As COVID-19 cases continue to increase in AGRA-focus (1) countries, food insecurity remains a concern as economies suffer, AGRA’s COVID-19 Situation Report Number 5 for July 2020 states.
With slowing growth across Africa, governments are launching new initiatives to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and bring agriculture to the forefront...
Research indicates that 72 per cent of children under five in Ghana suffer from vitamin’A’ deficiency and 17,200 people die annually from the disease.
This was disclosed by Dr Manfred B. Ewool, Senior Research Scientist and Maize Breeder at the Crops Research Institute (CRI) and Leader of the Research Team...
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...
A government constructed warehouse facility, under the One District One Warehouse (1D1W) initiative, partly funded with ‘oil money’, at Atasikrom in the Dormaa Municipality of the Ahafo Region, has stalled nine months after the construction deadline.
The project, which is now projected to be about 98 percent completed, was awarded...
The Food Sovereignty Platform (FSP), a group of Civil Society Organisations, is calling for withdrawal of the Plant Variety Protection bill, 2020 -currently before parliament.
According to the group, the bill is the same as the Plant Breeders bill that sought to promote the production of genetically modified organisms -...
Ownership of the A Rocha Ghana, shea butter processing facility and eight warehouses has been transferred to nine shea cooperatives in the West Gonja District in the Savannah Region of northern Ghana.
The new facilities are part of a U.S. Government effort to partner with communities, companies, and non-profit organizations...