NATIONAL NEWS
‘Adopt new approaches to farming’
June 2, 2015
‘Adopt new approaches to farming’
The Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) says government can improve the current economic situation by promoting new approaches to…
Stakeholders call for measures to minimise climate change effects
June 1, 2015
Stakeholders call for measures to minimise climate change effects
Participants at Deltas, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA) project workshop has called for adaptation measures to minimise…
Equip District Assemblies to protect Atewa Forest – Prof Oteng-Yeboah
June 1, 2015
Equip District Assemblies to protect Atewa Forest – Prof Oteng-Yeboah
Professor Alfred Oteng-Yeboah, the Board Chairman of A Rocha Ghana, an environmental NGO, has urged government to equip District Assemblies…
Report on agric contribution launched
June 1, 2015
Report on agric contribution launched
A comprehensive report on how agriculture can set a foundation for Ghana’s economic transformation has been launched in Accra. The…
Fertilizer Programme Suffers Big Blow
June 1, 2015
Fertilizer Programme Suffers Big Blow
Government’s fertilizer subsidy programme has suffered a big blow as Yara Ghana Limited, the company that supplies more than 50%…
Bird flu outbreak: Over 35,000 birds culled at Kpone
May 29, 2015
Bird flu outbreak: Over 35,000 birds culled at Kpone
Ghana’s veterinary officers have culled over 35,000 birds as they handle the suspected case of bird flu at Kpone in…
Farmers to be educated on modern rice production methods
May 29, 2015
Farmers to be educated on modern rice production methods
Ensuring food security is critical to sustainable livelihood and development.However, this can only be achieved in an enabling policy environment…
Grains Council ponders creating national standard for fertilizer
May 29, 2015
Grains Council ponders creating national standard for fertilizer
The Ghana Grains Council on Thursday met stakeholders to seek views on the need to establish a national standard for…
Nestle launches Milo Nutrifill ready to eat cereal
May 28, 2015
Nestle launches Milo Nutrifill ready to eat cereal
Nestle Ghana has launched a new cereal, Milo “Nutrifill,” a ready-to-eat cereal, to help reduce the risk of under nutrition…
H5N1 bird flu confirmed on two farms in Ghana
May 28, 2015
H5N1 bird flu confirmed on two farms in Ghana
Tests on poultry at two farms in Ghana, including one in the capital, Accra, have confirmed the presence of H5N1…