When the world market price of cocoa sees an increase, it is expected that the cocoa farmer feels the positive impact as a major stakeholder in the cocoa production value chain, Ranking Member on Parliament’s Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee, Eric Opoku, has noted.
Commenting on the producer price...
Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mrs. Mavis Hawa Koomson, has said fishermen who engage in illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing activities will be arrested and prosecuted.
“Currently, when they are arrested and taken to court they are fined and released. We are also going to have a discussion and...
Seed suppliers for government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJ) initiative are yet to be paid for seeds they have supplied for the programme since 2021, the B&FT can confirm.
In the 2021 PFJ season, a total of 34,291 metric tonnes of seeds, worth GH¢207.3million were distributed - but...
Vegetable producers and exporters in the country are targetting an annual revenue of US$7million between now and next year as contribution to the non-traditional export sector (NTE).
The revenue projection is the result of increasing demands in the EU and US markets coupled with high production capacity in Ghana.
“We are...
Yara is committing up to US$20million this year to supply free fertiliser to farmers in Ghana as part of intentions to secure access to low-cost, high quality crop nutrition solutions that help strengthen the country’s national food security agenda. Working alongside smallholder farmers and partners, the project seeks to...
The Ghana Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) has partnered with Development Bank Ghana to deliver Cohort 7 of the GIRSAL Agriculture and Agribusiness Lending Course.
The 4-day training session was attended by 55 participants from 12 financial institutions in Accra.
The training programme was designed to provide the...
Over 400 poultry farms fold up in two years
70% of existing farms remain empty
Over 400 poultry farms in the country have had to shut down operations due to multiple reasons - including high production cost mainly driven by the price of raw materials and feed cost, the...
About 10,000 female shea processors have received training in financial accounting to enhance their business acumen in the trade.
It is also to enable them develop a comprehensive database that will help access finance to boost their business as well produce to meet the required standard.
The event, organised by the...
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mr. Yaw Asante - an accountant and resident of Adentan new site - says he learned two lessons: to become more conscious of his health and wellbeing, as well as take more control of food security in his home.
He said the multiple...
In a bid to ensure food security and sustainability in the country, Farmerline has launched a campaign dubbed ‘support a farmer initiative’ to raise GH¢1million to support farmers in the country.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and co-founder of Farmerline, Alloysius Attah, noted that Ghana - and for that matter Africa...