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...
as TCDA unveils 5-year strategy
Government, through the Food and Agriculture Ministry (MoFA) is anticipating to generate an annual revenue of some US$12 billion from exports of six selected tree crops – rubber, shea, mango, oil palm, cashew and coconut fruits – Sector Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto,...
Golden Star Oil Palm Plantation (GSOPP), the award-winning alternative livelihood project of Golden Star resources, now a member of the Chifeng Gold Group, has chalked a remarkable feat by completing processes, trainings and audits for its smallholder farmers to become certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
The...
The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) has held a Regional Sensitisation Tour at Takoradi on the theme: ‘Grow in Ghana, Grow with Ghana’.
Attended by business associations, entrepreneurs, Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts Assemblies (MMDAs), it is designed to meet the local content requirements of the centre’s investment promotion mandate.
Also, it...
as uncompetitive pricing, et al negating local production
annual imports reach US$450m
With barely two and half years to the deadline of government’s agenda to attain national self-sufficiency in rice production by 2024, rice sector stakeholders are concerned that the plan would require extra efforts to materialize.
To ensure the...
The Regional Director for Solidaridad West Africa, Isaac Kwadwo Gyamfi, has said there is urgent need to explore mechanisms that bring in more money to cocoa farmers instead of solely focusing on productivity to tackle the living income gap.
He observed that productivity is not enough to improve farmers’ well-being...
The Ghana Shippers' Authority (GSA) has visited three (3) exporters of farm produce in the Awutu Senya East Municipality as part of its regular shipper outreach exercise.
The visit afforded the GSA the opportunity to interact with the exporters and take stock of challenges affecting their operations.
The move, which forms...
About five (5) months ago, Ghana’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) - an authority under the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation - published a notice inviting public comments on whether it should approve the country’s first genetically modified crop, the Pod Borer Resistant (PBR) cowpea or beans.
The gazette...
Key poultry sector stakeholders are worried about suspicions of imported frozen chicken being dumped onto the Ghanaian market, citing several reasons including low cost of the product vis-à-vis high taxes slapped on the commodity and other crucial reasons.
Despite a tariff of 35 percent and other taxes slapped on imported...