A report by Heifer International Ghana has revealed that only 12 percent of the youth involved in agriculture have adopted some form of technology for their operations.
It was observed among the youths surveyed for the research that 37 percent had access to finance, 14 percent has access to land,...
The Director, Veterinary Services Directorate, Dr Patrick Abakeh, says seven farms have so far been affected with the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in the country.
In all, 5,811 birds died naturally on the affected farms, while the Veterinary Services destroyed 4,500 birds, he said.
The Director said the disease affected five...
The Technical Team Lead of the Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), Raymond Denteh, explained that the two-day Poultry Masterclass for Workers and Retirees was held to expose the opportunities in the sector as well as, attract investment to improve the market share of the meat industry as a whole.
He noted...
debts linger for two years
Fertiliser suppliers for government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative have said the programme is under threat over debts owed by government, with some of the monies dating back to two years.
The suppliers said though the initiative had been successful in the first...
A major reason for growing vegetables at home is to produce crops of a higher eating quality than may be otherwise available. A lot of comments and questions I have received from this platform is about harvesting. When is the right time and way to harvest my vegetables from...
Despite PFJ’s gains, inadequate raw materials linger
Sector loses more than US$5m to pandemic
Millions of jobs on the line, food security under threat
Poultry farmers and feed-millers across the country are expressing worry over a looming collapse of the local poultry industry due to the scarcity and...
The Italian Trade Agency (ITA) has successfully organized its Ghana-Italy Agribusiness Digital Lab to connect Ghanaian agripreneurs to Italian agribusiness giants, who boast world-leading technologies and products capable of transforming agribusiness development in Ghana.
The event came off on June 22 via virtual B2B meetings between the Ghanaian and Italian...
The increasing spate of development of buffer zones by private developers in the Ashanti Region poses a huge threat to Agriculture as well as the ecology of the region, the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said.
The situation while it significantly undermines agriculture development,...
The Minister for Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has indicated government’s resolve to increase rice production in the Bono East Region.
He made the observation on Wednesday while addressing a gathering of farmers, extension officers, agricultural inputs dealers, regional directors at the Regional Coordinating Council, Bono East Region, as part...
Thirty-two women farmers, processors, aggregators, agric-input dealers, packagers and other value chain actors, have registered to participate in the 4th edition of the monthly ‘Agri-Woman Market Place’ to be held on the forecourt of Agrihouse Foundation offices, Dzorwulu, on Friday, July 9, 2021.
The Agri-woman marketplace, an initiative of Agrihouse...