Speakers at the just-ended Ghana Youth Agriculture Summit have encouraged the youth and agriculture enthusiasts to shift from the old way of agriculture production and adopt technology in their quest to boost productivity.
This has become necessary as the world keeps moving onto new technological and digital tools for efficiency...
Are they really improving the livelihoods and net income of cocoa farmers?
Fairtrade’s claims of improving the livelihoods and net income of cocoa farmers have been put under scrutiny. With only 8% of Fairtrade-produced cocoa beans sold on Fairtrade terms, it begs the question: How is Fairtrade improving the net...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has supported some 24,819 small-scale rice farmers in the Northern and Ashanti Regions to boost production.
The support included capacity training, technical assistance, resources and the provision of certified seeds, and aims to revamp domestic rice production in line with plans to make the...
Cocoa farming has and continues to be a pivotal economic activity in Ghana which contributes significantly to the country's total foreign exchange earnings. However, the majority of cocoa farmers in Ghana have limited access to financial literacy programs that could transform their lives in their communities; Cocoa Abrabopa with...
The country can become a bigger force in the global cocoa industry by prioritising value addition.
This is because around 80 percent of the global cocoa industry's annual wealth of between US$130billion and US$150billion is generated during secondary processing (cocoa paste manufacturing), which continues to be non-existent in the country.
Intrinsically,...
... empowering youth to be self-sustaining agricultural entrepreneurs
The much-anticipated Ghana Youth Agriculture Summit’s second edition comes off tomorrow at the Kumaplay auditorium, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
This year’s summit will be on the theme ‘Agriculture for Economic Transformation and Sustainable Development with focus on the youth,...
There appears to be an end in sight for the perennial problem of food wastage and its impact on food security, as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) secretariat ramps up efforts to improve the storage and export of agricultural commodities across the continent.
AfCFTA’s Secretary-General, Wamkele Mene, said...
Government will invest an estimated US$108million to improve soybean production/best practices, as well as developing the grain’s value chain to curb post-harvest losses over the next five years.
The investment is in line with key resolutions of the recently held Dakar II Summit in Senegal, and is expected to expand...
The Ghana government established Development Bank of Ghana (DBG) in 2021. Its mandate is to increase the availability of medium- to long-term financial instruments to support Ghanaian businesses. The bank’s goal is to facilitate economic transformation and job creation. In view of its mandate, DBG has started engaging stakeholders...
…An in-depth look at Fairtrade's minimum price policy
Fairtrade, an organisation that advocates for fair and equitable access to international markets, has been a longstanding player in the cocoa-chocolate industry. However, questions have been raised about the effectiveness of Fairtrade's policies, particularly its minimum price policy, for smallholder cocoa farmers...