus pandemic took a heavy toll on human lives and economic activity which has made the eradication of poverty...
Read moreWomen form a greater proportion in Ghana’s agriculture value chain yet they struggle to get market accessibility for their produce....
Read moreMoringa oleifera, called nebedaye in Senegal, is considered a “miracle” tree that helps address food insecurity and major environmental problems. Because...
Read moreMost families in northern DRC’s Tshopo province, can’t afford electricity to cook. Instead, they rely on locally-produced wood charcoal to...
Read moreThe government of Ghana is committed to assist the development of the women and youth in agriculture to ensure that...
Read moreThe success of the dairy farm relies on the success of the calf management program. Lifetime productivity starts when the...
Read moreDue to the popular misconceptions about agriculture, many young Africans have no interest in agribusiness ventures. Upon completing their academic...
Read moreThe president of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo-Addo has said that cocoa farmers are to...
Read moreThe initiative designed to revamp and build capacities for the livestock, poultry, and fisheries sector players by the Agrihouse Foundation...
Read moreBy Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Zaa fm in Tamale and Elmina’s Ahomka fm have received an internationally recognized broadcaster’s...
Read moreIt’s a fine, windy morning and Sarah Aryee is neatly dressed in a white T-shirt and Ghanaian wrap, her hair...
Read moreThe Koudijs Ghana Limited has unveiled the high complete quality made-in-Ghana poultry layer feed for farmers for optimum performance of...
Read moreSome farmers and aggregators, also known as middle-men, in the Northern Region have refused to release maize unto the market, hoping...
Read moreIt’s no secret that agriculture is the main driving force behind Ghana’s economy, accounting for approximately 42% of the country’s...
Read moreThe word “Soy” itself originated as a corruption of the Chinese or Japanese names for soy sauce; yet, soybeans were...
Read moreUnfortunately, many big species now face extinction due to their value in the illegal wildlife trade, vulnerability to habitat degradation...
Read moreThe 4th edition of the Agricultural Students career guidance and mentorship dialogue Bootcamp (AG-STUD), a practical agribusiness beginners’ capacity building...
Read moreBY: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The Director General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Prof. Amin Alhasan has called on...
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 year 2021 kicks off with two initiatives which respond to the pandemic for La Liste, a prominent restaurant finder...
Read moreIt’s early in the morning and Asfo Wass wakes up with much energy, eager to care for his chickens. He...
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 moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has set out to implement the “National Fertilizer Expansion Programme. The aim of...
Read moreMs. Rose Goslinga Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at PULA, an African Agricultural Insurance, and Technology Service Provider has revealed...
Read moreThe Covid–19 pandemic has brought most countries to their knees, disrupting many economies leaving no one in its disruptive grip....
Read moreIn Ghana, maize farmers often release their full yields to the market immediately after harvest. Because of the mechanics of...
Read moreA thick, dark cloud slowly engulfs the sky. Although it hasn’t rained for the past two days, it will certainly...
Read moreBy: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei In her small home in Bono East region of Ghana surrounded by her four...
Read moreBy:Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei Agricultural journalism plays a key role in food security, but is often lacking in many African...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has resolved to implement more digital agricultural innovations to give more meaning to...
Read moreEconomist Dr Adu Sarkodie says the impact of COVID-19 on the economy is a clear indicator that the government has...
Read moreAs part of the medium-term plan for the trade of commodities in Ghana, the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) is considering...
Read moreGovernment is preparing to meet fruit and vegetable exporters who may be negatively impacted as the United Kingdom (UK) prepares...
Read moreAfrican Development Bank President Akinwumi A. Adesina has been announced as a champion of Africa’s Great Green Wall (GGW) initiative....
Read moreIrish potato farmers in Meru should utilise a 250- tonne cold storage facility whose construction is set for completion in...
Read moreThe Government of Liberia through the Ministry of Agriculture on Saturday, January 9, 2021 distributed farming inputs to smallholder farmers...
Read moreAs the country ushers into New Year 2021 more than 100,600 smallholder farmers in the country will be receiving grain...
Read moreMr. Yaw Biredu Boateng, the Chief Cocoa Farmer of New Nsutam in the Eastern Region, has called for the protection...
Read moreSomething has to be done to tackle the environmental problems caused by climate change, desertification and population growth,” says Barkissa...
Read moreThere has been growing concern about the availability of maize in the country, a situation that affects our food security...
