Financing Agriculture is essential and cannot be overemphasised. This aspect of the value chain needs continuous evaluation to ensure banks and other stakeholders in charge of financing are working together to support value chain actors with the needed financial services.
In Ghana, the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) is the leading...
Agrihouse Foundation is set to host the sixth edition of the Agricultural Students’ Career Guidance & Mentorship Dialogue Bootcamp (AGSTUD Africa), starting Monday, March 27 to Friday, March 31, 2023.
Focused on the theme ‘5 years of Grooming, Training and Empowerment – Where we Are now with our Agribusiness’, this...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) - the world’s largest humanitarian organisation - has over the years demonstrated its commitment to global food security by continiously working with organisations around the world which produce and distribute food in the regions where they are located. The goal remains the...
Local agriculture technology (agritech) firms - Lotus Ecoculture and TROTRO Tractor - have signed a strategic partnership to cultivate 3,300 hectares of land in the Volta Region, through its subsidiary Mepe Farms Limited, with plans to expand operations across Ghana and throughout West Africa.
The partnership is expected to enable...
The Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa, has reiterated the need for more agric exhibitions as a major component of agriculture development. She said well-funded agricultural exhibitions, which are excellently executed have the potential of contributing significantly to the socio-economic and cultural development of countries as...
Managing Director-Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) PLC, Alhaji Alhassan Yakubu-Tali, has endorsed the Ekumfi factory model and advocates the establishment of similar model processing factories across agriculturally-rich areas of the country to harness the transformational power of agribusiness for jobs and wealth creation.
Alhaji Alhassan Yakubu-Tali made the statement when he...
While two sectors, industry and services, were decimated by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as they experienced contraction of 5.7 percent and 2.6 percent respectively, agriculture rather saw a growth of 2.5 percent in the second quarter, according to data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS).
The agriculture...
Jospong Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to bring the latest and best rice technologies to Ghana.
The agreement seeks to tap into the expertise of IRRI to accelerate the development of the rice industry in Ghana by supporting the Council for...
The Agricultural Manufacturing Group (AMG), the leading Fertilizer Manufacturing and Distribution Company in the country has presented a cheque for GHc 20, 000 to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), towards the celebration of the 2021 National Farmers’ Day.
Presenting the cheque, the Sales and Marketing Manager of AMG...
Ghana has lost a total of 1.41 million hectares of tree cover from 2001 to 2021, equivalent to a 20 per cent decrease in forest cover - a size bigger than the land area of the Western Region - in the last 20 years, with 740 million tonnes of...