An American farmer and natural resource expert, Senator Ken Schilz, has called on Ghanaian agriculture authorities and policymakers to prioritise local food chains to prevent against shocks in the breakdown of global food supply chains.
Former Senator Schilz, who led a delegation into the country, was speaking to B&FT during...
Government has increased the producer price of cocoa to GH¢12,800.00 per tonne, which translates into GH¢800 per bag of 64 kg. gross weight for the 2022/ 2023 cocoa crop season.
This represents an increase of 21 percent from GH¢10,560 per tonne, taking effect from Friday, October 14, 2022.
Announcing the new...
Local pig farmers are in danger of being pushed out of business as the country officially opens its borders to large quantities of imported pork and meat products from the United States of America.
Per a market access report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Ministry of...
Ohiamadwen Rice Growers Association in the Shama District of the Western Region has appealed to matrons to use locally produced rice in feeding students as it will boost growth of the industry to create jobs for the youth.
“If we had matrons from the various Training Colleges, SHSs, as well...
The Western Cape Government Department of Agriculture of South Africa is set to send a delegation of Agro Food Businesses to participate in the 2022 edition of Agro Food West Africa Fair (AFWAF) set to commence on November 29, 2022 through December 1, 2022 at the Accra International Conference...
As the sensitisation on biotechnology as another option for enhancing agricultural productivity gains ground among Ghanaian farmers, scientists are faced with one problem – how to immediately meet the growing demand for seeds.
In various sensitisation workshops on biotechnology-related issues that have been held recently with mixed stakeholders in many...
As part of its efforts to help address challenges hampering the Agriculture sectors in the country; Ignitia has taken another prudent step by introducing the New Weather Tool for Agriculture Sector in Ghana and other parts of West Africa.
Ignitia, a Tropical Weather Forecasting based technology company is the world’s...
The International Plant Protection Convention approves standards on fruit flies, heat and chemical treatments, surveillance, wood packaging
The body charged with keeping global trade in plants and plant products safe has adopted several new phytosanitary standards aimed at preventing destructive agricultural and environmental pests from jumping borders and spreading internationally.
The...
Yara is committing up to US$20million this year to supply free fertiliser to farmers in Ghana as part of intentions to secure access to low-cost, high quality crop nutrition solutions that help strengthen the country’s national food security agenda. Working alongside smallholder farmers and partners, the project seeks to...
Mr. Jai Mirchandani, Chief Executive Officer of Avnash Industries Ghana Limited - the country’s most formidable agro-industrial processing company, has said it is ready to invest over US$100million into government’s One District, One Factory (1D, 1F) policy to ensure its success.
“We are investing over US$100million from next year. I...