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...
Participants of the 3rd National Seed Forum in Accra have urged government to increase funding for agricultural development to 10% of GDP as agreed by African Union leaders under the 2014 Malabo Declaration.
In a communique issued at the end of the forum, the participants said in recognition of the...
In line with the theme for this year’s 12th Pre-harvest Agribusiness Conference and Exhibitions, ‘Connecting the Unconnected: the Farmer, the Buyer and the Market’, Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa, has charged farmers and all other agric stakeholders in the country to continue working together by...
...at Ashanti Business Excellence Awards
The joint 19th Ashanti Business and Financial Services Excellence Awards and the 8th Ashanti Business Leaders Excellence Awards ceremony has been held at Kumasi.
The theme for this year’s combined awards ceremony which was ‘Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery through Business Excellence’ and it was organised by...
The Italian Trade Agency, under the auspices of the Italian Embassy in Ghana, has sponsored the Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa to attend Italy’s foremost agric exhibition event, the International Exhibition of Machinery for Agriculture and Gardening (EIMA), taking place in Bologna, Italy.
In a release...
Exhibitors from 40 countries and official ICE delegations from 80 countries will be attending this year’s International Exhibition Of Agricultural Machinery (EIMA 2022) scheduled for Bologna, Italy from 9th to 13th November. Participants and exhibitors will get to share and transfer knowledge, make business partners, and buy or sell...
Agricultural sector stakeholders from across the country have begun a four-day meeting in Accra to develop a revised Seed Sector Strategy and Investment Plan to help boost the country’s food security.
Officials from the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), the National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG), The African...
Dairy import data from the Ghana National Association of Cattle Farmers (GNACAF) indicate that the country imports in excess of US$400million dairy products annually, as demand for fresh milk and other dairy products rise.
Despite this increasing demand, the local dairy industry is stagnating; thereby creating a deficit that can...
Government’s ineffective agricultural policies in the area of irrigation are impacting negatively on smallholder farmers - leading to high levels of poverty among them, Executive Director of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Dr. Charles Nyaaba, has said.
Dr. Nyaaba noted that government’s initiatives aimed at addressing food security...
The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriye Akoto, has expressed appreciation for the concerted effort of farmers within Volta Region for sharing knowledge with smallholder farmers.
He gave the commendation on Friday, November 4, 2022 at the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) in the Volta Region, applauding...