The nation's march toward improved food security has received a boost with the arrival of 330 tonnes of high-yielding rice seeds, courtesy of the K-Ricebelt project, a South Korean initiative spearheaded by the Korea Partnership for Innovation of Agriculture (KOPIA).
This project signifies a new sphere in agricultural development, providing...
Amenfifarms Ghana Limited has cut the sod for a starch processing factory under One District One Factory (1D1F) programme at Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality in the Western Region.
The company is an agro industry player focused entity on cultivating cassava with the aim of adding value...
Macfrut will be organizing the world’s first virtual trade fair for agribusiness players in the fruit and vegetable sector from September 8-10 in Italy.
With support from the Italian Trade Agency (ITA), the fair offers players, especially those from Ghana and other African countries, an important opportunity to gain access to...
The government has set a revenue target of US$1 billion from export of vegetables over the next six to seven years.
The projection is banked on recent investments in green house villages at Bawjiase, Akomadan and Dawhenya and the construction of irrigation dams across the country, which the government expects...
Implementer of the Cocoa Life programme, Mondelez International, has introduced a new technology that seeks to help triple annual yields of cocoa production in Ghana
To mitigate the effect of climate change on cocoa production in Ghana and help triple the country's annual yield, a new technology designed to supply...
While Africa embarks on a journey to bring prosperity to its citizens and make the continent economically strong through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, one major challenge that may derail this goal and work to the advantage of foreigners is non-enforcement for rules of origin, as...
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) today launched the Italy-Ghana Agribusiness Digital Lab project to bring together Italian and Ghanaian companies in the agribusiness sector to develop mutually beneficial business relationships.
The project will introduce Italian expertise and technology in the agribusiness value chain to the Ghanaian agribusiness market, with a focus on...
The 2015 National Best Cashew Farmer, Nana Kwain Daniel, has appealed to chiefs and farmland owners within the middle and northern belts of the country to release lands to prospective cashew farmers, especially the youth to boost cashew production.
Unfriendly land tenure system such as high land lease value for...
Agrihouse Foundation in partnership with the Northern Regional Coordinating Council (NRCC) have slated Tuesday, October 19 to Thursday, October 21 of this year, as dates for the 11th Pre-harvest Agribusiness Exhibition and Conference.
This year’s edition, which is on theme “Working Together to Improve Market Channels for Agri-foods Beyond the...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Sunday inaugurates a GH¢6.7 million Rice Processing Factory at Akontombra as part of his tour of the Western North Region.
The factory, under the One-District One-Factory initiative, has the capacity to produce between 1.5 and 2.8 tonnes of rice per hour.
It has an electricity generation...