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The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Yaw Frimpong Addo, has underscored the fruit and vegetable sub-sector’s pivotal role in elevating Ghana's economy and securing a substantial market share within the African continent.
Speaking at the Ghana Fruit and Vegetables Fair 2023 themed ‘Harnessing Gains of the...
The National Farmers’ Day was instituted in 1985 in recognition of the vital role farmers and fishermen play in the Ghanaian economy. This was to emphasise the highly commendable output of farmers and fishermen in 1984 – about 30 percent growth registered – after the bad agricultural years of...
In an effort towards bolstering agricultural innovation and collaboration, the third edition of the Agritech West Africa exhibition, coupled with Food & Beverage Ghana and FoodPack Tech Ghana exhibitions, is slated to grace the Accra International Conference Center from March 19-21, 2024.
This flagship event is being held under the...
Complete Farmer Limited, a pioneering force in agricultural technology and marketplace solutions, has inaugurated an ultramodern trade centre in Juapong, Volta Region, for easy access to global market.
The facility aims to empower local farmers and offer competitive market opportunities for their harvest.
Speaking at the launch, the CEO of Complete...
To promote industrialisation and support job creation efforts by the private sector, especially in this period where the coronavirus pandemic has wiped many jobs away, government has granted tax exemptions to companies under its flagship programme One District One Factory (1D1F) as a way of incentivising them, Finance Minister...
Stakeholder support is the pillar that upholds most industries. For the agric industry, this is no different.
The immense contribution of firms in and about the agric industry is a significant influence on the milestones chalked up in recent years.
Through support for initiatives that are designed to improve the industry,...
The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre (GCIC), a pioneering green business incubator, last week held an economy and ecology strategic dialogue themed: ‘The Green Recovery’ as a response to the COVID-induced economic downturn currently assailing the Ghanaian economy.
Agata E. Pawolowska, the World Bank Operations Manager, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone...
Covid-19 continues to have an adverse impact on the global landscape. Assets worldwide are depreciating and bankruptcies abound; gold is a new means of storing wealth; stocks are at their lowest and almost worthless - except those of companies that provide the basics. Tullow that once was trading at...
As part of Advans Ghana’s continued support to smallholder farmers and in celebration of the2020 Farmers’ day, 100 smallholder farmers within the cocoa and rice value chains have been trained and honored by some Advans Ghana managers and key partners.
The two events took place in Oda in the Eastern...
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,...