Read moreThis story was originally published in April 2019 by Farm radio international. In eastern Burundi, nurseries of forest tree species...
Read moreBusiness Consultant, Nataki Kambon, says Ghana stands to benefit immensely from the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) if...
Read moreOpanin Kofi Asaam is 74 years and has been farming cocoa all his life. He lives alone at Tenyikwa, a...
Read moreFarmers cultivating cucumis melon, also known as yellow melon, say a chunk of their produce is left to go waste...
Read moreThe Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) has added rice contracts to the number of commodities traded on its electronic trading platform....
Read moreThe Ghana Civil Society Cocoa Platform by this statement affirms its support for the decision taken by COCOBOD and CCC...
Read moreAt a time when hunger and poverty are increasing due to conflict, climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, some of...
Read moreSince the early 1990s, farmers in coastal Tanzania have been worrying about how rising sea levels are affecting their crops....
Read moreThe world has a seemingly insatiable taste for coffee. But rising temperatures, drought, and erratic rainfall are making it harder...
Read moreThe shortage of maize across the Northern Region and some other parts of the country is affecting business activities of poultry...
Read moreYour mother was right all along – breakfast actually is the most important meal of the day. Most of the...
Read moreProfessor Boniface B. Kayang, the Project Coordinator of the Ghana Grasscutter Project, has stated that the future of grasscutter farming...
Read moreThe Programmes Manager of Conservation Alliance (CA), Mr. Raymond Owusu-Achiaw, and his organization have declared their support for the ongoing...
Read moreThe Managing Campaigner for EcoCare Ghana Mr. Obed Owusu-Addai and his organization have thrown their support behind the ongoing “Securing...
Read moreGhana and Cote d’Ivoire have set their price tag for cocoa to counter unfair trade in the international market. To...
Read moreStakeholders in Conservation Agriculture (CA) held discussions at a two-day summit in Accra, to develop a consolidated Manual for CA...
Read moreThe Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) in collaboration with USAID has organized a two-day workshop on “Development...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The use of fertilisers and chemicals such as weedicides, herbicides and pesticides is becoming dominant...
Read moreThe Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA) and its implementing partners joined stakeholders in Ghana’s agricultural sector to...
Read moreCocoa is the chief agricultural export of Ghana and Ghana’s main cash crop. Ghana is the second-largest cocoa exporter in...
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 moreThe District Chief Executive (DCE) of Shai Osudoku, Hon. Daniel Teye Akuffo has lamented the rate at which real estate...
Read moreGhana has banned poultry imports from the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, and Denmark over bird flu. The government has temporarily banned...
Read moreThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it will put in place stricter measures to reduce the spate of...
Read moreThe care given to a calf within its first 24 hours of life is essential as well as mandatory, as...
Read more“There is no need for a crop authority, Ghana just needs an agriculture regulatory authority and put all other government...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji (Farm Radio Int. Project) Comfort Appiah beams with delight as she inspects her flourishing cocoa...
Read moreThe SNV Ghana Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities (GrEEn) Project has organised a job fair for the youth at Agona...
Read moreA 55-year-old farmer, Solomon Kwadwo Kusi, has been adjudged the National Best Farmer for 2020 at a ceremony held in...
Read moreThe Chamber of Aquaculture (COA) Ghana salutes all Farmers on the 36th edition of National Farmers Day. The COA acknowledges...
Read moreOn the occasion of the 36th National Farmers’ Day celebrations in Techiman in the Bono East Region, Farmer Radio International...
Read moreChemico Limited, Ghana’s pioneer Agro-inputs company, has supported this year’s Farmers Day celebration with over GH¢400,000. The company handed over...
Read moreImplementer of the Cocoa Life programme, Mondelez International, has introduced a new technology that seeks to help triple annual yields...
Read moreStarting today, November 2 until November 6, 2020, the Methodist Park at Techiman in the Bono East Region will be...
Read moreThe Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), OXFAM, and the Friends of the Nation (FoN) has launched a campaign to...
Read moreDeputy Agric Minister Kennedy Nyarko Osei has said by 2023, government is planning to either ban or drastically reduce the...
Read moreTwo new Competitor Analysis reports recently released by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) indicate that massive untapped foreign market...
Read moreA recent study carried out under the IITA-CARE project, covering six southern departments in the Benin Republic reveals the agriculture...
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 moreSome cocoa farmers in the Wassa enclave of the Western Region have resorted to proceeds they realise from trading-off portions...
