The Market Oriented Agriculture Programme in North Western Ghana (MOAP NW) will host the second Agribusiness Fair and Conference from 19th to 20th May 2021 in Wa, Upper West Region. Implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, MOAP NW is jointly working and organizing this event with the Ministry...
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Richard Twumasi-Ankrah, Director for Policy, Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has indicated that smallholder farmers are losing significant amounts of money in their quest to trade on the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX) platform due to inability to meet...
“VALUE4HERConnect, Africa’s first agri-business intelligence platform aimed at facilitating growth and development of women owned agri-enterprises was launched in Accra by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) this week.
The platform seeks to expand women’s presence in markets where trade, access to new markets, nationally, regionally and...
The Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association (GHAPFA) has attributed the recent increase in egg prices to the high-cost feed used by the poultry farmers.
The president for the association, Mr. Michael Nyarko-Ampem stated that, the raw materials used in preparing the feed has surged by over a 100 percent.
“There was...
The Director for Soil Research Institute, Prof. Mohammed Moro Buri has stated that about 80% of farmers will benefit from the Soil Research Institute’s (SRI) web-based application platform.
The Soil Research Institute’s (SRI) web-based application platform provides information on the various soils in the country.
According to him, the initial information...
Two words describe the launch of the 3rd Women in Food and Agriculture Leadership Training Forum and Gold in the Soil Awards, organised by Agrihouse Foundation on Tuesday, 23 March: Inspirational and Impactful.
Inspirational because of the stimulating stories of hard work, determination and innovation the agri-women shared about their...
It is not her alarm clock that jolts her out of bed at 2am. It is her dreams. While some of her mates from University still have a few more hours to enjoy their sleep, she is already wide awake—her day already begun and her mind racing with the...
In line with its mission of building the capacity of women farmers in the country, Agrihouse Foundation has donated Wellington Boots to the Northern Widows Agricultural Foundation (NWAF) to aid the women in their agribusiness activities.
The donation was part of activities the foundation undertook to commemorate this year’s International...
In recent years, a number of innovative entrepreneurs have stepped in to help reverse the declining state of the agricultural sector in Ghana. In 2020, Green Gold Farms Limited (GGFL) Ghana - an Accra-based agribusiness that uses innovative means to support the agricultural sector - became one of the country’s largest...
Animal production is an important part of Ghana’s agriculture economy. Both ruminants and non-ruminants are reared in Ghana. Ruminants usually reared in Ghana are cattle, goats and sheep, while the non-ruminants reared are pigs and poultry (domestic fowl, guinea fowl and ducks).
Traditional animal production such as rabbits, grasscutters, bees,...
