It’s yet again that time of the year in the Upper West Region of Ghana especially within the Wa municipality where there is a lot of tomatoes in the market. Many farmers are harvesting the product and there appear to be a glut. A few weeks ago, this was...
In this new era of growing African agribusiness opportunities, a breakthrough in agriculture can change global food systems and drive African prosperity.In a recent virtual media launch, Grosso Foods Group was announced as a new entrant in the African agri-business sector with a vision to accelerate agribusiness growth and...
Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the socio-economic development of Ghana as it contributes to ensuring food security, provides raw materials for local industries, generates foreign exchange and provides employment and income for the greater number of the population.
The share of agriculture to the country G.D.P for 2018 was...
Since the launch of government’s flagship programme ‘Planting for Export and Rural Development’ (PERD) in 2019, a total 15 million seedlings of cashew and other cash crops have so far been produced and distributed to farmers across the country, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture in charge of perennial...
The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, George Oduro, has said there is a need to offer critical support to cashew-growing farmers on the continent, as the impact of COVID-19 on their operations is affecting their livelihoods.
“With the outbreak of COVID-19, farmers have witnessed declining farm gate prices -...
Federated Commodities, in partnership with Beyond the Beans Foundation, has rolled out sustainable programmes which seek to encourage cocoa farmers in parts of the Eastern Region to produce more - despite the coronavirus pandemic inclining prices on the international market to fall.
In February this year, the cocoa price per...
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The President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inspected ongoing work on a US$34 million starch processing factory at Amantin, in the Bono East Region.
The tour of the Amantin Agro Processing Ltd, a wholly-owned Ghanaian company, formed part of the President’s two-day working visit of the...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the industry regulator, has once again raised a red flag over the menace of agrochemicals misapplication by farmers, indicating that the wrongful practice poses threats to sustainable cocoa production and productivity.
Over the years, the frequency of agrochemicals application, over- and under-use of pesticides and insecticides...
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is gravely concerned about the misapplication of agrochemicals since the wrongful practice poses a threat to sustainable cocoa production and productivity. Cocoa farming requires the use of agrochemicals to ward off pests and provide the soil with nutrients for the healthy production of beans.
However,...
The Association of Cashew Processors Ghana (ACPG) has called on the government to quicken the pace of setting up the Tree Crop Development Authority to deal with the many challenges within the cashew industry.
According to them, challenges such as unfair Raw Cashew Nut (RCN) market, poor storage, lack of...