Ghana cocoa gets global boost with Olam acquisition of ADM
Olam International, one of Ghana’s largest agro-commodity companies, has completed its acquisition of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company’s worldwide cocoa business. All former ADM employees in... read more
Ruut Extra supports best cassava farmer with milling machine
The National Best Cassava farmer will receive a milling machine as part of the package for this year. The mill is part of about 70000 worth of products being donated by Guinness Ghana Breweries. The... read more
Climate Change conference must address concerns – Prof Gordon
The Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in Paris from November 30 to December 11, must serve as a vehicle to help address the issue of... read more
Onion sellers cry out to government: Police men are demanding too much bribes
Onion sellers at the Agbogbloshie market are calling on the government to come to their aid as police men designated at various barriers are collecting huge sums of monies from them before they are... read more
UNDP intervenes as climate change reduces cocoa production in Brong-Ahafo
Climate change is affecting cocoa production in the Asunafo North Municipality, the Brong-Ahafo Region’s largest cocoa producing area. According to cocoa farmers in most of the forest fringe... read more
Yara Ghana supports Farmers Day celebration
Yara Ghana Limited, a leading fertilizer supplier in the country, has presented to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture GH¢ 20, 000, 100 bags of fertilizer and some souvenirs to support this... read more
MoFA to honor 30 hardworking farmers in Ashanti
The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has said about 30 hardworking farmers in the Region will be awarded during this year’s regional farmers’... read more
CSIR-SARI evaluates herbicides on GM cotton varieties
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has begun undertaking a confined field research on the performance of Roundup Ready... read more
Good cocoa yields impact on global production
Government is optimistic that cocoa production in the 2015/2016 crop season will be enhanced by an improved supply of inputs to farmers and expectations for favourable weather. This is likely to... read more
Gov’t slashes agric budget by GHC40m
Government has cut its 2016 expenditure on the agricultural sector by GH?40million despite growth in the agriculture sector stalling to 0.04 percent this year, when government had targeted 3.6... read more