Countries may ban the exportation of certain commodities from time to time. It is not an altogether uncommon thing to do, and it may occur for several different reasons. The length of time a commodity may remain banned is entirely relative to the reason or reasons it was banned for,...
Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC), a leading non-profit organisation in the agribusiness sector, has received two awards at the just-ended Ghana Business Awards. The Ghana Business Awards event is organised every year to recognise and reward excellence across all sectors. It also recognises the contribution of various sector players toward...
Kingdom Exim Ghana Limited has donated GH¢25,000 to the Ministry of Food And Agriculture with the aim to support the upcoming 38th National Farmers Day. The donation is to support the Ministry in awarding the individual who would emerge as the best crop farmer for this year’s event. The General Executive...
An eco-friendly technique called Biochar has been found to be one of the most useful methods for ecological sustainability in modern farming, according to research by the University for Development Studies (UDS). Recent research by a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Biosciences of the Nyankpala Campus of UDS, Dr....
Agro Kings Ltd has graduated 15 young women from the Women in Agriculture Mechanisation Programme, a four-week intensive training organised by Agro Kings in partnership with GIZ and the Sustainable Employment through Agribusiness (AgriBiz) programme. The training equipped the young women with the skills and knowledge to pilot commercial drones,...
High labour costs and huge import duties on inputs and machinery remain major challenges faced by rice producers in the country. There is high demand for the domestically produced rice but due to the afore-mention challenges, they are unable to produce in large quantities to meet demand. Consequently, producers of the...
Summit Vision Microfinance has since 2021 disbursed over US$375,000 in working capital to cashew producers in the Offinso North district of Ghana’s Ashanti Region to increase production. The working capital was disbursed to cashew nursery operators for grafting seedlings, and for smallholder farmers to expand their farms. The financing by Summit...
Managing Director-Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) PLC, Alhaji Alhassan Yakubu-Tali, has endorsed the Ekumfi factory model and advocates the establishment of similar model processing factories across agriculturally-rich areas of the country to harness the transformational power of agribusiness for jobs and wealth creation. Alhaji Alhassan Yakubu-Tali made the statement when he...
Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) and family and friends remain the dominant sources of credit for financing production activities of smallholder farmers in northern parts of the country, says a study. This is despite several years of advocacy and calls for the banking sector to increase funding support for...
Government has allocated GHȼ1billion to the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) as part of implementing the second phase of Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ 2.0). This is in line with efforts to implement the Economic Enclaves Project (EEP) - aimed at improving the country’s food security while reducing rising food...

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