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...
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...