Cashew is an economic tree that produces apples and nuts. Cashew is largely cultivated in the forest-savanna transitional zone, covering parts of Ashanti, Bono, Bono East and Savanna Regions.
Over the years, cashew farming in the country has seen many interventions, aimed at increasing production and productivity. Some of the...
Bonzali Rural Bank PLC, a financial institution in the Northern Region, has reiterated its support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), farmers and other businesses in its operational areas.
With a robust financial position reflected in a balance sheet size of GH¢64million, the bank possesses strength and capability to support...
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
Smallholder farmers have the potential to generate net profit of up to US$285million per annum, leveraging small-scale irrigation systems for food production, Innovation Lab for Small Scale Irrigation (ILSSI) has projected.
The ILSSI, a USAID Feed the Future project, which works to break barriers that hamper small-scale irrigation, opined...
Affordable and consistent supply of agricultural inputs, especially fertiliser, is among the major challenges most farmers in rural parts of Ghana grapple with.
Through a number of ongoing fertiliser subsidy interventions, government continues to tackle this headache as much as it is able to - while calling on private sector...
Stakeholders within the agricultural ecosystem are advocating the introduction of fresh funding sources for the nation's plant biotechnology initiatives, which encompass Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) technology and genome editing.
Currently, the International Symposium on Agricultural Transformation and Biotech Crops in Africa (ISATBCA) reveals that a significant portion of biotech crop...
Ever since the outbreak of coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19, in Wuhan China in December 2019, the global economy has never been the same. The novel coronavirus has caused so many deaths around the world, with Europe currently being the epicentre of the disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO)...
Local producers can’t meet demand
Low investment contains growth
The Ashanti Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Rev. John Manu, has called for investment in research to identify products that could be commercialised from oil palm, as the demand for the cash crop and allied...
George Prah, the Deputy Director of Agriculture at the Directorate of Crop Services of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, believes that if more attention is given to cassava, it can be as economically beneficial as cocoa.
He mentioned the high demand for cassava and its derivatives in both...
As part of effort to strengthen working relationships and collaborative efforts among queen mothers, traditional leaders and stakeholders in the agribusiness community, Agrihouse Foundation, last week, held the 5th edition of its annual ‘Gathering of the Royals and Stakeholders Meeting’ in Accra.
This year’s event was on the theme: ‘Championing...
…ADB, AGRA OCP call for intensified youth in agric efforts
It’s no secret that agriculture is the main driving force behind Ghana's economy, accounting for approximately 42% of the country's GDP and employing 54% of its work force.
Quite unfortunately, it is also no secret that most young Ghanaians carry...