In a bid to boost the Ghanaian agricultural production amid fears of impending food insecurity due to global fertiliser shortage as a result of the Russia—Ukraine war, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is intensifying its support to the local organic fertiliser industry by introducing a...
Patronage of fertiliser for this year’s planting season is hitting a snag – an all-time low - as farmers are currently having difficulties procuring the commodity for crop production due to rising costs.
Although there is an appreciable amount of fertiliser in the system, according to the Peasant Farmers Association...
On the 1st of October 2021, Ghana Cocoa Board announced through a press release that Ghana had maintained the 2020/21 producer price of cocoa as the producer price for the 2021/22 crop. Ghana’s producer price of cocoa beans per metric tonne for 2020/21 (i.e., Gh¢10,560) was a combination of...
Although Rice has long been an important food staple in Ghana, its availability and consumption have depended heavily on imports over the years……mostly from countries like Vietnam, Thailand, India and the USA.
Rice importation in Ghana rose sharply from GHC151 million to GHC1.2 billion between 2007 and 2015, according to...
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has assured Zoomlion Ghana Limited of government's support to ensure that they produce quality organic fertiliser on a large scale to help bridge the gap of the shortage of inorganic fertilisers in the country.
According to the sector Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto,...
Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa Sarpong has noted that, this year’s Gold in the Soil Awards, has for the 1st time in four (4) years, received over 17 entries from women with disabilities, primarily from the Western and Western North Regions of Ghana.
Ms. Akosa Sarpong...
As part of efforts to address the shortage of agro-chemicals, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has announced that government is proactively working with local fertiliser producers to produce quality organic fertiliser on a large scale for farmers across the country.
According to the sector minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie...
Aimed at averting a looming food crisis in Africa, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved an African Emergency Food Production Facility to rapidly produce 38 million tonnes of food translating into a US$1 billion increase in food production in two years.
The US$1.5billion facility will help African countries...
“The most dangerous aspect is that when GMO and hybrid seeds are planted and they start producing flowers, the flowers are able to cross-pollinate organic seeds (African seeds) and turn them into GMO seeds. In the process, the GMO cross-pollinated seeds develop GMO or terminator genes to stop African...
Cocoa production for the 2021/22 cocoa season has been forecasted to fall by one-third due to less conducive weather conditions and the outbreak of swollen shoot disease.
According to the International Cocoa Organisation’s (ICCO) monthly report for April 2022, the global 2021/22 cocoa market will fall into a deficit of 181,000MT...