CRI enhances Ghana’s contribution to root and tuber innovation in West Africa.
The Kumasi-based Crop Research Institute has one of the best research infrastructures in the region, thanks to the support of ...
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Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire to establish a cocoa initiative secretariat in Accra.
Ghana and Ivory Coast have signed the Headquarters Agreement for the establishment of the Cote D’Ivoire-Ghana Cocoa Initiative Secretariat in ...
Ghana’s 2010/11 cocoa season output impressive
Ghana has exceeded the 1 million tonnes mark in cocoa production for the first time since the 2010/11 crop season. ...
Nestlé’s commitment to improving the Cocoa sector on course – Badaro.
Mr Georgios Badaro, Managing Director (MD), Nestlé Ghana Limited has said the company’s ambition of making cocoa more profitable for ...
250,000 trees planted in Northern Region to mark ‘Green Ghana’ initiative
The Northern Region has seen some 250,000 trees planted to mark the Green Ghana Project that seeks to plant five ...
Seed producers trained on quality seed production and regulations.
The Market-Oriented Agriculture Programme in North-Western Ghana (MOAP-NW), has trained a total of 85 seed producers and seed inspectors on ...
Italy to support Ghana in seeds, greenhouse technology and irrigation
Greenhouse farming is a thriving sector in Italy thanks to companies with decades of experience in providing cutting-edge greenhouse technologies ...
Ghana to host her maiden honey festival and international bee day celebration.
Honey consumption has increased across the globe over the years due to consumer demand for quality natural sweeteners in place ...
Covid-19 has not slowed Ghana’s agriculture growth– Prof. Irene Susana Egyir.
The Covid–19 pandemic has brought most countries to their knees, disrupting many economies leaving no one in its disruptive grip. ...
Ghana advised to take advantage of hemp production from AfCFTA
Business Consultant, Nataki Kambon, says Ghana stands to benefit immensely from the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) if ...
The future of Ghana’s cocoa sector under threat
Opanin Kofi Asaam is 74 years and has been farming cocoa all his life. He lives alone at Tenyikwa, a ...
Ghana and Ivory Coast join forces to fix unfair Cocoa Prices
Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have set their price tag for cocoa to counter unfair trade in the international market. To ...
Stakeholders meet to develop a Consolidated National Conservation Agriculture Manual for Ghana.
Stakeholders in Conservation Agriculture (CA) held discussions at a two-day summit in Accra, to develop a consolidated Manual for CA ...
Ghana joins the world to mark World Food Day today
Ghana joins the rest of the World to celebrate the 40th World Food Day at the State House in Accra ...
Post-harvest losses remain a challenge to smallholder farmers in in Ghana – Study
Smallholder farmers in the country still experience as high as 30 percent post-harvest losses, mostly through spoilage and theft, a ...
Ghana may loose on AfCFTA if measures are not taken to upgrade marketing of agricultural produce – United Purpose Ghana
By Gidean Kwame Sarkodie Osei Raymond Yaotse, Project Manager of United Purpose Ghana’s Partnership for Accelerated Local Economic Development in ...
Ghana Cocoa Board, AfDB and financial partners celebrate first $200 million disbursement of loan to boost cocoa productivity in Ghana.
Ghana supplies 70% of all cocoa beans imported into Japan and cocoa is seen as one of the nation’s ...
Agric sector slips again despite PFJ intervention
For two years running the country’s agriculture sector has experienced declines in growth, despite an impressive performance in 2017 after ...
Cashew Nut Export Tops Ghana’s Non-Traditional Export in 2018
Ghana earned $378 million from the exportation of 110 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in 2018. The amount represented 43 ...
Solidaridad launches program to boost oil palm production
Solidaridad has officially launched the National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Oil Palm Smallholders (NISCOPS) Program in Ghana aimed at ...
Executive Policy needed to boost the rice sector in Ghana-Former Prez Kuffour.
Former President John Agyekum Kufuor is urging government to come up with an executive policy to improve the production and ...
Ghana: Using guinea fowl to manage pests and fertilize the soil
Domovir Bagolo whistles her favourite tune as she carefully weeds grass in her maize field. The 52-year-old farmer is holding ...
Agriculture will continue to be the bulwark of Ghana’s fledging economy- Deputy ADB MD
The Deputy MD of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), Alhassan Yakubu-Tali, has stressed that the agriculture sector will continue to ...
Ghana: Vegetable farmers use mobile phones to access extension services and better markets
It’s a Friday morning full of heat. But Florence Abakah and dozens of other female vegetable farmers are working on ...
Vegetable farmer wins Miss Agriculture 2019
A vegetable farmer in Ahwerem, a farming community in the Ashanti Region, Margaret Afriyie, has been crowned the 2019 Miss ...
Ghana to benefit from new USAID grant to boost agriculture
Ghana is to benefit from a new U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) grant aimed at boosting agricultural production in ...
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