The FAO has elaborated a comprehensive Response and Recovery Programme to overcome the impacts of COVID-19 through up-scaled and robust international collaboration
As the impacts of COVID-19 take their toll on human health and well-being around the world, the imperative of producing and ensuring access to healthy food for each...
A new report by the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has shown that smallholder farmers in the country are increasingly facing challenges in reaching various markets to sell their products.
The report titled “Smallholder Farmer Voices in Policy Discourse” engaged 99 peasant farmers in eight regions across the country....
Bayer announced the launch of Fludora® Co-Max in Côte d'Ivoire, an innovative space spray solution to help prevent mosquito-borne arboviruses including dengue, zika and chikungunya. The launch of Fludora® Co-Max, which combines two active ingredients with unrelated modes of action, marks a major milestone in ongoing industry efforts to...
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...
The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) planted 1,500 trees to help government achieve the objective of Greening with trees nursed by Form Ghana. Shade-trees were supplied to 351 cocoa farmers, being members of the association.
The farmers also received training on planting techniques and maintenance of the seedlings to increase survival...
Some Civil Society organisations (CSOs), including the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFA) and the Centre for No-Till Agriculture, have advocated for a new policy that will gradually discourage the use of fertiliser while encouraging the adoption of agroecology in farming.
The CSOs argue that the world is moving from...
Endowed with almost 800 bird species, and huge potentials for birdwatching trade, Ghana is yet to boost that aspect of ecotourism and fully develop it for revenue generation purposes.
While there are at least, a birdwatching spot in every region in Ghana, the Keta Lagoon Ramsar Site, Ankasa Resource Reserve,...
Nestlé is laying out its plans to support and accelerate the transition to a regenerative food system – one that aims to protect and restore the environment, improve the livelihoods of farmers and enhance the well-being of farming communities.
Nestlé will work with its food system partners, including the company's...
The Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa has reiterated the need for improved agri-financing, knowledge sharing, and building resilience within the country’s agric sector.
She said, such efforts, when invested in and scaled up would enable the creation and sustainability of an effective agri-foods market, that will...
Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd (JMTC) has handed over a YAMAHA Outboard Motor, Yamaha Water pumps and Yamaha Motorcycles to both the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) and the Ministry of Fisheries & Aquaculture Development towards the celebration of this year’s National Farmers Day.
Mr. Abdul-Somad Alhassan Musah, Assistant...