Tag: Ghana

The Volta Youth in Agriculture, an organisation focused on advancing agriculture, has described the recent tomato export ban by neighbouring ...

Mr. Owusu Banahene, the Sunyani Municipal Director of Agriculture, stated that the directorate will receive 80,000 hybrid coconut seedlings for ...

Residents of Somanya have received a share of 10,000 local chickens from the Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly as part of ...

Joseph Aggrey-Fynn, Professor of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), has urged the government to ...

Residents of Bilpela in the Tamale Metropolis have renewed calls for the rehabilitation of a 10-hectare community dam to boost ...

On Saturday, President John Dramani Mahama honored his campaign pledge by cutting the sod for a new Farmer Services Centre ...

Noble Kwame Asare, Associate Professor of Marine Ecology and Processes at the Africa Ocean Institute, University of Cape Coast, has ...

Mr. Abraham Essel, Nkawie District Forest Manager, has urged forest fringe communities to actively support and participate in conservation efforts ...

Mr. Owusu Banahene, Sunyani Municipal Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has assured poultry farmers of a ready ...

The Cocoa Marketing Company (Ghana) Limited has called for cocoa sector reforms to be grounded in a clear understanding of ...

Deadline: 17th April 2026 The Government of Ghana, through the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) and Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), ...

Farmer Field School approach strengthens biosecurity, promotes responsible antimicrobial use, and supports Ghana’s National Action Plan on AMR Ghana has ...

Chamber of Agribusiness calls for National Poultry Biosecurity Programme after Saudi Arabia import ban The Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG) ...

The Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA) has begun the distribution of 8,000 Nkoko Nkitinkitin birds to households in the municipality, as ...

The Canoe and Fishing Gear Owners Association of Ghana (CaFGOAG) has defended the expansion of Ghana’s Inshore Exclusion Zone (IEZ) from ...

Ghana is no longer satisfied with exporting cash crops without value addition, Mr Eric Opoku, Minister of Food and Agriculture, ...

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has expressed sorrow over the killing of Ghanaian tomato traders in Burkina Faso, calling ...

Poultry farmers are asking the government to engage them in programmes and interventions geared towards promoting Ghana’s poultry industry, before implementation.  This, according to ...

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on government to immediately release GH¢10 billion owing Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) to enable them to ...

Mr. Richster Amarh Amarfio, Vice President of the National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG), has highlighted the critical importance of ...

Professor Fatima Denton, Principal Investigator and Director of the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, says Ghana is ...

 Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor II, the Paramount Chief of the Buipe Traditional Area, has outlined the vast agricultural potential of the Savannah Region to the European ...

The Ghana Tuna Association (GTA) has had their purse seine and pole-and-line tuna fleets certified as sustainable to the globally ...

For years, 52-year-old Stella Nyaaba moved between markets in Bongo, Bolgatanga and Navrongo, struggling to sell parboiled rice amid high ...

Ghana has taken up a major leadership role in Africa’s climate diplomacy, assuming responsibility for coordinating the continent’s positions in ...

The Rubber Farmers Association of Ghana (RUFAG) has rejected claims that exports of raw rubber are unchecked and harmful to ...

The Government has fixed the minimum producer price for raw cashew nuts at GH¢12.00 per kilogram for the 2025/2026 crop ...

The Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA) has applauded farmers and fishers, highlighting the vital and inseparable connection between maritime trade and ...

Parliament has praised the nation’s hardworking farmers for their vital role in national development as Ghana prepares to mark Farmers’ ...

A study by Innovations for Sustainable Rural Development shows that better access to farmland significantly improves women’s income, food security, ...

The Government is prioritizing agriculture as the backbone of Ghana’s economy under the Agriculture for Economic Transformation Agenda, according to ...

President John Dramani Mahama is set to officially launch the Nkoko Nketenkete Poultry Project in Kumasi on Wednesday, November 12, ...

Fisheries Commission supports Sunyani Central Prisons with 1,000 tilapia fingerlings and two bags of feed for aquaculture project The central ...

Mr. Collins Asomah, District Chief Executive for Berekum West in the Bono Region, has announced that the Assembly has received ...

Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, has met with the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, to discuss strategies ...

A joint study by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Pure Earth has uncovered dangerously high levels of mercury, arsenic, ...

Under the Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY) programme, 106 micro-businesses have been awarded a total of $236,460.83 ...

Mrs. Juliana Asante-Dartey, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Agri-Impact Limited, has urged Ghanaian youth to seize opportunities in agribusiness and ...

The Government has reiterated its commitment to forging strong and strategic partnerships with the private sector to enhance investment in ...

Dr Andy Osei Okrah, Chief Executive Officer of the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA), has urged stronger collaboration among stakeholders ...

Ghana’s agricultural transformation requires the full and active participation of rural women, Mr Eric Opoku, Minister of Food and Agriculture, ...

Farmers in the Kadjebi District of the Oti Region are grappling with uncertainty, as erratic rainfall patterns disrupt the minor ...

