News: Agriculture

MoFA, Standards Authority To Deal With Aflatoxins Menace

22 hours ago

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says it is in talks with the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to deal with af ...

President Akufo-Addo interacting with Davis Nard Korboe (2nd right), Chiarman, National Farmers and Fishermen Award Winners with some executives with them

Akufo-Addo Tasks Farmers To Increase Output

Feb 13, 2020

President Akufo-Addo has encouraged farmers to maximise their potential to reap the full benefits of the industry ...

Ghana Rakes In $378million From Raw Cashew Nuts Ex...

Feb 11, 2020

Ghana earned $378 million from the exportation of 110 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in 2018. The amount represente ...

Fire Destroys 150 Maize Farms In Bono East

Feb 10, 2020

Data from the authorities in the Bono East region shows that more than 150 maize farms have been razed down as a ...

Clement Kawuribi, Director of Department of Agriculture at Sissala East Municipal Assembly

Extension Officers Embrace Warehouse Receipt Syste...

Jan 27, 2020

Agriculture Extension Officers within the Sissala East and West Municipal Assemblies of the Upper West Region are opt ...

COCOBOD Procures 100,000 Slashers To Improve Cocoa...

Jan 25, 2020

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has taken delivery of 100,000 pieces of motorised slashers to be distributed to cocoa ...

Alliance For Science Ghana Takes On Agric Minister...

Jan 21, 2020

Civil Society Group Alliance for Science Ghana has described as unfair and unprogressive comments by Minister for ...

Top Agribusiness Firm B-BOVID, To Receive Support ...

Jan 20, 2020

Four major international sponsors of agribusiness are at various stages of supporting B-BOVID rsquo;s network of farm ...

Solidaridad Launches Climate-Smart Program To Impr...

Jan 18, 2020

Solidaridad has officially launched the National Initiatives for Sustainable and Climate-Smart Oil Palm Smallhold ...

Coconut Federation Commends Gov't For Inclusion In...

Jan 18, 2020

The leadership of the Coconut Federation of Ghana (CocoFed) has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for i ...

Minister Says Agric Sector Recorded Over 200,000 M...

Jan 14, 2020

The agric sector recorded over 200,000 metric tons of soya in the past year, Agric Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Ak ...

N/R: 1V1D Dam Dries Up As Vegetable Farmers Hope D...

Jan 14, 2020

A dam constructed under the One Village, One dam by the government at Zarantinga community in the North East Regi ...

Jeffrey Agyemang Duah Writes: Popularizing Ghana R...

Jan 8, 2020

It was not surprising to hear the Ghana rice run out of stocks in a certain part of the country in the wake of the l ...

Planting For Food And Jobs Has Been Successful - T...

Jan 7, 2020

The CEO of the Public Sector Reforms Secretariat, Mr Thomas Kusi-Boafo, says that President Akufo-Addo rsquo;s Planti ...

Father Of Cassava Proffers Strategies On How Resea...

Jan 6, 2020

The Director of Development and Delivery Office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Al ...

Dr. Dixon Offer Strategies To Researchers To Disse...

Jan 6, 2020

The Director of the Development and Delivery Office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr ...

Session of participants during one of the site visits as part of the review meeting

Acai Implementers Delighted With Efforts Made In 2...

Jan 3, 2020

The 2019 annual review and planning meeting of the African Cassava Agronomy Initiative (ACAI) has come and gone b ...