The Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana (NETRIGHT) has organized a round-table discussion as part of its project of strengthening gender responsive policy processes in the agricultural sector
The project is part of a broader programme on enhancing private sector participation in agricultural policy process in Ghana under the USAID...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have hosted a forum to review progress made on the development of a pilot food safety and certification system in Ghana.
Developing a sustainable traceability system was a crucial recommendation that supported lifting the...
The challenge of climate change offers a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs to leapfrog older inefficient technologies, increase competitiveness and participate in global innovations.
Already, entrepreneurs face many challenges in the country but for those venturing into climate change adaptation and mitigation businesses, the challenge becomes particularly more heightened, Abdul-Nasser Alidu...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said rehabilitation work is ongoing to operationise dilapidated and abandoned cattle ranches, as part of immediate measures to address the perennial clashes between crop farmers and nomadic herdsmen.
Presenting the State of the Nation Address to the 275-member Legislature yesterday, the President said: “We...
An official ceremony hosted by the Ghana Cocoa Board honoured Simon Marfo, a Ghanaian cocoa farmer who won the prestigious Cocoa of Excellence International Cocoa Award at the recent Salon du Chocolat in Paris, France.
Marfo is a member of the Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) and benefited from fine flavour...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has confirmed that one of government's flagship programme , the One Village One Dam will commence this year.
"This year, One-Village-One-Dam projects starts full operation. It is a simple, low-tech project, but these dams will make a big difference to all our lives and...
While government has pared down the extent of havoc caused by the Fall Armyworm (FAW) invasion across several farming communities last year, the pests have left in their wake a hike in the price of maize.
Maize, a staple food for millions of Ghanaians, was one of the major grain...
While politicians and civil society actors continue to haggle over the Plant Breeders bill, the global seed market reached a value of more than US$58billion in 2016 and is expected to reach over US$86billion by 2022.
Commercial production of seeds is increasingly becoming the norm across the globe, but farmers...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is on a hunt for diverse natural predators in the country to help with biological control of Fall Armyworms (FAW).
“As an option to control FAW, a research team is moving around the country to collect the larvae and eggs of FAW and...
About 30,000 smallholder legume farmers in the Northern Region are to benefit from a grant worth US$689,984 to help boost production of legumes using rhizome inoculant technology.
Out of the number 9,000 are women, representing 30 percent selected from five regions: namely the Northern, Upper West, Upper East, Volta and...