The establishment of the Tree Crop Development Authourity (TCDA), in line with the government efforts to formalize the tree crop sector, as well as ensuring a reliable price mechanism within the sector and others, is estimated to turn over some $14 billion annually.
According to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa...
The Deputy Director of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI), Prof. Mrs. Marian Quain, has rekindled the call for the adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops to brighten the agenda of agricultural transformation to drive economic growth and development.
She observed that with the rising agricultural...
COCOBOD has signed a 1.3-billion-dollar syndicated loan with 28 banks to finance the purchase of cocoa beans for the 2020/2021 crop season.
The meeting which was organized via a video conferencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic saw 28 banks participate in this year’s syndication.
The loan has an interest rate of...
Solidaridad (an international civil society organization) has organised a training session in advocacy for zonal executives of the Oil Palm Development Association (OPDAG) Ghana at Cape Coast in the Central Region.
Attended by 44 oil palm actors, the training was to equip executives of the oil palm value chain association...
COVID 19 has rammed home some fundamental truths on the social and economic issues that Ghana and Africa must address to resuscitate the local and continental economies.
In his last address to Parliament Finance Minister, Mr. Ken Ofori Atta indicated that Ghana’s economy might shrink by some GH¢9.5 billion, with...
An estimated US$400 million or more is expected to be used to address the ravaging Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD), and overaged or moribund cocoa farms, which have significantly affected the country’s cocoa production for some time now.
According to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), about 40 percent of...
The scientific name for Parsley is petroselinum crispum, and is a species of Petroselinum, a member of the family of Apiaceae plants. Other plants in the Apiaceae family include carrots etc. Parsley seed essential oil, just as the name suggests is extracted from the dried seeds of the Parsley plant through steam distillation method.
Ayurveda has...
The Minister of Transport, Kweku Ofori Asiamah has led a delegation comprising, the Acting Chief Director of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministerial Advisory Board, Mrs. Mabel Sagoe, Officials from the Ministry of Transport as well as the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority to inspect current works at...
The local cashew processing sub-sector has received a massive boost to sustain operations, amidst threat by the Coronavirus pandemic.
This follows the presentation of COVID-19 relief items to the processors by the African Cashew Alliance (ACA) and its partners to ensure the factories work under a cleaner and safer environment...
President Akufo-Addo has announced a new producer price for Cocoa for the 2020/2021 crop season.
The government has pegged the new price at GHS10, 560 per metric ton of cocoa--- which translates to GHS660 per bag of cocoa.
The current 2019/20 producer price of GHS8,240 per metric ton (GHS514/64kg Bag) was...