Read moreKolda is an agro-pastoral zone in southern Senegal with good rainfall. Here, one farming activity supports another. For example, cattle...
Read moreWématou Ougue farms in Tiébélé, a village in south-central Burkina Faso more than 150 kilometres from the capital, Ouagadougou. Mr....
Read moreThe Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in its attempt to collate and leverage data on cocoa famers across the country for...
Read moreThe Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) is carrying out a field trial...
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 moreWith support from the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), stakeholders in the cashew sector have launched the Cashew Council Ghana (CCG)...
Read moreThe Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) is appealing to government, institutions and members of the public to buy their...
Read moreThe Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has announced that his outfit has completed all processes...
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 moreRecently, Genetic Modify Foods (GMOs) are believed to have been introduced in Ghana’s food system creating anxiety among consumers. Ghana...
Read moreThe Savanah Agriculture Research Institute of the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSRI-SARI), has introduced high yielding groundnut varieties to...
Read moreMr Hayford Yao Dometi, founder of Effort Beekeepers Association in the South Dayi District of the Volta Region, has appealed...
Read moreThe government is committed to implementing comprehensive agricultural policies to ensure uninterrupted supply value chains and strong market linkages to...
Read moreThe Ashanti Region has since the launch of government flagship programme Planting for Food and Jobs in 2017 registered six...
Read moreThe torrential rains that devastated parts of the North East Region recently have subsided, but the humanitarian situation in the...
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic struck Ghana at a time when the country was grappling with youth unemployment, effects of climate change,...
Read moreGhana joins the rest of the World to celebrate the 40th World Food Day at the State House in Accra...
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 moreRadio is the principal medium for receiving climate information by most farmers with social media being the least, a Kwame...
Read moreThe Food Policy Forum for Change will be launched at the upcoming High-Level Special Event of the Committee on World Food...
Read moreunknowns: the risk of political unrest disrupting supplies and the demand hit from COVID-19. Bigger crops in West Africa would...
Read moreThe food systems that must give daily sustenance to all humans are under threat by the pandemic. If we want...
Read moreBobo Dioulasso is a farming city in Burkina Faso. After cotton, cereals are the second largest agricultural product in terms...
Read moreIt’s around eight o’clock in the morning and Bello Iliyasu is already riding a motorcycle—not by choice, but because there...
Read moreRamatoulaye Badji is a farmer and vendor in the Thies region, 70 kilometres east of Dakar, Senegal. In the afternoons,...
Read moreThe 2020 National Farmers’ Day has been launched by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture...
Read moreDr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology says the Federal government of Nigeria is working on plans to mechanise...
Read morePresident Akufo-Addo has announced a new producer price for Cocoa for the 2020/2021 crop season. The government has pegged the...
Read moreMr. Bright Katamani completed Senior Secondary school some years ago and when he realized his parents had little funds to...
Read moreThe District Chief Executive for Nkoranza North in the Bono East Region, Hon. Gifty Arkosah Author has today through the...
Read moreFour days, 10,400 voices, speaking to the need for inclusive agricultural transformation. Farmers, Presidents, entrepreneurs, and others coming together around...
Read moreThe 10th annual Alliance for Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) comes to an end today with a high level presidential discussion...
Read moreThe 2020 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) will be held under the leadership of H.E. President Paul Kagame and the...
Read moreOCP Africa, in a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has increased its efforts to support...
Read moreGhana’s cocoa products will soon enjoy zero tariffs on China’s market should everything go as planned. This is according to...
Read moreGhana has recovered from the initial drawback in food production as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, avoiding an imminent...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture on Wednesday, at a short ceremony in Accra received some Covid-19 PPEs and sanitary...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The effect of Covid-19 on farming across the length of breadth of the country is...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The agric sector could be more productive and lucrative, if authorities ensured high standards are...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Malom Foods started as a backyard farm in 2014 at Dodowa in the Greater Accra...
Read moreChina appears to be launching a significant expansion of its distant water fishing fleet around the world and most notably...
Read moreThe farming season is underway in much of West Africa and farmers are feeling the impacts of COVID-19 in new...
Read morePresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has on Tuesday August 4 visited Akro Farms Ltd., a 1-District1-Factory (1D1F) initiative at Apasare,...
Read moreThe Ghana COCOBOD says it is importing electronic weighing scales for Cocoa License Buying companies to prevent the tampering of...
