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IESC To Improve Food Safety, Grow Agric Exports In Ghana
May 27, 2016
IESC To Improve Food Safety, Grow Agric Exports In Ghana
The International Executive Service Corps (IESC), a non-profit organisation, has been awarded a two-year program that will improve the quality…
GAWU debunks transportation challenges for cassava shortage
May 27, 2016
GAWU debunks transportation challenges for cassava shortage
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has stated that the recent shortage of cassava in the country could be attributed…
‘Beware Of Contaminated Fish’
May 27, 2016
‘Beware Of Contaminated Fish’
The Minister of Fisheries, Ms. Sherry Ayittey has urged women fish processors to desist from buying contaminated fish at the…
CRI to introduce agricultural-friendly machinery
May 27, 2016
CRI to introduce agricultural-friendly machinery
The Crop Research Institute (CRI) is making efforts to improving agricultural mechanization in the country aimed at restoring the interest of…
Pass Plant Breeders Bill to combat poverty in Ghana – WACCI
May 27, 2016
Pass Plant Breeders Bill to combat poverty in Ghana – WACCI
The West Africa Center for Crop Improvement (WACCI) of the University of Ghana, Legon has urged Parliament to resume sitting…
GODPC ventures into large scale rubber production
May 27, 2016
GODPC ventures into large scale rubber production
The Ghana Oil Palm Development Company Limited (GOPDC) is set to expand its operations to include the large-scale cultivation and…
Journalists to inaugurate association to promote agriculture
May 27, 2016
Journalists to inaugurate association to promote agriculture
The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA), a newly formed professional media body, would be inauguration on Wednesday,…
Minister urges youth to make Agriculture life-time vocation
May 27, 2016
Minister urges youth to make Agriculture life-time vocation
Dr Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, a Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, has urged the youth to see Agriculture as a…
Agric Ministry blames cassava shortage on poor transport system
May 27, 2016
Agric Ministry blames cassava shortage on poor transport system
The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, has blamed transportation and infrastructural challenges for the recent…
Nestle To Support Farmers Under Its Cocoa Plan Initiative
May 26, 2016
Nestle To Support Farmers Under Its Cocoa Plan Initiative
Nestle Ghana, as part of its Cocoa Plan, has trained 13,000 farmers in better agricultural practices to increase suppliers’ profitability…