Three institutions have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Africa–Singapore Business Forum (ASBF) 2025 to embed high-integrity ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says any assertion that farmers in Côte d’Ivoire are better off in terms of producer ...

Madam Sandra Seyram Kpedor, the Anloga District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Volta Region has been briefed on special programmes ...

A soil research scientist has stressed the need for Ghana to prioritize building its soil organic matter and strengthening soil ...

The fisherfolks at Keta in the Volta Region are rejoicing over a bumper catch in recent fishing expeditions in the ...

A 26-year-old farmer has been incarcerate into prison custody by the Nkawie Circuit Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality ...

Nii Annan Adjor II, the Ashiaman regent, has complained about the rising level of pollution of the Ashiaman irrigation dam ...

Mr. Nicholas Issaka Gbana, a Development Economist and Chartered Accountant, has raised concerns over the parallel implementation of the Ministry ...

President John Dramani Mahama is set to introduce a comprehensive national policy on oil palm to drive economic transformation and ...

Ghana's cocoa sector requires significant investment to meet international sustainability standards while remaining competitive against emerging producers, Netherlands Ambassador to ...

The Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness, and Industry, led by the sector Minister, Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, is preparing to organise a ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (CO­COBOD) is to resume rehabil­itation of farms affected by Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD) across ...

African leaders and development partners have renewed their commitment to restoring Africa’s depleted soils as a pathway to food security, ...

In a major step toward enhancing agricultural productivity and ensuring food security, Ghana’s Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, ...

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is set to organise this year’s Horticulture Expo in Accra, to connect Ghanaian exporters ...

President John Dramani Mahama says the country is positioning itself strategically to meet the increasing national demand for palm oil.Currently, ...

Agrihouse Foundation has successfully organised the second edition of the Ghana Agrochemicals and Crop Protection Exhibition and Awards (GACA) at ...

Nana Adwoa Owusuaa II, the Queen-Mother of Namasua, a farming community in the Berekum Municipality of the Bono Region has ...

Ghanaian exporters are bracing for the impact of a new 10% tariff on imports imposed by the US, which is ...

The Minister for Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, has hinted that Ghana is preparing to launch a comprehensive Palm Industry ...

The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has launched an agricultural acceleration initiative aimed at transforming Ghana's agricultural landscape. ...

Deadline: 23rd April, 2025. Grant Scheme call aims to support efforts to increase forest cover in Ghana with the ambition ...

Acting Chief Executive-Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA), Prof. Ransford Gyampo, has expressed concern over Ghana’s heavy reliance on Burkina Faso for ...

In a significant boost for Africa’s agricultural sector, Australia has pledged $76 million over six years to support climate-resilient farming ...

Nana Owusu Achiaw Brempong, a 70-year-old farmer from the Sekyere Central district in the Ashanti Region, has been honoured as ...

The Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom (UK) to combat infectious diseases and strengthen ...

Ghana and Norway are partnering to increase the development of on-farm fish feed using locally available feed ingredient resources. Ghana’s new ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Northern Region has seen some 250,000 trees planted to mark the Green Ghana Project that seeks to plant five ...

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

Greenhouse farming is a thriving sector in Italy thanks to companies with decades of experience in providing cutting-edge greenhouse technologies ...

Honey consumption has increased across the globe over the years due to consumer demand for quality natural sweeteners in place ...

The Covid–19 pandemic has brought most countries to their knees, disrupting many economies leaving no one in its disruptive grip. ...

Business Consultant, Nataki Kambon, says Ghana stands to benefit immensely from the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (‎AfCFTA) if ...

Opanin Kofi Asaam is 74 years and has been farming cocoa all his life. He lives alone at Tenyikwa, a ...

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

Stakeholders in Conservation Agriculture (CA) held discussions at a two-day summit in Accra, to develop a consolidated Manual for CA ...

Ghana joins the rest of the World to celebrate the 40th World Food Day at the State House in Accra ...

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

By Gidean Kwame Sarkodie Osei Raymond Yaotse, Project Manager of United Purpose Ghana’s Partnership for Accelerated Local Economic Development in ...

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

For two years running the country’s agriculture sector has experienced declines in growth, despite an impressive performance in 2017 after ...

Ghana earned $378 million from the exportation of 110 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in 2018. The amount represented 43 ...

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

Former President John Agyekum Kufuor is urging government to come up with an executive policy to improve the production and ...

Domovir Bagolo whistles her favourite tune as she carefully weeds grass in her maize field. The 52-year-old farmer is holding ...

The Deputy MD of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Alhassan Yakubu-Tali, has stressed that the agriculture sector will continue to ...

It’s a Friday morning full of heat. But Florence Abakah and dozens of other female vegetable farmers are working on ...

A vegetable farmer in Ahwerem, a farming community in the Ashanti Region, Margaret Afriyie, has been crowned the 2019 Miss ...

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