The rapid production growth of cashew in the country, especially within the forest-transition zone, is consuming sizeable farmlands and thus posing a threat to sustainable production of food crops in the country’s food basket.
Cashew production has become a penchant for most farmers in areas like Techiman, Nkoranza, Wenchi, Atebubu,...
Samuel has been a cocoa farmer for 12 years. Since the end of the Akuafo cheque system, he had always been paid in cash for his cocoa, until last season. That was when the licensed buying company (LBC) that he sells to introduced a new system for purchasing cocoa....
Mono-crop culture in modern agricultural terms is the emphasis of crop specialisation. This method of farming is particularly popular in industrialised regions.
However, though increasing yields are vital for having affordable food - particularly as the population is increasing, monoculture farming has some disadvantages you can’t ignore. The worlds long-term...
A software for purchasing and monitoring cocoa electronically is set to help drive the cash-lite agenda for financial inclusion in the country. Popularly called CocoaAsempa, the software has enhanced financial intermediation and inclusion amongst farmers and farmer groups.
There has indeed been some level of success with the mobile...
Residents of Nkoranza North and South in the Bono East Region have reaffirmed their affection for agricultural activities as opposed potential gold mining, and drilling of oil and gas in the area, indicating that farming is more sustainable.
For over a decade, there have been many attempts by mining companies...
CBOD advocates full utilization of oil resources now
COVID-19 presents the best opportunity to refine the Ghanaian economy by making it less reliant on imports and boosting the opportunities for local entrepreneurs to sustain future growth, two major advocacy groups have noted.
Senyo Kwasi Hosi, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana...
Agriculture remains the mainstay of many economies in the world. This view is further strengthened with onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a major challenge is limited access to the use of mechanisation in the production process.
Rudimentary tools such as the hoe and cutlass are still used as the...
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has appealed for government to roll out part of the stimulus package targetting smallholder farmers, so as to revamp agriculture production and to help improve food security.
“The credit facility, as part of government’s intervention to cushion the small-scale businesses, cannot be accessed by...
The tumultuous impact of COVID-19 around the world is no longer news. A new decade that began with overwhelming optimism soon dissipated in the face of socio-economic desolation visited upon the world by the pandemic.
The consequences of the pandemic, according to local economists, have left Ghana’s socio-economic foundation wobbly...
…describes current approach as flawed
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) is calling on government to change the implementation model of the One Village, One Dam programme, noting that the current system of constructing small dams in farming villages has failed to deliver on irrigating farms all year round.
Edward Kawere,...