I wonder how many people know that in Kumasi fake gold is alternately called Abbyssinia? My late grandpa, Nana Taw Nsiah used to be a popular goldsmith in Bechem. This was a man who could easily distinguish between fake gold and genuine gold without the use of any instrument.
He...
Yara Ghana, on Tuesday, July 26, took delivery of 18,000 metric tonnes of high-quality YaraMila Actyva fertiliser at the Port of Tema.
The Norwegian multinational agricultural company, which has been established in Ghana since 2007, is committing US$20million to supply these fertilisers to local farmers. This is expected to benefit...
Fish makes up 60 percent of the average Ghanaian’s protein diet. It is the next popular animal protein after chicken and beef, and expected to overtake them in a few years.
The fishing industry in Ghana is generally made up of the marine, inland and aquaculture. With recent decline in...
A joint platform of Ghanaian and Ivorian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and cocoa farmers has made a strong call for reforms in the international pricing mechanism for cocoa to guarantee a living income for farmers. The group has recommended that such reforms must take into account the cost of...
The Managing Director of Agricultural Development Bank Plc, Dr. John Kofi Mensah has disclosed that the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will help agribusiness entrepreneurs to access the African market.
The AfCFTA is a single market (duty-free-quota-free) trading bloc covering the entire African Continent with a total population of...
The Director of the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, Prof. Peter Quartey, has said that with food being one major driver of inflation, pragmatic measures must be adopted to ensure its security and prevent any imminent crisis.
He suggested that it is...
The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM) was delighted to be part of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, ANDE 2022 Regional Conference sponsors. The conference was held from 19th to 20th July 2022 in Accra, Ghana.
The event was a great opportunity for PARM to promote Capacity Development in...
The recent 4th Women Food and Agricultural leadership training Forum and Gold in the Soil Awards, organised by Agrihouse Foundation in Takoradi, among other integral sessions, made room for a panel conversation that allowed the women farmers present to highlight challenges they are grappling with in their respective districts...
did they over-deliver?
Paraphrasing a section of the abstract from Dr. Michael Odije’s research paper titled: 'Sustainability Winners and Losers in Business-Biased Cocoa Sustainability Programmes in West Africa' to set the tone of this article;
In 2014, ten of the world’s largest chocolate multinationals combined more than US$500million in funding...
The Ghana Export-Import Bank (GEXIM) has announced a package of US$10 million to support yam export as part of the bank’s effort to develop the sector, and ensure Ghana remains the world’s largest exporter of yam.
The announcement was made by the Chief Executive Officer of GEXIM, Lawrence Agyinsam, at...