The role of training, mentorship, and knowledge-sharing among agriculturists is integral. These efforts lead to holistic mental and technical capacity building among actors, leading to higher productivity within the agric value chain.
These thoughts were well-articulated by the West Africa Regional Director of YARA, Mr. Danquah Addo-Yobo, in a welcome...
…. for excellence in agriculture and youth entrepreneurship
From providing healthy and nutritious meals to creating gainful employment, Agro Kings - producer of Nana’s Rice - is an example of large-scale youth innovation in agriculture and entrepreneurship with women at the forefront.
Founded by Nana Owusu-Achau, a 32-year-old Ghanaian, Agro Kings...
I have received quite a number of questions from readers on why they should engage in home gardening. Today I will attempt to address them, and hopefully convince a whole lot more people why home/school or office gardening is necessary - and fun as well.
My first pointer is the...
Nineteen institutions have benefitted from Norpalm Ghana Limited’s palm oil distribution at Ewusiejoe in the Ahanta West district of the Western Region.
The distribution of palm oil is an annual flagship programme to support these 13 senior high schools, two nursing training colleges, two special schools, one vocational school and...
Despite agriculture becoming the main pillar of support for the economy in this pandemic period, the 2021 Heifer International Report has revealed that only five percent of Ghanaian youth in the sector are engaged in agriculture processing.
The report indicated that even though the nation’s agricultural sector is well-placed to...
A report by Heifer International Ghana has revealed that only 12 percent of the youth involved in agriculture have adopted some form of technology for their operations.
It was observed among the youths surveyed for the research that 37 percent had access to finance, 14 percent has access to land,...
The Director, Veterinary Services Directorate, Dr Patrick Abakeh, says seven farms have so far been affected with the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in the country.
In all, 5,811 birds died naturally on the affected farms, while the Veterinary Services destroyed 4,500 birds, he said.
The Director said the disease affected five...
The Technical Team Lead of the Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), Raymond Denteh, explained that the two-day Poultry Masterclass for Workers and Retirees was held to expose the opportunities in the sector as well as, attract investment to improve the market share of the meat industry as a whole.
He noted...
debts linger for two years
Fertiliser suppliers for government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative have said the programme is under threat over debts owed by government, with some of the monies dating back to two years.
The suppliers said though the initiative had been successful in the first...
A major reason for growing vegetables at home is to produce crops of a higher eating quality than may be otherwise available. A lot of comments and questions I have received from this platform is about harvesting. When is the right time and way to harvest my vegetables from...