The Ghana Exports Promotion Authority (GEPA), through its flagship project the National Export Development Strategy (NEDS), has outlined plans to boost cashew exports by as much as 320 percent from its current earnings to the country.
Currently, the crop is the second-largest contributor to non-traditional exports with earnings of US$237.8million...
At Kofiase, a community in the Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region of Ghana, members of a Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) are on their way to getting a bumper harvest due to an investment in improved oil palm seedlings.
For years, the over 4,000 residents of the community...
Continuing its well-grounded tradition, Agricultural Manufacturing Group Limited (AMG) has donated a sum of GH¢100,000, 1,200 bags of fertilisers as well as a generous number of nose masks and hand sanitisers toward the 36th edition of the annual Farmers Day celebration.
With this year’s celebration to be held under the...
Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd (JMTC) has handed over a Yamaha Outboard Motor, Yamaha Water pumps and Yamaha Motorcycles to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) towards the celebration of this year’s National Farmers Day.
Mr. Abdul-Somad Alhassan Musah, Assistant MD of Japan Motors was present at both the...
The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) has partnered the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) to launch a portal that provides information on agriculture to financial institutions to aid them in loan assessments relating to agric.
The platform - the GIRSAL Agriculture and Agribusiness Knowledge...
The nation's agriculture sector has come of age and needs a regulatory authority to strategically streamline activities for economic growth, Anthony Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana, has said.
According to him, the authority must be akin to the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) or the National...
Kingdom Exim Ghana Limited has made a donation to support 2020’s edition of the National Farmers’ Day celebration.
The donation is evidence of the company’s continued support to the agricultural sector, and particularly in response to a call by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) for timely contributions.
The items...
Implementer of the Cocoa Life programme, Mondelez International, has introduced a new technology that seeks to help triple annual yields of cocoa production in Ghana
To mitigate the effect of climate change on cocoa production in Ghana and help triple the country's annual yield, a new technology designed to supply...
Chemico Limited, Ghana’s pioneer Agro-inputs company, has supported this year’s Farmers Day celebration with over GH¢400,000.
The company handed over a cheque for GH¢100,000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), and additionally presented a cash amount and agrochemical products valued at over GH¢300,000 to some Regional, Metropolitan, Municipal...
The Ghana Export-import Bank (GEXIM) has presented a tractor and its accessories to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) towards the upcoming National Farmers' Day celebrations.
The tractor, worth GH¢3,6200.00, is to be given to the 1st runner of this year’s national farmers awards. The gesture forms part of GEXIM's...