General Manager for WeComm Agri-Media and Consultancy, Kojo Akoto Boateng, has said the current inflation on prices of food in the country is a representation of how Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) project has been an unprofitable investment.
Speaking at the Youth Economic Forum 2022 on the theme, ‘A...
Ghana risks a major food crisis at any future eventuality, as the current national food stock data suggest reserves hold just about 8.2 percent of major staples consumed locally, the Chief Executive Officer of Farmer Globale, Fred Kukubor, has said.
This development implies that there could be severe hunger for...
Gold Fields Ghana Limited (Tarkwa mine) has relaunched an oil palm initiative at Abekoase in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality of the Western Region.
Funded by the Gold Fields Ghana Foundation, the oil palm initiative will improve livelihoods and create employment for people in host communities. The foundation will invest GH₵822,000...
The current fertiliser and food crisis underlines the importance of the responsible use of fertiliser resources as well as the importance to enhance the resilience of the food system.
Africa is in dire need of balanced fertilisers for its sustainable agriculture intensification.
Widespread adoption of appropriate fertilisers requires a transformation of...
places 70% focus on young women
The Mastercard Foundation has rolled out an ambitious target of reaching up to three million youth in Ghana, with an intention to inspire and support their interests and participation in agriculture, Programme Lead-Agriculture Primary Production at MasterCard Foundation, Daniel Ninson, has disclosed.
Almost 70...
The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) and Mastercard Foundation have announced 15 emerging startup businesses in the agri-tech solutions space as ultimate winners of the 2022 AgriTech Challenge Classic.
The 15 selected teams out of the twenty shortlisted from a total of fifty, will move to the next stage of the competition.
Organised...
As part of its efforts to help address challenges hampering the cocoa and forestry sectors in the country; Conservation Alliance has taken another judicious step by introducing the Human Elephant co-existence Project within the Kakum Conservation area in the Central Region of Ghana.
The project was launched in Assin Aworoso...
Multi award-winning actor and farmer, John Dumelo, has advised the youth interested in venturing into agriculture to start small and not await huge capital.
In an exclusive interview, the farmer cum politician stated that even though farming is a lucrative industry, most of the youth feel discouraged to chart that...
Madam Louisa Iris Arde, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Jomoro in the Western Region, has urged farmers, to add value to their produce by refining to be able to export to the international market.
She pointed out that produce from farms - such coconut, palm nut, fish, cassava and pepper...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is seeking a legislation that will make it compulsory for lenders to dedicate at least 20 percent of their loan portfolios to the agriculture sector.
The move is a bid to overcome banks’ reluctance to extend credit to agribusinesses, and was announced by the...
