Green Gold Farms revolutionising the agricultural industry in Ghana
In recent years, a number of innovative entrepreneurs have stepped in to help reverse the declining state of the agricultural...
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...
Read moreBy Gideon Kwame Sarkodie Osei (Kintampo) A project dubbed “PRODESOP” (Promoting Access of indigenous people to Decent Work and Social...
Read moreFarming and learning in groups seem to be the best way to increased knowledge and income among small holder farmers...
Read moreThe Federal Government and the African Development Bank AfDB have commenced the setting up of Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs)...
Read moreAt least 2,000 poultry farmers have enrolled for the first phase of the broiler module of the ‘Rearing for Food...
Read moreFarmers in some communities in the Tano North and South Municipalities of the Ahafo Region, are lamenting the influx of...
Read moreThe Project Manager for the Bono-Asante Atea cashew Project Dr. Anthony Augustus Mainoo is asking cashew farmers in the Wenchi...
Read moreThe market research company, Ecovia Intelligence, estimates the global organic market continues to grow worldwide and has passed the 100...
Read moreThe latest global data on organic farming worldwide indicates that the global organic area continues to grow and as at...
Read moreData from the authorities in the Bono East region shows that more than 150 maize farms have been razed down...
Read moreGhana earned $378 million from the exportation of 110 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in 2018. The amount represented 43...
Read moreThe Organic World Congress (OWC) is held every three years involving thousands of organic farmers, producers, researchers, advocates and policy...
Read moreA Kenyan sugar cane farmer, Mr. Joseph Onsinyo noted that adding value to his produce has earn him more revenue...
Read moreBy Nana Agyapong (Nkoranza) The chiefs in Nkoranza have pledge their support to ensure farmers especially maize farmers within their...
Read moreAccording to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Plant pests and diseases destroy up to 40% of food crops every...
Read moreTheresia Mushi, a middle age farmer In Tanzania has been growing several banana varieties since 2011 and sells the raw...
Read moreThe Governor of Uttarakhand has approved the Organic Agriculture Act (2019). With this act, Uttarakhand has now become the first...
Read moreH.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, President of the Republic Of Ghana, On Wednesday 29th January 2020 commissioned the Akumadan Greenhouse...
Read moreSolidaridad has officially launched the National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS) Program in Ghana aimed at...
Read moreThe Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has taken delivery of 100,000 pieces of motorised slashers to be distributed to cocoa farmers...
Read moreAgriculture Extension Officers within the Sissala East and West Municipal Assemblies of the Upper West Region are optimistic that, the...
Read moreBy News Desk Four major international sponsors of agribusiness are at various stages of supporting B-BOVID’s network of farmers to...
Read moreMrs. Joyce Otim, a cassava farmer in Uganda has stated that Cassava without value addition fetches little money. For this...
Read moreThe Okole Women Development Initiative in Uganda has received a grant from the government’s Skills Development Facility and is currently...
Read moreA 30-year-old mother, Suraya Bawa, who has converted her old building into a poultry house for the rearing of guinea...
Read moreUAE residents will soon be able to buy fresher produce after plans were unveiled to grow a tonne of tomatoes...
Read moreThe President of Paddy Rice Dealers Association of Nigeria (PRIDAN), Muhammad Auwal has said that most farmers in the rural areas are...
Read moreGenerally, entertaining the thought of home grown food is given a pass due to the space crunch in modern urban...
Read morePineapples are nutritious and delicious, and can be processed into several different foods that are easier to store or sell...
Read moreThe national capital of India, Delhi is mostly characterized by immense air pollution and one of the reasons was the...
Read moreAs the call for organic farming increase, people are coming up with innovative ways of farming especially in rural agriculture...
Read moreThe agriculture sector in recent years has appreciated significantly with the introduction of agronomical practices, improved seeds, technology and many...
Read moreThe government has dispatched solar-powered rice mills to four strategic rice farming areas to address the problem of inadequate capacity...
Read moreMr John Dimah, the 2019 National Best maize farmer has lost 31 acres of his maize farmland to fire in...
Read moreThe Managing Director, AgroNigeria, Mr Richard-Mark Mbaram, says agro industrialisation is key to achieving economic transformation, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...
