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New payment system for cocoa famers in pilot stage
The government is to introduce a new system of payment for cocoa farmers to check the rampant stealing of cocoa beans. The new Cocoa Management System…
Green Ghana Day: 5 million trees planted in Ghana today
The Forestry Commission, through the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, has started a start nationwide tree-planting campaign, to plant five million trees to restore depleted…
Green Ghana Project: Greater Accra MMDCEs charged to provide report in 3 months
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has challenged Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in the region to submit a report on the status of…
COCOBOD set to plant over 1.6 million trees for 2020/2021 crop season
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will plant over 1.6 million forest trees in the 2020/2021 cocoa crop year on cocoa farms across the country as part of…
Four million hybrid oil palm seedlings distribution project launched
The government is to distribute four million hybrid oil palm seedlings to farmers and persons who hitherto were engaged in illegal mining across the country in…
Feeding Africa: Leadership to scale up successful innovations
The African Development Bank (ADB) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the…
How WamiAgro and GrowForMe are transforming the livelihoods of rice farmers in Ghana
Though rice is a major staple food consumed in Ghana, 66% of consumed rice in Ghana is often imported according to the Oxford Business Group. There…
Ghanaian Fishbowl Challenge winner to reduce Africa’s post-harvest losses?
Ghanaian undergraduate at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Mathias Charles Yabe who won the second edition of the Fishbowl Challenge, is on…
Transforming cowpea in Ghana
Dr. John Eleblu was born in Ghana where cowpeas are a common ingredient in many local dishes. In fact, one of Ghana’s most popular dishes, Waakye,…
Team SEMFA shortlisted for 2021 Hult Prize $1M Challenge
The Hult Prize Foundation has announced that Team SEMFA, a startup impact enterprise founded by Obed Nana Appiah, Comfort Degbor, and Mavis Sallas Mensah has…