Some 800 farmers in the Sekyere South district of the Ashanti Region have benefitted from the distribution of 32,000 kilogrammes of certified rice seeds and 10 rice threshers, under the Development of Rice and Aquaculture Value Chain for Youth Empowerment (RAV CHAIN) project.
The project is an initiative of the...
Key poultry sector stakeholders are worried about suspicions of imported frozen chicken being dumped onto the Ghanaian market, citing several reasons including low cost of the product vis-à-vis high taxes slapped on the commodity and other crucial reasons.
Despite a tariff of 35 percent and other taxes slapped on imported...
Seed suppliers for government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJ) initiative are yet to be paid for seeds they have supplied for the programme since 2021, the B&FT can confirm.
In the 2021 PFJ season, a total of 34,291 metric tonnes of seeds, worth GH¢207.3million were distributed - but...
…as food import bill of vulnerable countries hits US$25bn
The rising cost of fertiliser on the global market will negatively affect availability of rice and other staple foods in 2023 if the crisis between Russia and Ukraine continues into next year, a Chief Economist at the United Nations Food...
… in Western, Western North, Central, Oti & Volta Regions
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, on Monday resumed his regional working tour to the Western, Western North, Central, Volta and Oti Regions.
The working tour’s second leg comes on the heels of similar successful ones undertaken...
The average Ghanaian farmer would have to fully embrace alternatives to make a living and sustain their families as inorganic fertiliser prices keep soaring. The unfortunate situation cropping up is a worry to many farmers as some are likely to fold up and others have resorted to reducing their...
A senior lecturer at the Faculty of Bioscience-University for Development Studies, Dr. Damian Tom-Dery, has advocated the adoption of policies that will encourage intensification of farming rather than expanding more farmlands.
This, according to him, will ensure sustainable agriculture and the preservation of woody species that enhance food security and...
The country needs an investment of US$10 billion to completely transform the entire agriculture value chain over the next ten years, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana, Anthony Serlom Morrison, has said.
The investment, which he says could be raised from both the public and private sector,...
….opens ops Cote d’Ivoire
Farmerline - one of the world's leading agritech companies -has announced its expansion into francophone Africa with an official launch of operations in Cote d’Ivoire; deepening partnerships across West Africa and accelerating its commitment to support
small scale farmers everywhere.
In line with Farmerline’s existing model combining local...
A rice processing factory at Anto in the Shama district of the Western Region has been inaugurated by SNV Ghana under the European Union (EU) GrEEn Project.
The factory is on a two-acre land and equipped with a rice mill, de-stoner, a rice de-husker, polisher and a pelletiser machine to...