Proper regulation, financial support and an increased subsidy on day-old chicks and other inputs are key to building a resilient poultry economy, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Boris B Farms Ltd. has said.
For him, successive governments have not done enough to help properly regulate the activities of...
Climate change is playing a major role in stifling development in the north, and it is for this reason that ActionAid Ghana is recommending the Northern Development Authority (NDA) promotes agro-ecology and food sovereignty in northern parts of the country, in order to mitigate the ever-growing threat of agriculture...
ActionAid Ghana has recommended that the Northern Development Authority (NDA) promotes agroecology and food sovereignty in northern parts of the country, in order to mitigate the ever-growing threat of agriculture under-productivity and food insecurity.
Making a presentation at University for Development Studies’ Harmattan School, on the theme ‘Bridging the Gap...
The just-ended Technical Education Development for Modernised Agriculture in Ghana (TEDMAG) project has transformed agriculture education at the tertiary level, giving students hands-on practical skills to be market-oriented entrepreneurs before graduation.
One of the main objectives of the CA$15million TEDMAG project, which span six years, is to upgrade the curricula...
Government is resolved to invest US$684million into domestic rice production and processing as a pathway to self-sufficiency.
The decision, which was reached at the recently held Dakar II Summit, seeks to increase local rice production toward attaining self-sufficiency. It will also reduce the country’s US$560million annual rice import bill and...
…the story behind Grow For Me
In this era when the African continent is becoming more youthful and mobile technology is becoming deeply embedded, five inspired entrepreneurs took the initiative to set up Grow For Me; an agricultural technology financing, aggregation and trading platform that allows people to participate in...
Though government’s flagship agricultural programme ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJ) has been a success as it has led to bumper harvests, hikes in fuel prices are affecting the affordability of food items on the market, Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Bagbara Tanko,...
Kwadwo Aduameyaw Mante, Corporate Credit Officer at Universal Merchant Bank (UMB), has been adjudged one of the best students at the Agricultural Lending training held at the National Banking College, organised by Ghana Incentive-Based Risk-Sharing System for Agricultural (GIRSAL) and the Development Bank recently in Accra.
The five-day Agribusiness educational...
The country’s food security balance sheet, according to data from the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG), has hit a negative two percent.
CAG's Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Selorm Morrison, explained that food security - considering the food in storage or reserves, vis-à-vis volume of food imported and compared to national...
The second edition of the highly anticipated Agritech West Africa exhibition, along with Food & Beverage Ghana and FoodPack Tech Ghana exhibitions, is set to take place from March 15-17, 2023 at the Accra International Conference Center.
The expo, organized by Wegvoraus Exhibitions, will be held under the auspices of...