Banks still regard agriculture as a risky venture and mostly prefer not to extend funding to the sector, despite the existence of the Ghana Incentive-based Risk-sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL).
GIRSAL works by de-risking agricultural financing for financial institutions, by issuing agricultural credit guarantee instruments to enhance the total...
One of the banes of a fast-paced existence is missed opportunity, especially when it comes to introspection. Therein lies the functional benefit of commemorative days; they make you stop to reflect on one thing that you may have glossed over for many days. International Women’s Day allows us to...
The Mastercard Foundation in partnership with IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative - has launched an innovative agricultural programme dubbed ‘Grains for Growth’ to transform Ghana’s grain market.
The programme will span the next three-and-a-half years, and aims to develop inclusive and economically viable grain-supply chains which will offer employment...
Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, has led the Ministry and its agencies to plant tree seedlings at the forecourt of the Ministry to commemorate the national flagship ‘Green Ghana Project’.
The Ministry, as part of the ceremony, distributed 150 tree seedlings to staff to plant in their communities and...
Farmers in emerging markets are increasingly embracing sustainable agriculture
Technological innovation is allowing farmers to grow produce more efficiently
Regenerative agriculture aims to curb carbon emissions and increase yields
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions and broader environmental concerns, many countries are looking to improve the...
The Ghana International Trade Commission (GITC), as part of its mandate to safeguard against unfair trade practices, is holding a crucial consultative meeting of various key stakeholders in the poultry sector to deliberate on industry issues, key among which include suspicions of dumping imported frozen chicken products on the...
The Auditor-General, Johnson Akuamoah Asiedu, has raised concerns about the Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) increasing debt burden - which stood at approximately GH¢12.30billion as of September 2020.
The debt accumulation emanates from short-term cocoa loans of about GH¢8.49 billion; BoG 10-year loan of almost GH¢1.4billion; medium-term loan in a total...
MTN Ghana, as part of celebrating the International Day for Rural Women, has organised free training for about 75 female farmers from Pantang, Dodowa and Akuse communities.
Economic Empowerment Adviser of MTN Ghana Foundation, Cynthia Daiki Mills, stated that the objective of the training is to equip the women with...
In line with the theme for this year’s 12th Pre-harvest Agribusiness Conference and Exhibitions, ‘Connecting the Unconnected: the Farmer, the Buyer and the Market’, Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa, has charged farmers and all other agric stakeholders in the country to continue working together by...
There are plans by the Akufo-Addo administration to establish an Agricultural Development Zone in the Northern Region.
The agricultural development zone, which will cover between 20-40 hectares of farm land, will be developed for prospective agriculture investors.
The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, made the disclosure...