But cost of food remains a concern
The value of food commodities produced under government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJ) programme was worth some US$6.1billion for the last five years, Minister for Food and Agriculture Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has said.
According to the minister, this was...
Climate change policy implementation indecisions, including for galamsey and deforestation among others, are consistently creating gaps between policy and actions; thereby threatening food systems in the country.
This was the position of an expert panel at the second edition of the B&FT Environmental Sustainability Summit (ESS) that was held in...
There is a need for a multi-sector partnership approach to reduce and eliminate child labour in cocoa farms across the country - with a supportive attitude rather than punitive measures, a cocoa value chain analyst, Eliseus Opoku-Boamah, has suggested.
Mr. Opoku-Boamah said though players and stakeholders in the cocoa sector...
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has been awarded the One District, One Factory (1D1F) Financial Service Provider of the Year at the 2021 Ghana Manufacturing Awards (GMA), held at the Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City in Accra.
The honour affirms the Bank’s support to businesses under the government’s flagship industrialisation...
Climate change is playing a major role in stifling development in the north, and it is for this reason that ActionAid Ghana is recommending the Northern Development Authority (NDA) promotes agro-ecology and food sovereignty in northern parts of the country, in order to mitigate the ever-growing threat of agriculture...
The Ghana Agriculture and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has asked the government to consider devoting funds annually for the development of road infrastructure of farming communities, in the country.
They said the government should at least construct 20-kilometers of roads of farming communities, in each year, in addition to...
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....
Twelve green businesses and entrepreneurs have received a combined matching grant of GH¢1.17million under the 2021 GrEEn Innovation Challenge. They include six businesses in the Ashanti, five from the Western and one from the Greater Accra Regions. The one business entity from the Greater Accra Region will be establishing...
After two years of successful operations in agri-production business, the management and staff of Southern Ridge Farms Ltd. held its top management to a strategic planning exercise on Farmers’ Day to position itself ready for the 2024 production year.
Driving on the theme ‘Scaling for Sustainable Growth, Efficiency and Profitability’,...
The Chief Executive Officer of mining firm Golden Star Resources (GSR), Andrew Wray, has hinted at plans of certifying produce from its plantation - Golden Star Oil Palm Plantation (GSOPP) - to allow for increased export prospects and consequently more income for host communities.
Established in 2006 under the Alternative...