Hand-crafted shea butter and groundnut are two highly promising agricultural products, with value chains that can stimulate employment for young women in the northern part of Ghana.
Despite the two value chains a number of key constraints have been identified within the market systems including access to machinery and infrastructure,...
Continuing its well-grounded tradition, Agricultural Manufacturing Group Limited (AMG) has donated a sum of GH¢100,000, 1,200 bags of fertilisers as well as a generous number of nose masks and hand sanitisers toward the 36th edition of the annual Farmers Day celebration.
With this year’s celebration to be held under the...
While Africa embarks on a journey to bring prosperity to its citizens and make the continent economically strong through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, one major challenge that may derail this goal and work to the advantage of foreigners is non-enforcement for rules of origin, as...
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 word "Soy" itself originated as a corruption of the Chinese or Japanese names for soy sauce; yet, soybeans were a crucial crop in East Asia long before written records began. Soybean first arrived in Africa, via Egypt, from China in 1857 and has now spread to different parts...
The Cocoa Abrabopa Association (CAA) said it is committed to transparency and continuous improvement of Human Rights cases in cocoa growing communities, with a special focus on building capacity and systems to improve human rights outcomes rather than on punitive approaches which can lead to human rights violations.
According to...
The Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) has been recognised by the Ghana Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending Project (GIRSAL), through its Partner Excellence Awards, with the Highest GIRSAL guaranteed Credit of the Year.
The award, presented by the CEO of GIRSAL, Kwesi Korboe to the Managing Director of the...
The average Ghanaian farmer would have to fully embrace alternatives to make a living and sustain their families as inorganic fertiliser prices keep soaring. The unfortunate situation cropping up is a worry to many farmers as some are likely to fold up and others have resorted to reducing their...
Poultry farmers in the northern part of the country have called on government to subsidise poultry feed and other products in the sector in order to assist local poultry farmers to thrive.
The Northern Regional Chairman of the Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana, George Dassah, told the B&FT that government...
President Nana Akufo-Addo has described the agricultural sector’s share of banks’ loan books as not enough, insisting that they must do more in terms of lending to agribusinesses.
He said there are 3.5 million farmers in the country, but the level of credit that goes into financing cultivation activities is...