Government has, as part of its industrialisation drive, outlined measures aimed reviving all collapsed cashew processing factories in the country.
Key among the steps is a joint effort by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) and the Exim Bank to offer financial support for the retooling of troubled factories to...
Introduction
Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) is one of the leading farmer-based organizations in Ghana that has been established to promote the socio-economic well-being of smallholder cocoa farmers. The association was established in partnership with African Tiger Holding Ltd (ATHL) to sponsor the establishment of a contributory pension scheme within...
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) has said it will launch its flagship ‘Aquaculture for Food and Jobs’ programme by end of May, in a bid to boost local fish production to meet increasing demand.
The programme, which is in response to growing concerns over Ghana’s depleting fish...
The 2017 third quarter GDP figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) have shown that the country’s agriculture sector grew by 10 percent, a significant improvement from the 3.4 percent recorded in the previous quarter.
Prior to this, the last time the agriculture sector recorded growth rates above 10 percent...
Kuapa Kokoo, a cocoa farmers' co-operative organization, is to set up a coffee processing plant and coffee plaza at Ampabame and Daatano respectively in the Ejisu Juaben district of the Ashanti Region under its sustainable development programme, Managing Director for the organization, Samuel Adimado, has revealed.
Mr. Adimado indicated that...
The Ghana-Mexico Business and Cultural Chamber (GHAMEXCO) is working on a project to partner the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in its greenhouse farming module to facilitate platforms for knowledge sharing between Ghana and Mexico.
The project, according to President of the Chamber Nii Laryea, is projected to provide about 10,000...
The country is yet to tap into the US$5.8bn organic fertiliser market, though most of the organic plants needed for its production abounds.
The 2017 edition of the Fertiliser Statistics Overview of Ghana from 2013 to 2016 reveals that the country imported an average of 234,802mt of inorganic fertiliser -...
For two years running the country’s agriculture sector has experienced declines in growth, despite an impressive performance in 2017 after the government introduced the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme.
Annual GDP figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service show that the country’s largest employer – the agriculture sector...
This is not California or any of the other 21 states in America that effect rules for habitual offenders. More is the pity.
The public notice issued last week by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the emphatic public statement made by the Governor of the Central Bank, Dr. Ernest...
Poultry farmers in the country are struggling to increase their returns on investment following low consumption of eggs by Ghanaians as a result of fears about egg-cholesterol, a source close to the National Egg Campaign has disclosed.
The situation has led to slow growth of the poultry and other related...
