The Eastern Regional Minister and Member of Parliament for Nkawkaw, Eric Kwakye Darfour has commended the Kete Krachi Timber Recovery Limited, a wholly owned Ghanaian company operating the Lake Volta timber concession recovery for introducing the Diver-based system of felling trees from the Lake in addition to the use...
Bank unveils plan to finance entire poultry, rice value chains
Projects GH¢2bn financing for agribusinesses by 2022
Draw partnerships with MoFA, OVCF, GIRSAL to provide cheaper finance
COVID-19 presents Ghanaians with the best opportunity to localise the entire food production value chain in the country, become less reliant on...
An overwhelming body of science-based evidence is throwing more light on how the rapidly growing industrialized animal farms around the world are contributing to serious environmental pollution, climate change, and the spread of infectious diseases.
Recently, top scientists in the Vox American news extensively discussed this issue. It is reported...
The local oil palm industry has hailed government’s decision to bring back duties on imported vegetable oil, as it has taken out unfair competition which nearly led to major lay-offs in the sector.
Government announced a reduction in the benchmark valuation of imports effective April 4, 2019 - a policy...
Local producers of oil palm have hailed government’s decision to exempt oil palm from the 50 percent reduction in the benchmark value of imports. The move will give local manufactures some competitive advantage over foreign production and help to sustain jobs in the oil palm value chain.
A statement from...
Difficult access to affordable finance and elusiveness of modern industrial equipment and technology have been cited as major challenges undermining the development of the cashew processing sub-sector, especially among small-scale factories in the country.
These underlining industrial challenges have culminated with factors such as high labour cost and unfavorable electricity...
The provision of capacity building and intensive awareness creation by Shea Network Ghana (SNG) encouraged more rural women to see Shea picking as a profession, a means of survival for their livelihoods and economic growth.
The project, funded by Star Ghana under its Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) policy...
Farmers in the country and beyond should heave a big sigh of relief, for a savior is here to boost their harvests without having to rely on industrially generated fertiliser made up of chemicals that are actually harmful to the earth and the final end product.
Apex10, a new organic...
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has targetted earning more than US$10billion in revenue from non-traditional exports by end of 2028, under its National Export Development Strategy programme.
The country’s Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) sector has grown from US$2million annually in the early 1980s to US$2.8billion in 2018. However, with the...
As the novel COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage economies, its full toll on agriculture is yet to be reckoned more fully. The restrictions on movement and the limited social interactions will strain livelihoods and the agricultural supply chain as access to inputs and extension support services by the already vulnerable...