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“If farming is profitable, why aren’t you farming?” — The question that changed everything for National Best Youth Farmer Robben Asare

“If farming is profitable, why aren’t you farming?” — The question that changed everything for National Best Youth Farmer Robben Asare

Jun 17, 2026 | Feature Article

In 2015, during his national service in Kintampo in Ghana rsquo;s Bono East Region, 2025 National Best Youth Farmer Robb ...

Grow For Me: Transforming Agriculture Through Mobile Investment

Grow For Me: Transforming Agriculture Through Mobile Investment

Jul 15, 2025 | Feature Article

Did you know you can invest in agriculture right from the comfort of your home using just your mobile phone? That rsquo; ...

Ghana’s homegrown path: Why investing in local food systems is Africa’s best bet for resilience and growth

Ghana’s homegrown path: Why investing in local food systems is Africa’s best bet...

Jun 18, 2025 | Feature Article

As Africa grapples with food insecurity, global market volatility, and the intensifying effects of climate change, Afric ...

Ending Hunger, One Household Farm at a Time

Ending Hunger, One Household Farm at a Time

May 30, 2025 | Feature Article

Wednesday, May 28 was celebrated as World Hunger Day 2025. The day is marked every year to encourage everyone in the wor ...

Beyond Celebration: Africa Day Must Ignite Action on Food Security

Beyond Celebration: Africa Day Must Ignite Action on Food Security

May 27, 2025 | Feature Article

On Sunday, the African Union commemorated the Africa Day 2025 with a renewed call for justice, unity, and shared progres ...

From Actuarial Science to Agriculture: The Young Visionary Transforming Rice Farming in Central Tongu

From Actuarial Science to Agriculture: The Young Visionary Transforming Rice Far...

May 1, 2025 | Feature Article

In the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region, a quiet effort is underway to help make Ghana more sufficient in rice ...

Four ideas that can help Ghana preserve food security when the next drought hits

Four ideas that can help Ghana preserve food security when the next drought hits

Aug 28, 2024 | Feature Article

Ghana rsquo;s food security situation has officially entered a crisis phase following a dry spell in eight of the countr ...

Re: The New Colonialist Food Economy – The Context Some Africa Seed Sovereignty Campaigners Ignore

Re: The New Colonialist Food Economy – The Context Some Africa Seed Sovereignty ...

Oct 16, 2023 | Feature Article

I recently read an article titled; ldquo;The new colonialist food economy; how Bill Gates and agribusiness giants are t ...

World Food Day: Revisiting the GMO conversation

World Food Day: Revisiting the GMO conversation

Oct 17, 2022 | Feature Article

Yesterday the 16th of October 2022 was World Food Day. The day is celebrated annually under the auspices of t ...

GMOs versus gene-edited products: The key differences you should know of

GMOs versus gene-edited products: The key differences you should know of

Sep 9, 2022 | Feature Article

In agricultural production, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are crops and animals which have had their genetic mat ...

Pioneering A New Model of Science Communication

Pioneering A New Model of Science Communication

Jan 11, 2022 | Feature Article

On Jan. 7, Sarah Evanega stepped down as director of the Alliance for Science (a global science communications initiativ ...

5 Critical Food Issues the Minister for Agriculture Should Pay Attention to in 2022

5 Critical Food Issues the Minister for Agriculture Should Pay Attention to in 2...

Jan 6, 2022 | Feature Article

Happy new year to all farmers and agricultural sector stakeholders across the country who are working to keep Ghana food ...

The Elvis Kwashie I Experienced

The Elvis Kwashie I Experienced

Jan 5, 2022 | Feature Article

Exactly a week ago today, news broke that our boss, our mentor, our friend, our brother, and our father Elvis Koku Kwash ...

Farmers clear their fields

Press statement by the Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Asso...

Jan 5, 2022 | Feature Article

There is no doubt that the just ended year, 2021, has been a difficult agriculture year. Data from the Statistics, R ...

What purpose did the UN Food Systems Summit Serve if about 200,000 people have died of hunger since it ended?

What purpose did the UN Food Systems Summit Serve if about 200,000 people have d...

Oct 8, 2021 | Feature Article

About 200,000 people have died of hunger worldwide since the much-heralded United Nations Food Systems Summit concluded ...

Africa Agriculture Status Report 2021 urges governments to make food insecurity a national security issue

Africa Agriculture Status Report 2021 urges governments to make food insecurity ...

Sep 10, 2021 | Feature Article

The 2021 Africa Agriculture Status Report 2021 (ASR21) is urging governments on the continent to make food insecurity a ...

Gene Editing has limitless potential to reduce malnutrition - Global Food Expert

Gene Editing has limitless potential to reduce malnutrition - Global Food Expert...

Sep 10, 2021 | Feature Article

Gene editing is a tool with unlimited potential to help reduce malnutrition globally, said Dr. Lawrence Haddad, executiv ...

Joseph Opoku Gakpo
Joseph Opoku Gakpo

This Author has published 85 articles on modernghana.com. More Joseph Opoku Gakpo is a jack of several trades who in a typical departure from the status quo, strives to exhibit perfect craftsmanship with all the diverse skills God has blessed him with. He is an Agricultural Biotechnologist by training, a journalist by practice; as well as a youth empowerment advocate and social worker with an unmatched zeal to better the lot of children and other young people. He is a political animal like any other human being who believes in the unwavering strategic ability of free speech as a tool for the creation of a better world which is able to meet the basic needs of its people, which is why he writes.
Contact: [email protected]

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