Government has announced plans to introduce an export levy on raw cashew nuts (RCN), aimed at promoting domestic processing of the commodity by discouraging excessive exports, Gifty Klenam - CEO of Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), has announced.
The cashew market in the country is saturated by exporters, predominantly foreigners...
School gardens are a wonderful way to use the schoolyard as a classroom, reconnect students with the natural world and the true source of their food, and teach them valuable gardening and agriculture concepts and skills that integrate with several subjects, such as math, science, art, health and physical...
Residents of Nkoranza North and South in the Bono East Region have reaffirmed their affection for agricultural activities as opposed potential gold mining, and drilling of oil and gas in the area, indicating that farming is more sustainable.
For over a decade, there have been many attempts by mining companies...
Many agric enthusiasts share the corroborative view that the responsibility of developing agriculture must be shared by government and the private sector. The mammoth significance of agriculture and the dominant role it plays in keeping our economy alight and alive means private firms must stand tall with an effectual...
In a bid to champion the role of women in agriculture and foster sustainable food security, Feed the Future Ghana Policy LINK in partnership with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has unveiLled plans to provide extensive year-long support to female farmers honoured at the recent National Farmers’...
The country is yet to tap into the US$5.8bn organic fertiliser market, though most of the organic plants needed for its production abounds.
The 2017 edition of the Fertiliser Statistics Overview of Ghana from 2013 to 2016 reveals that the country imported an average of 234,802mt of inorganic fertiliser -...
Cocoa farmers in Ghana are improving yields and mitigating climate change by adopting climate-smart cocoa practices while curbing deforestation.
Ghana has earned US$4.8million for reducing nearly 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation - with up to US$45million expected by the end of...
The African Organisation for Standardisation (ARSO), in collaboration with the Government of Ghana, through the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), is hosting a series of Technical Committee (TC) meetings on the harmonisation of African Standards for cocoa, coffee, tea, cassava value chain products and ecolabelling, sustainability and resilient systems.
The meetings...
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One of the objectives of Ghana Month or Heritage Month is to encourage the patronage of made in Ghana goods and the wearing of Ghanaian dresses. Moving around town in this Heritage Month, I’m sad to say I don’t see many...
Yara is committing up to US$20million this year to supply free fertiliser to farmers in Ghana as part of intentions to secure access to low-cost, high quality crop nutrition solutions that help strengthen the country’s national food security agenda. Working alongside smallholder farmers and partners, the project seeks to...