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Ghanaian farmers urged to accept GM seeds
May 9, 2016
Ghanaian farmers urged to accept GM seeds
Dr Margaret Ottah Atikpo, the Secretary of the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology, has called on Ghanaian farmers to accept…
Rubber processing factory in the offing
May 9, 2016
Rubber processing factory in the offing
The Board of the Ghana Oil Palm Development Company Limited (GODPC) has commenced talks to construct a state-of-the-art rubber processing…
Lack of funding for local agric offices threatens food security
May 9, 2016
Lack of funding for local agric offices threatens food security
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has said efforts are ongoing to ensure financial challenges facing its regional and…
UK Gov’t invests £14.8 million in Ghana’s agric sector
May 9, 2016
UK Gov’t invests £14.8 million in Ghana’s agric sector
The United Kingdom government is investing over £14 million pounds into the implementation of a pro-poor programme dubbed; “The Market…
Peasant farmers call for input subsidy policy
May 6, 2016
Peasant farmers call for input subsidy policy
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has called for the introduction of input subsidy policy with clear sources of…
Tomato prices shoot up in first week of May
May 6, 2016
Tomato prices shoot up in first week of May
Checks by Esoko Ghana have revealed that tomato recorded the highest gain in price for the first week of May…
Agribusiness has potential to generate US$5bn – GTLC
May 6, 2016
Agribusiness has potential to generate US$5bn – GTLC
Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition (GTLC) has indicated that Ghana has a huge potential to raise about US$5billion from agriculture…
4,000 rice farmers benefit from AGRA funds
May 5, 2016
4,000 rice farmers benefit from AGRA funds
The Ghana Commercialization of Rice Project (G-CORP), through Agribusiness Systems International (ASI), with funding and technical support from the Alliance…
Retrench public workers, send them into farming – Cudjoe
May 5, 2016
Retrench public workers, send them into farming – Cudjoe
A lot of Ghana’s 600,000 public sector workers must be retrenched and sent into farming, founding president of policy think…
Cocoa workers grateful to Opuni for his support
May 5, 2016
Cocoa workers grateful to Opuni for his support
Workers of the Cocoa industry in Ghana at the celebration of this year’s May Day shamed the Industrial and Commercial…