The country’s Non-Traditional Exports (NTEs) have yielded US$2.9 billion in revenue for the year 2019, a report by the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has shown.
The report, which was launched at GEPA’s newly opened Ashanti zonal office in Danyame, Kumasi, showed the NTEs grew 3.1 percent over the 2018...
Cocoa farmers have appealed to Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), the industry regulator, to increase the producer price of cocoa beans in the coming 2020/2021 season by a significant margin.
According to the farmers, cost of production has skyrocketed in recent times; and besides, the general standard of living among farmers...
Pan-African Savings and Loans Limited, in partnership with AgroCenta under their Financial Inclusion for Small Holder Farmers in Africa Project (FISFAP) and Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), will provide credit facilities for smallholder farmers in the Afram Plains, south of the Eastern Region.
The partnership’s aim is...
The local poultry industry requires the support of both public and private investments to position it to meet domestic demand and consumption while also creating avenues for employment, Boris Baidoo - Chairman of the Ashanti Regional Poultry Framers Association, has said.
According to Mr. Baidoo, who is also the CEO...
Research indicates that 72 per cent of children under five in Ghana suffer from vitamin’A’ deficiency and 17,200 people die annually from the disease.
This was disclosed by Dr Manfred B. Ewool, Senior Research Scientist and Maize Breeder at the Crops Research Institute (CRI) and Leader of the Research Team...
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Global Shea Alliance (GSA), Wednesday, launched the Action for Shea Parklands (ASP) initiative, under which 20,000 shea trees will be planted in Ghana this year.
Spearheaded by GSA, the initiative seeks to promote, plant, and protect...
The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) Greenhouse Estate Project, West Africa’s biggest greenhouse project, was officially outdoored yesterday at Dawhenya in the Greater Accra Region by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Unveiling 75, out of the total 1,000 green houses and entrepreneurship and innovation centre for training, the...
Since COVID-19 struck, life has changed for entrepreneurs and businesses around the world. Due to lockdowns and movement restrictions, smallholder farmers and rural businesses have been unable to access markets and sell produce or other products. As they often have little or no access to social security, rural youth...
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has rolled out a rehabilitation programme for cocoa farms affected by the swollen shoot disease in the Western North Cocoa Region.
As part of the rehabilitation exercise, COCOBOD has directed all diseased cocoa trees to be cut down for re-planting with new hybrid cocoa seedlings.
Cocoa production...
Government has put in place a more pragmatic policy and programme to facilitate the effective production and distribution of cocoa seedlings to farmers; an initiative that will increase the country’s cocoa production from next year, Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto has said.
Ghana has for some years...