By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
The European Union (EU) has aired suspicions of fraud in local pineapples exported from Ghana into the European market.
In its January 2024 Report on EU Agri-Food Fraud Suspicions, local pineapple exports from the country to Belgium have been alleged to contain an overdose of ethephon.
Ethephon is a...
By Mohammed AWAL
In Northern Ghana, where informal supply chains dominate the grains production landscape, a transformative initiative is underway to revolutionize the sector. The Grains for Growth programme, a collaborative effort between IDH and Mastercard Foundation under the Young Africa Works programme, aims to revitalize the grains value chain,...
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s Food System Resilience Programme (MoFA-FSRP) will place critical focus on irrigation scheme rehabilitation as a key component of the programme.
FSRP Project Coordinator, Osei Owusu Agyeman, told B&FT that the FSRP will modernise irrigation schemes across the country as part of requirements...
By Samuel SAM
Financial constraints are creating a significant gap in assessing the agriculture sector's performance in the Northern Region, thereby hindering informed decision-making and the sector's improvement.
Logistical, infrastructure and human resource challenges continue to obstruct the development of agriculture, despite its potential to enhance food security, create jobs and...
In a concerted effort to empower youth farmers and enhance national food security, Newage Agric Solutions Limited, a key partner in the Harnessing Agricultural Productivity and Prosperity for Youth (HAPPY) Programme, has organised a three-day soybean seed training programme for 88 young women in the West Mamprusi and Karaga...
…as first batch of day-old chicks arrive
With an object of revamping the broiler industry, the Ministry of Food & Agriculture (MoFA) has rolled out the first phase of the Poultry Intensification Scheme under the West Africa Food System Resilience Programme (FSRP).
To that effect, some selected commercial anchor poultry farmers...
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
Nigerian oil palm company Presco Plc. has acquired a 100 percent equity stake in the Ghana Oil Palm Development Company (GOPDC).
The acquisition, according to Presco, is worth some US$124.9million. However, Presco will make an initial deposit of US$64.9million, with the balance to be settled in future.
Presco expects...
By Mohammed AWAL
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has warned that delays in rolling out the second phase of the country's flagship Planting for Food and Jobs programme could severely impact food security.
According to the association's president, Weipa Addo Awal Adugwala, farmer registration under PFJ Phase 2 is still...
By Juliet Aguiar DUGBARTEY, Ellembelle
Concerned cocoa farmers in the Ellembelle district of Western Region have demonstrated against illegal mining activities at cocoa farms and river-bodies in the area.
According to the group, their livelihood and dependents rely on the cocoa farms for survival - but currently all is not well.
Grace...
By Mohammed AWAL ([email protected])
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has voiced strong opposition to using genetically modified organism (GMO) seeds in Phase Two of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme.
Speaking at a stakeholders’ engagement workshop on implementing Phase two of the PFJ in Accra, the association's national...