Read moreBy Gidean Kwame Sarkodie Osei Raymond Yaotse, Project Manager of United Purpose Ghana’s Partnership for Accelerated Local Economic Development in...
Read moreThe McDan Foundation has broken the ground for the construction of shea nut processing factory and warehouse at Nasia in...
Read moreBy: agrighanaonline.com The initiative which was outdoored yesterday on Zoom will help mobilize funds via gofundme, Alexpay & Facebook to...
Read moreThe Agric Minister is worried about vegetable production in the country losing out on a projected $3 billion annually....
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture says the Covid-19 pandemic has positively impacted Ghana’s cashew processing sector. MOFA says seven...
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 Chairman of the Assinman Cocoa Farmers’ Cooperative and Marketing Union Limited (AMCOFUL), Mr Theophilus Tamakloe, has called for a...
Read moreThe Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) said there would be no closed season this year due to the...
Read moreDropcap the popularization of the “ideal measure” has led to advice such as “Increase font size for large screens and...
Read moreThe Asene Manso Akroso District Assembly is to acquire equipment to add value to agriculture produce under the Planting for...
Read moreIntro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on measure and its relationship to how...
Read moreThe Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has procured and presented 1,260 protective working clothing to a women’s group in the...
Read moreThe District Chief Executive of Adaklu has urged the youths of the community and the Volta Region at large to...
Read moreThe rapid production growth of cashew in the country, especially within the forest-transition zone, is consuming sizeable farmlands and thus...
Read moreCommodity price survey Service Company, Esoko Ghana, has reiterated the need for government to be deliberate about fixing roads leading...
Read moreToxic chemicals are being used by food sellers across Sub-Saharan Africa to improve the look of meat and fish, scientists...
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the Ministry of Local Governance and Rural Development (MLGRD) on Friday 26th June, 2020...
Read moreUpfield Foods, the largest plant-based consumer products company in the world, has launched a new initiative and global advocacy platform...
Read moreThe Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, says it is collaborating with allied institutions to improve food processing to...
Read moreThe Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, PFAG, has warned that the country could suffer rice shortage this year following the...
Read moreA Lecturer of Marine Geochemistry at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences of the University of Ghana, Dr. Edem...
Read moreIt appears that inasmuch as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many economic activities and led to job losses, other sectors...
Read moreGhana supplies 70% of all cocoa beans imported into Japan and cocoa is seen as one of the nation’s...
Read moreSource: Joy Business The Women in Poultry Value Chain (WIPVaC) has called for the speedy implementation of the ECOWAS Veterinary Pharmacy...
Read moreThe Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Boahene Aidoo has hinted of conclusive discussions with President...
Read moreIn Nigeria’s Kano state, some tomato farmers slice and dry fresh tomatoes in the sun to avoid losing so many...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Mr. Ben Archen, a Ghanaian born electrical engineer who is currently living in Germany has...
Read morePlayers in the livestock industry are calling on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to initiate long-term policies to ensure...
Read moreSugarcane growers at Komenda in the Central Region, are calling on government to support them financially to grow more sugarcane...
Read moreConstruction works will start on a six-acre land at Gbedzekope in the Akame Electoral Area for a Cassava Processing Factory...
Read moreAgric officers at Agona in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region have begun processes to add value to...
Read moreCharcoal selling in the Koforidua Municipality has drastically gone down due to covid-19 Pandemic and the partial lockdown that was...
Read moreBy: Nana Agyapong, Nkoranza Watermelon farmers in Nkoranza north and south in the Bono east region are crying bitterly due...
Read moreBy Nana Agyapong, Nkoranza The 2018 national best farmer, Mr James Obeng Boateng has commended the government for the various...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji With the stress and money invested in farming and the several reported challenges associated with...
Read moreBy Linda Dede Nyanya Godji “Even before I became a professional farmer, I had said to myself "I wouldn't be...
Read moreOver 80 per cent of agribusinesses in Ghana confirm that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a toll on their operations...
Read moreThe World Bank Group approved today a US$500 million program to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight...
Read moreThe Ghana National Poultry Farmers Association is calling on government to design a special package for poultry farmers engaged...
Read moreThe Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) has presented a total of 99,468 bags...
Read moreVegetable farmers at Akomadan in the Offinso North District, have participated in a small farmer group meeting to observe the...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji / agrighanaonline.com He pursued Agricultural Technology and majored in Agronomy at the University of Development...
