Cargill has reiterated its commitment to a transparent and sustainable cocoa sector which improves the lives of farmers and their communities in the five origin countries where it directly sources cocoa; Ghana, Brazil, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Indonesia.
The highlights of latest efforts and progress made on this commitment are...
Three new trawlers have arrived in Ghana from China and been registered to the Ghanaian flag, despite a moratorium on new fishing vessels. Government’s own Fisheries Management Plan states that 48 trawlers are the most that the fishery can sustain, yet 76 trawlers were licenced at the end of...
…small scale agribusinesses suffered largest revenue shortfall
Agribusinesses, on average, have lost 61.2 percent of monthly revenues as a result of COVID-19, the Agribusiness Sector Survey Report 2020, authored by the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG) - an apex body for coordinating agricultural sector players in the country - has...
If there is one good effect that COVID-19 could have on Ghanaian society, it is the possible disruption in supply of imported poultry products like chicken. This is as a result of the travel restrictions by different countries as containment measures for the virus. But could this be an...
The devastating impact of COVID-19 on the poultry sector, particularly market destruction continues to get worse in each passing day, resulting in egg glut across production areas like the Dormaa enclave in the Bono Region.
The consequential effects of COVID-19 pandemic in the country and its containment restrictive measures such...
The Eastern Regional Minister and Member of Parliament for Nkawkaw, Eric Kwakye Darfour has commended the Kete Krachi Timber Recovery Limited, a wholly owned Ghanaian company operating the Lake Volta timber concession recovery for introducing the Diver-based system of felling trees from the Lake in addition to the use...
Bank unveils plan to finance entire poultry, rice value chains
Projects GH¢2bn financing for agribusinesses by 2022
Draw partnerships with MoFA, OVCF, GIRSAL to provide cheaper finance
COVID-19 presents Ghanaians with the best opportunity to localise the entire food production value chain in the country, become less reliant on...
An overwhelming body of science-based evidence is throwing more light on how the rapidly growing industrialized animal farms around the world are contributing to serious environmental pollution, climate change, and the spread of infectious diseases.
Recently, top scientists in the Vox American news extensively discussed this issue. It is reported...
The local oil palm industry has hailed government’s decision to bring back duties on imported vegetable oil, as it has taken out unfair competition which nearly led to major lay-offs in the sector.
Government announced a reduction in the benchmark valuation of imports effective April 4, 2019 - a policy...
Local producers of oil palm have hailed government’s decision to exempt oil palm from the 50 percent reduction in the benchmark value of imports. The move will give local manufactures some competitive advantage over foreign production and help to sustain jobs in the oil palm value chain.
A statement from...