Delays in release of subventions hampering farming activities
The lack of funds to support the work of agric officers in some parts of the Northern region has been revealed to be hampering farming activities in those areas of the country. Sawla-Tuna-Kalba... read more
Farmers in Ashanti region celebrate ‘World Food Day’
The Ashanti regional department of the Ministry of Food and Agricultural (MoFA) will join the rest of the world to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Food and Agricultural... read more
Lack of funding stalls potato farming
Rural poor farmer-based organisations in the Volta, Central and Northern Regions are bemoaning the lack of support shown by financial institutions in the cultivation of orange-fleshed sweet potato,... read more
Government and COCOBOD cheating us – Cocoa Farmers
Some cocoa farmers in the Western Region in a rather sharp turn have kicked against the recent increase in the producer price of cocoa announced by the government, describing it as a slap in the face... read more
Orange farmers abandon farms for cash crops
The low patronage and consumption of citrus fruits, particularly sweet orange, is compelling many orange farmers in the Ashanti region to abandon the farming of the citrus fruits for other cash... read more
Cocoa farmers worried over gov’t’s distribution of insecticides
Some cocoa farmers in the Ahafo Ano South district of the Ashanti Region are unhappy with government’s free distribution of cocoa insecticides to farmers in the area. One of the leaders of... read more
Ashanti region to benefit from 3,700 metric tonnes of rice
Ashanti region is expected to benefit from 3,700 metric tonnes of rice this year. This was as a result of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s (MOFA) ability to secure 2,474 acres of land for... read more
Agric research left to gather dust
The Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Professor William Otto Ellis, has lamented the long years of failure by the country to realise any meaningful... read more
CSIR-CRI releases 12 new maize, cowpea, rice varieties
The Crops Research Institute (CSIR-CRI) has released 12 new drought tolerant maize, cowpea and rice varieties. Out of the twelve new varieties were seven varieties of maize, four varieties of cowpeas... read more
Veterinary officers receive training to combat bird flu
About seventy regional and district directors of the Veterinary Service Department from Ashanti, Eastern and Brong Ahafo regions have been trained on the deadly and highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza... read more