"The search by international cocoa buying firms for new sources of cocoa produced in forest areas at cheaper cost undermines production in older established areas. Thus, the price of cocoa deters farmers from accumulating capital in cocoa and consolidating production in older frontier areas."
Professor Kojo Amanor, a social anthropologist,...
Government has released GH¢20million to compensate poultry farmers affected by the outbreak of Avian Influenza (bird flu).
Disbursement is to begin immediately and is under the first tranche of a budgeted GH¢44million approved last December in support of farms hit by the flu, Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu...
Farmers sound warning of high food prices
Subsidy on inputs under government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJ) programme has been cut further for the upcoming 2022 crop season, a document available to the B&FT from the Agriculture Ministry has indicated.
The decline in subsidies by government will expectedly...
The Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) - with the mandate of regulating and developing the production, processing and trading of tree crops - has hinted of instituting a special dispensation policy aimed at protecting local cashew processing companies.
Under the said policy, cashew processors will be guaranteed purchase of a...
One of the banes of a fast-paced existence is missed opportunity, especially when it comes to introspection. Therein lies the functional benefit of commemorative days; they make you stop to reflect on one thing that you may have glossed over for many days. International Women’s Day allows us to...
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has expressed displeasure toward government's step-back decision on reversing the benchmark value.
According to the Association, which has been advocating a complete reversal of the benchmark policy, government's decision - to reduce it to 30 percent for general goods and 10 percent for...
One thing Independence Day reminds us all of is how the country has exhibited a stable democracy, having organized successful general elections since returning to democratic governance in 1992. However, the constant concern is how the country is unable to be economically independent.
As the country celebrates its 65th Independence...
Established in 2001, ECOM Ghana set out to be a leading agro-industrial company with a primary focus on the cocoa value chain. The company is a member of the Ghana Cocoa Buyers Association and a subsidiary of ECOM Agro-industrial Corporation, a Swiss-based commodity merchant and sustainable supply chain management...
Members of the Ghana Rice Inter-professional Body (GRIB) have obtained a US$8million credit facility to address the challenge of fertiliser acquisition for the association’s farmers across the country.
The facility, being extended by the fertiliser production and marketing company BH Fert Agro, is expected to guarantee a timely supply of...
The Chief Operating Officer, Kaksfour Commodities Limited – a key player in the cashew value-chain, Francis Kwame Peprah, has called for regulations in the cashew subsector to sustain the steady growth recorded in trade volume.
He stated that regulations will help address some of the many challenges facing the sector,...