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Transforming Africa’s food systems is a joint enterprise – FARA
As Africa enters a critical decade, with the clock ticking on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, the multiple threats to the continent’s food, land…
COCOBOD’s Kejebil warehouse Cocoa carriers embark on sit-down strike
Cocoa carriers at COCOBOD’s main warehouse in Kejebil, near Takoradi, have gone on strike indefinitely. COCOBOD hauls cocoa for export through the Takoradi Harbour. The Cocoa…
FARA announces maiden edition of Continental Management for Agricultural Development Conference
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), in collaboration with Continental and Sub-Regional Agricultural Research organizations, including the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS),…
School feeding programme moving towards universal coverage-Akosua Frema Opare
Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare has said that the Ghana school feeding programme is steadily moving towards universal coverage. She described this news as heartwarming.…
Rice Millers Association expresses disappointment over failure to exclude rice from benchmark policy reversal
The Rice Millers Association of Ghana has expressed its disappointment over government’s failure to exclude rice from the recently reversed 50% benchmark value reduction policy. The…
Ghana risks losing 75% of cocoa if temperature rises to 1.5 degree- British High Commissioner
The British High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, says Ghana risks losing 75% of cocoa viability if temperatures rise to 1.5 degrees. Addressing a stakeholders engagement at the…
Takoradi: Agric Minister tours ava Coconut Processing plant.
Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has paid a visit to GKV Foods as part of a six-day tour to five (5) areas around the…
Ghana to soon produce fertilisers locally
Ghana will soon have a fertiliser manufacturing plant to produce fertilisers locally, to meet the rising demand of farmers, Head of Results Delivery at the Office…
Bumper harvest next year a fallacy- Peasant farmers to Agriculture Minister
Head of Advocacy and Programs for the Peasant Farmer Association, Charles Nyaaba says he doubts the Agric minister’s comment of having a bumper harvest next year.…
Fishermen to access premix fuel with canoe ID cards
Efforts have begun to digitize the provision of premix fuel to fishermen, This is according to the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development. During a petroleum…