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Ghana take giant steps to boost cocoa production
July 4, 2016
Ghana take giant steps to boost cocoa production
Ghana’s effort at increasing its cocoa production has taken a giant step forward with the establishment of 20 Rural Service…
China promises to assist Ghana in the development of Agriculture
June 30, 2016
China promises to assist Ghana in the development of Agriculture
The Chinese government has reiterated its support for Ghana in developing its Savannah zone through agriculture, infrastructure and technology development. Opening…
Cocobod distributes 10 million free cocoa seedlings
June 30, 2016
Cocobod distributes 10 million free cocoa seedlings
The Cocoa Health Education Division (CHED) of Cocobod, has freely distributed 10 million hybrid cocoa seedlings to farmers across the…
Artisans trained in cassava harvester production
June 30, 2016
Artisans trained in cassava harvester production
The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Institute (CSRI) has successfully trained a number…
Junk foreign chicken dumped on Ghanaians – Darko Farms
June 30, 2016
Junk foreign chicken dumped on Ghanaians – Darko Farms
Executive Officer (CEO) of Darko Farms Samuel Darko has disclosed that Ghana continues to import frozen chicken considered unwholesome consumption…
SADA cuts directs loans to farmers
June 29, 2016
SADA cuts directs loans to farmers
The Management of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) will no longer directly grant loans to individual farmers in its…
Importation of chicken killing us – Poultry farmers
June 29, 2016
Importation of chicken killing us – Poultry farmers
The Chairman of National Association of Poultry Farmers, Victor Oppong Agyei has bemoaned continued importation of foreign chicken into the…
Farmers to be empowered through technical capacity building
June 29, 2016
Farmers to be empowered through technical capacity building
Smallholder farmers in Ghana are expected to be empowered in the technical and managerial aspects of their work through capacity…
Fruit flies invade farms in Volta Region
June 29, 2016
Fruit flies invade farms in Volta Region
Fruit flies have invaded high value horticultural crop farms across the Volta Region. The greatly affected districts are Afadjato South,…
CPP to raise US$300bn from almond tree cultivation – Greenstreet
June 29, 2016
CPP to raise US$300bn from almond tree cultivation – Greenstreet
The flagbearer for the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet plans to make the commercial cultivation of the African…