Read moreBy:agrighanaonline.com As part of efforts to help strengthen Ghana’s livestock sector, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), has announced a 500...
Read moreThe coronavirus pandemic has almost not spared any sector of the world’s economy. In Ghana, the agric sector has also...
Read moreIn as much as he encourages the youth to delve into farming and agriculture in general, renowned actor, farmer, and...
Read moreThe Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, is appealing to the country’s security forces to pursue...
Read moreThe Ghana Peasant Farmers Association, has advised government to have a long-term plan to cushion farmers against unforeseen circumstances and...
Read moreBy: Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has launched an advocacy initiative to...
Read moreBy TONY BLAIR, AGNES KALIBATA (AGRA) Protecting food supply chains is the key missing component of an effective COVID-19 strategy. Global...
Read moreMrs Ida Maganga is a farmer who grows potatoes and tomatoes in Dedza district, Malawi. The 35-year-old mother of is...
Read moreBy:agrighanaonline.com One of the major companies in Ghana’s agriculture industry, RMG Ghana Limited, has announced a 100,000 cedis support package...
Read moreThe Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association of Ghana is lamenting the over 100% increase in the cost of exporting their...
Read moreOne of the major challenge facing rural farmers has to do with storage of their produce. Without the proper and...
Read moreMr. Geoffrey Komakech is a poultry farmer in Uganda’s Gulu district who has taken up construction work for extra income....
Read moreFor two years running the country’s agriculture sector has experienced declines in growth, despite an impressive performance in 2017 after...
Read moreDeforestation is a major issue in the most communities in Senegal. To show their commitment to defending forests, one of...
Read moreBy: Prince Karikari The Agric Ministry has cautioned farmers on the resurgence of Fall Armyworms in the country. The ministry...
Read moreBy:agrighanaonline.com The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, has announced that the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD,...
Read moreBy: Bagbara Tanko (MoFA) The Covid-19 pandemic now entering its fourth month has sparked an unprecedented global health crisis that...
Read moreSource: Farm Radio International About 500 students at Dano C primary school in the province of Ioba, in the...
Read moreBy: Yaw Asamoah Farming is an ancient profession. In the olden days, farming was the major work of the...
Read moreGhana’s sardinella fishery provides food and livelihoods for coastal communities and is more important than ever as coronavirus spreads. It...
Read moreBy: Gideon Kwame Sakodie Osei /Kintampo Cashew farmers in Kintampo say they have been impacted negatively due to global restrictions...
Read moreAs part of Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) mandate to help Cocoa Farmers, COCOBOD has encouraged farmers in various cocoa-growing communities...
Read moreStaggering technique in tomato farming yields positive results in central Nigeria as farmers share their success stories. Mr. Jibril...
Read moreBy: Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Ghana recorded its first corona virus cases on March 12, 2020 involving a Norwegian Embassy...
Read moreSource: Farm radio International The use of the traditional baskets (The woven raffia baskets made from palm leaves and branches)...
Read moreBy Reuben Quainoo Chief Executive Officer for BEIT Farms Mr. Evans Larbi is asking the Ministry of Food and Agriculture...
Read moreThe rapidly evolving situation with COVID-19 is raising uncertainty within Ghana’s economy; and the agriculture and Agribusiness sector cannot be...
Read moreBy: agrighanaonline.com/Source: Ghana Television For many years, women especially those in the northern parts of Ghana have taken to farming...
Read moreBy Linda Dede Nyanya Godji Agriculture’s role in advancing or transforming the economies of rural communities especially in providing jobs...
Read moreA total number of 1.4 million farmers are expected to benefit from the country Agriculture flagship programme, Planting for Food...
Read moreBy: AGRA Ghana Testimonies of some rice farmers in the Northern Region indicates that there has been a tremendous increase...
Read moreMore than 170 farms have been destroyed by bushfires in the Atebubu Amantin Municipality in the Bono East Region of...
Read moreUgandan farmer and mother of 14, Josephine Nalwadda, recently learned new methods that are helping this experienced farmer save more....
Read moreBy: Mabel Adorkor Annang As part of efforts to transform the agricultural sector digitally and improve on agricultural services in...
Read moreBy Linda Dede Nyanya Godji The President of the republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has reiterated government’s...
Read moreBy Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei (Kintampo) In Kintampo, people have been farming since the dawn of time. Kintampo is a...
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