Agrihouse Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that focuses on agriculture production, has held the 9th edition of its Agriwoman Marketplace in Accra.
The two-day event was under the theme ‘Promoting Local Agribusiness Brands Started by Women’, and brought together women who are into food processing, cosmetics production and other small-scale...
Financing Agriculture is essential and cannot be overemphasised. This aspect of the value chain needs continuous evaluation to ensure banks and other stakeholders in charge of financing are working together to support value chain actors with the needed financial services.
In Ghana, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) is the leading...
Building a very strong adaptive capacity to cope with climate change will require an integrated approach by all stakeholders - which includes the farmers and institutions, whether government or non-governmental, Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), Dr. Simon Bawakyillenuo, has said.
According to...
The Ghana Rice Inter Professional Body (GRIB) has called on two former presidents, John Agyekum Kufuor and John Dramani Mahama, to add their voices to the few that are advocating consumption of made in Ghana rice.
This forms part of measures by the body to continue propagating news about the...
In line with efforts aimed at strengthening, promoting and creating more accessible market channels for women farmers and agribusinesses and buyers, Agrihouse Foundation is set to hold the 9th edition of its monthly Agriwoman Marketplace event at the Efua Sutherland Park in Accra today.
After having organized 8 successful monthly...
Upfield, the global leader in plant-based nutrition and leading producer of plant-based margarines, spreads and cheeses, has announced the launch of the first phase of its Shea Sustainability Initiative in West Africa. The initiative is expected to grow 6,000 shea and other indigenous trees in Northern Ghana by 2023.
Upfield’s...
Analysis of the fruit processing sector in the country has shown that the industry is being underutilized, as only about 62 percent of the total installed capacity is operational at peak production.
Research commissioned by the HortiFresh project has revealed that the installed capacity of the industry is estimated 2,240...
Crop Doctor Ghana Limited, an entity within ECOM Ghana, and the leading agribusiness company, has donated agro inputs worth GH¢75,000 to the various regional, metropolitan, municipal, directorate of services, and district directorates of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in support of the 37th National Farmers' Day Celebration.
The...
Twelve green businesses and entrepreneurs have received a combined matching grant of GH¢1.17million under the 2021 GrEEn Innovation Challenge. They include six businesses in the Ashanti, five from the Western and one from the Greater Accra Regions. The one business entity from the Greater Accra Region will be establishing...
The office of Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, in partnership with Agrihouse Foundation, has announced the kick-off of their ‘It is Possible’ Agribusiness development-training programme targetted at the youth of Ghana.
The 3-day intensive and practical Agricultural Capacity Building and Business Set-Up Roadshow (NAGRICA) tagged – It’s Possible – carried out a...