Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta has underscored government commitment to transformative change in the agricultural sector through deliberate investments.
Speaking at the National Agricultural Festival - ‘Agrifest 2023’, a five-day agriculture festival to herald this year’s National Farmers Day - Mr. Ofori-Atta emphasised that targetted investments are a key component of...
Solidaridad has partnered the Department of Cooperatives in Ghana to facilitate the establishment of a robust regional and national cooperative association to increase cocoa farmers’ participation in decision-making.
The partnership was formalised by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during a brief ceremony at Solidaridad’s office in Accra.
This is against...
Christabel DANSO ABEAM
Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA), under the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), will host the sixth Council of Ministers' Conference of the Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC) from April 16th to April 20th, 2024.
The conference aims to bolster the development of the cashew sector and foster...
Entrepreneurs are born in many ways. Some say they got their business ideas in a dream. Others say they got it from observing a problem; and others say through their upbringing they developed entrepreneurial instincts. This week in B&FT’s Inspiring Startups, we talk to a young man whose interest...
Pan-African Savings and Loans Limited, in partnership with AgroCenta under their Financial Inclusion for Small Holder Farmers in Africa Project (FISFAP) and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), will provide credit facilities for smallholder farmers in the Afram Plains, south of the Eastern Region.
The partnership’s aim is...
Industry, services contract
Economist calls for inclusive policies to sustain growth
It is the sector given the least support; it is the sector with the highest number of aging workforce; it is the one that is least attractive to the youth.
But it is this same sector – agriculture –...
High post-harvest losses is one of the main constraints for peasant farmers who form the bulk of those engaged in the country’s agriculture sector. Apart from making farming unattractive, it also has the tendency to inhibit efforts at ensuring food security in the country, whiles perpetuating poverty amongst farmers.
Various...
This year’s National Farmers’ Day is being observed today owing to the fact that Ghana goes to the polls on December 7 to elect both the President and parliamentarians, though December 4 will still be observed as a public holiday.
The B&FT uses this auspicious occasion to congratulate the country’s...
The word "Soy" itself originated as a corruption of the Chinese or Japanese names for soy sauce; yet, soybeans were a crucial crop in East Asia long before written records began. Soybean first arrived in Africa, via Egypt, from China in 1857 and has now spread to different parts...
Donkeys transport fertiliser unaided
Programme targets 1.5m farmers in 2021
MoFA restricts distribution in 21 districts
The high rate of fertiliser smuggling to Burkina Faso and Togo is threatening the progress and success of government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, Director of Crop Services at the...