Macfrut, organizers of the world’s largest fruit and vegetable fair, have launched the Macfrut Digital fair scheduled to take place in Cesena, Italy between 8th to 10th September.
The fair, which is the first and only digital trade fair for the fresh produce industry, will be held in partnership with ICE, the Italian Trade Agency,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many businesses, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the cocoa sector that provide critical services to smallholder farmers in Ghana. These small businesses, when provided with the needed support, play a vital role in improving the livelihoods of farmers through yield enhancements and...
….as group launches cocoa advocacy initiative
The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has at the launch of its new cocoa advocacy initiative trumpeted the urgent need for Ghana Cocoa Board to with immediate effect operationalise a welfare fund to support cocoa farmers.
The National President of GARDJA, Richmond...
COVID-19 endangers agriculture in countries like Ghana with potentially disastrous knock-on effects for both producers and consumers.
Ghana is also showing what governments can do to support their farmers during this time to prevent a food crisis, and create more inclusive and sustainable solutions.
The coronavirus pandemic is dealing...
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has held a 2-day training for Agricultural Extension Agents (AEAs) in the Upper West, Savannah and North East Regions of Ghana, on how to improve the productivity of unproductive and over-aged cashew plantations using a technique named ‘Topworking’.
The training was aimed...
In a drive to scale up agriculture exports, Director of Port -Tema, Sandra Opoku, is proposing more support for farmers, especially small holder ones with export potential to produce more for the export market.
In 2019, the Port of Tema alone recorded a total exports figure of 2.5 million metric...
OCP Africa, in a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has increased its efforts to support the agricultural value chain in Ghana. This agreement seeks to intensify OCP Africa’s flagship agribooster programme that will bring a global offer to farmers with access to the quality...
Who says beautiful ladies are only interested in beauty pageants or white-collar jobs? Well, whoever still entertains such thoughts has not yet met Nana Ama - a young and beautiful lady who took the bold step to become a pig farmer. Yes, a pig farmer; and a good one...
Termite design concept
Good day Ghana. I trust you are keeping safe wherever you find yourself. In keeping with my promise, this week we will share another presentation made at the 3rd Ghana Green Building Summit. Presented under the theme of green indigenous architecture, we explored some of the...
Yara Ghana Limited a leading name in the fertilizer industry in Ghana has been recognized as the Diversified Fertilizer Company of the year at the recently held Ghana Agricultural and Agro Processing Awards at the Movenpick hotel in Accra.
The awards organised by KN Unique Communication is an annual event...