Every year, World Food Day is celebrated to highlight the importance of food security and the urgent need to ensure that everyone has access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. This year's theme, "Right to Food for a Better Life and a Better Future," underscores the critical role that...
By Rafiq Nungor ADAM
Farming is a challenging venture, requiring strength, endurance, dedication and commitment of financial resources. But imagine doing all of that with a missing leg.
In the rural community of Kunfabila in the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region, a resilient farmer is breaking the barriers of...
By Deborah Asantewaah SARFO
The President of the Development Action Association (DAA), Grace Quaye, has called on the government to deal with the long-standing gender disparities in the agriculture and fisheries industries.
Addressing stakeholders, international partners and members of DAA at the 2024 International Day of Rural Women (IDRW), she noted...
The much-anticipated 3rd edition of Ghana Youth Agriculture Summit comes off this Friday at the auditorium of the University of Professional Studies, Accra.
This year’s summit would be on the theme: "Transforming Agriculture for Sustainable growth through Innovation, Empowering Youth, Women and Climate Action"
The annual summit is seeking to mobilise...
By Rashidatu IBRAHIM
The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP), implemented by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and funded by the European Union (EU), has concluded in Ghana - benefitting 48,849 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The project continuously improved participants’ - including some 31,000 women-owned businesses - competitiveness...
By Isaac Yaw OBENG
Agricultural exports contribute significantly to Ghana’s economy. According to the data, agri-food products worth US$3.4billion were exported from Ghana over the period 2022 and 2023 (Ghana Statistical Service, 2023.
Ghana’s agricultural-related exports are led by Cocoa and Cocoa preparations ($1.090B), Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons (US$387.29M), and Animal, vegetable...
By Samuel SAM
Vice Chancellor-University for Development Studies (UDS), Prof. Seidu Al-Hassan, has called for stricter policies to combat illegal mining - warning that the practice threatens food security and the nation's overall development.
"The continued engagement in illegal mining, known as galamsey, along the country's water-bodies and forests threatens our...
Yara Ghana Limited, a leading crop nutrition solutions company in Ghana, has once again demonstrated its unwavering support for the farming community by donating twenty-five thousand Ghana cedis (GHS 25,000) to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture towards the celebration of this year’s National Farmers’ Day celebration.
In addition to...
It is exactly 1:17am midnight. I am sitting on the yellow coach in my room and, as usual, thinking about all our interventional projects at Agrihouse Foundation and our African expansion agenda for 2025.
I am also planning and plotting ahead of the next few weeks, where we all converge...
By Kwame Asamoah KWARTENG
At a recent networking session, I met a South African entrepreneur who shared his experiences visiting Kumasi, my birthplace in Ghana. He was fascinated by the unique landscape of Kumasi’s economy, especially the predominance of small-scale, self-sustaining businesses.
Unlike his home country, where large corporations dominate, Kumasi...