Read moreJean Paul Sebarera had given up on growing cassava after brown streak disease, known locally as kabore, devastated plantations in...
Read morePeter Kakanji is brushing his teeth, using bristles of a stick as a toothbrush. He looks to the sky for signs of imminent rainfall because he heard last night on...
Read moreThis work was carried out with the aid of a grant from The Deutsche Gesellscaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GjbH (GIZ)...
Read moreThe Director of the Development and Delivery Office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Alfred Dixon, has...
Read moreThe Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development says government is considering an extension of the closed fishing season. According to...
Read moreThe Fisheries Commission has been urged to reduce the announced increase in fishing license fees for the operation of...
Read moreDirector of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) at the University of Ghana, Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, has...
Read moreAs part of drastic measures designed to fight against the spread of the Infectious Spleen and Kidney Virus diseases in...
Read moreFarmers in one of Columbia’s most vulnerable community have undergone training to be able to yield results in crop production...
Read moreSome rice farmers in Northern Ghana are counting their losses as bush fire ravages hundreds of acres of their rice...
Read moreWomen farmers have been urged to take advantage of the various Government initiatives in agriculture to contribute their quota to...
Read morePolicymakers comprising commissioners of agriculture, permanent secretaries and program managers of Agricultural Development Programs (ADPs) in Nigeria have lauded efforts...
Read moreNational President of the Ghana Inshore Fisheries Association, Mr. Joseph Nii Armah Quaye is calling on the government to support...
Read moreFishermen across the coastal parts of the country are calling on the government to dissolve all the committees that sell...
Read moreMr Benjamin Ofori, the Farm Manager of Bridge Waters Farm at Suhum in the Eastern Region, has appealed to the...
Read moreIbrahima Ly is a big rice producer in northern Senegal, growing irrigated rice in the Senegal River Valley. But Mr....
Read moreThe Ministry of Food and Agriculture in collaboration with the Scholarship Secretariat sponsored the 2018 National Farmers Day Award Winners...
Read moreGovernment has set an ambitious target to ban the importation of rice by 2022, to boost local rice production for...
Read moreAs the campaign for the consumption of local rice intensifies, some rice importers are now getting involved although others are...
Read moreA 58-year-old farmer, Charles Gyamfi from the Ahafo Region has been adjudged the 2019 National Best Farmer at a ceremony...
Read moreFormer President John Agyekum Kufuor is urging government to come up with an executive policy to improve the production and...
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 2019 National Best Agroforestry Farmer, Mr. Robben Asare is urging the youth to venture into agriculture which will...
Read moreThe Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its international partners have...
Read moreDomovir Bagolo whistles her favourite tune as she carefully weeds grass in her maize field. The 52-year-old farmer is holding...
Read moreIt’s a bright Wednesday morning and Phillip Msakwiza is busy supervising construction work for his new house. He is using...
Read moreThe Deputy MD of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Alhassan Yakubu-Tali, has stressed that the agriculture sector will continue to...
Read moreThe Pulitzer Center invites journalists who are working on projects related to tropical rainforests to submit a proposal to the...
Read moreIn a small room, two computers sit on a table. A wooden box contains various objects interconnected by cables of...
Read moreIt’s a Friday morning full of heat. But Florence Abakah and dozens of other female vegetable farmers are working on...
Read moreThe African Development Bank (AfDB), Credit Suisse AG, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited and Ghana Cocoa Board...
Read moreA vegetable farmer in Ahwerem, a farming community in the Ashanti Region, Margaret Afriyie, has been crowned the 2019 Miss...
Read moreOlga Dicko is a teacher in Kalo, in the Sahel area of Burkina Faso, 40 kilometres from Dori. Here, she...
Read moreJosiah Mwangi’s farm is full of mango trees. Looking at it from a distance, the trees appear to form a...
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...
Read moreOver a 12-year period, as rainfall became increasingly erratic, farmer Shemsu Hussein moved from rain-fed agriculture to intensive small-scale irrigation—and...
Read moreNamulondo Kekurina’s maize is thriving. She’s harvesting for a second time this season and has already brought in more than...
Read moreEntrepreneur Bruce Diale is trying to improve food security and attract more young people to consider taking up careers in...
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