I wonder how many people know that in Kumasi fake gold is alternately called Abbyssinia? My late grandpa, Nana Taw Nsiah used to be a popular goldsmith in Bechem. This was a man who could easily distinguish between fake gold and genuine gold without the use of any instrument.
He...
The newly-appointed Vice President-Confederation for the Development of Poultry in Africa (CADA), Mr. John Bewuah Edusei, has called for commitment to revive the local poultry industry and the agricultural industry as a whole.
This, he said, should be done while shunning the political gimmickry that has characterised successive governments' policies...
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has called on government to address delays to input distribution, the poor quality of inputs, as well as bureaucracies holding back smooth implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative.
According to the PFAG, reports from its regional monitoring identified loopholes...
Poultry farmers in the country are struggling to increase their returns on investment following low consumption of eggs by Ghanaians as a result of fears about egg-cholesterol, a source close to the National Egg Campaign has disclosed.
The situation has led to slow growth of the poultry and other related...
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) has held capacity training for some selected farmers and agricultural extension agencies on the monitoring and scouting of the Fall Army Worm (FAW) in Tamale of the Northern.
The USAID Feed the Future Agricultural...
SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, a not-for-profit agency, has equipped about 12,500 farmers with advanced skills in sustainable sorghum production in the Northern Region.
The initiative, executed under the ‘Partnership for Sustainable Sorghum Sourcing in Ghana’ (P3SG) project, was launched to encourage more farmers to venture into the production of sorghum.
The...
…as GAIP registers only 30k farmers in a decade
The Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) is concerned about the low patronage of farmers in agriculture insurance schemes, projecting that this reluctance could have unpleasant consequences for the sector’s value chain.
Being the only mandated insurance company in Ghana to underwrite...
The Western Regional Office of the Department of Agriculture has facilitated the implementation of agricultural programmes and projects at the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to improve the livelihood of farmers and productivity while ensuring food security.
The department has collaborated with 14 MMDA’s and has facilitated 211 Agricultural...
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is forecasting an increase in domestic chicken production from the 60,000 metric tonnes recorded in 2023 to 70,000 metric tonnes this year.
The department, in its Ghana Poultry Voluntary Update 2024, said local chicken production is expected to see growth due...
Deputy Minister for Local Government, Ntim Fordjour, has paid a working visit to monitor the progress of work on government's rural development programme - Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD), undertaken in the Saboba district of the Northern Region.
Saboba district is among the 98 districts embarking on cashew...