Agribusiness

The Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) decision to settle GH¢162million owed holders of cocoa bills who declined to participate in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) has removed one of the last unresolved liabilities from the debt restructuring exercise.

The Rubber Processors Association of Ghana (RUPAG) has defended government's temporary ban on raw rubber exports, insisting the policy is protecting Ghana's industrialisation agenda rather than creating monopolies or depriving farmers and traders of market opportunities.

Ghana’s honey industry is intensifying efforts to regain European Union (EU) market access, with stakeholders calling for stronger quality standards, certification and traceability systems to meet the bloc’s import requirements and improve the sector’s global competitiveness.

Koforidua Technical University (KTU) and CryoChain Ghana Limited have expressed interest in forming a strategic partnership to establish a Cold Chain AgriTech and Applied Technology Ecosystem Hub in the Eastern Region.

The government’s flagship agriculture initiative, the Feed Ghana Programme (FGP), lacks a deliberate framework to support young people pursuing agriculture as a pathway to sustainable economic growth, according to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has reintroduced a fully government-funded free fertiliser and agro-input distribution programme for cocoa farmers, expanding a broader reform agenda that combines production support with pricing, financing and governance changes aimed at reviving Ghana’s cocoa sector.