The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) and the Rice Millers Association of Ghana (RMAG) have expressed disappointment in government’s decision to suspend implementing reversal of the benchmark value discount policy.
They cautioned that an estimated 100,000 persons who are directly engaged in the...
There are so many delicious vegetable and herbs to choose from that deciding which ones to grow may be one of the hardest parts of gardening! If you’re like many gardeners, as you flip through a seed catalogue (or scroll through, as most are also online these days), everything...
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There is a need for a multi-sector partnership approach to reduce and eliminate child labour in cocoa farms across the country - with a supportive attitude rather than punitive measures, a cocoa value chain analyst, Eliseus Opoku-Boamah, has suggested.
Mr. Opoku-Boamah said though players and stakeholders in the cocoa sector...
AgDevCo has announced that Oba Pack Company Limited, a Ghanaian-owned agribusiness, has purchased the Babator Farming Company Limited (BFC). Prior to the sale, AgDevCo Limited was the sole owner of BFC.
BFC is a 356-hectare irrigated commercial farm developed by AgDevCo from Greenfield. The project was a proof of concept...
The Executive Director of Savanna Plantations - a Tamale-based plantations development organisation, Issah Suleman, has called for legislative reforms and bespoke policies to protect the shea sub-sector from collapse.
According to Mr. Suleman - whose expertise is in shea production and research - the lack of dedicated policies to guide...
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) last November, world leaders pledged billions of dollars to sustainable farming and agricultural research. This commitment comes at a critical time. Already, climate change is wrecking harvests around the world and global hunger is on the rise.
The stakes are especially high...
The Board Chairman of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) Limited, Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II has reiterated the commitment of the bank to support the agribusiness sector to meaningfully contribute to the Ghanaian economy.
“We will continue to provide financial support to companies and industries especially in the agribusiness sector to...
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has assured that it will take legal actions against farmers who use child labour on their farms to avert a boycott of Ghana’s cocoa beans on the international market.
Ghana’s international cocoa buyers have in the past threatened to boycott Ghana’s cocoa if school going-age...
The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture in charge of Annual Crops, Yaw Frimpong Addo, has charged the newly inaugurated National Rice Coordinating Committee (NRCC) to make the country self-sufficient in rice production.
While assuring of government support, he tasked the committee with finding innovative solutions to reduce the amount...