Sustainability Initiatives: Chocolate companies must stop paying lip service to our welfare – Farmers angry
Ghana’s cocoa sector is a major contributor to the country’s economy, providing jobs to millions, but for a long time now the sector has come under severe pressure from bad pricing, poor living... read more
OFAB Ghana holds media awards ceremony
The 5th Edition of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB), Ghana Chapter media awards ceremony came off successfully at WAEC Heights here in Accra. It was under the theme “Credible and... read more
Prof. Eric Danquah named Africa Food Prize 2022 Winner
Founding director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) at the University of Ghana Prof. Eric Danquah, has been named winner of the Africa Food Prize 2022. The $100,000 prize... read more
Catfish farming: Time to establish Aquaculture Development Fund for fish farmers in Ghana
Fish makes up 60 percent of the average Ghanaian’s protein diet. It is the next popular animal protein after chicken and beef, and expected to overtake them in a few years. The fishing industry in... read more
Ghanaian Food Processer nominated for Africa Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards
Ghanaian food processer Vanessa Aisha Limann has been nominated for the Africa Women Agripreneurs of the Year Awards (WAYA). Ms. Limann who is the chief executive officer of the Vanelim Enterprise is... read more
Youth in Agribusiness Festival: Broad Spectrum Ltd throws support behind John A. Kufuor Foundation initiative
Broad Spectrum Limited has pledged its commitment to continuously promote the agribusiness sector and play a key role in attracting the youth to venture into the Agribusiness Value Chain. The... read more
Rainforest Alliance empowers about 20,000 community members to grow and own plants to check deforestation
After a year of introducing smallholder farmers to the Forest Watcher Mobile App, the Rainforest Alliance counts their achievement of growing and monitoring over 9,000 trees in the Sui River... read more
Ghanaian journalists tour GMO cowpea fields
About 30 journalists from all parts of Ghana visited the country’s pod borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea field trial site in Nyankpala to gain a better understand of genetically modified (GM) crops.... read more
OFAB engage with Muslim clergymen in Ashanti Region
Open Forum on Agriculture Biotechnology (OFAB) Ghana, in collaboration with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has organised a day’s sensitization programme on Biotechnology... read more
Hollands’ Sasso Chicken Breeds hits Ghanaian market
In a bid to meet the local growing demand for fresh poultry meat in Ghana, the Dutch Government in partnership with Solidaridad West Africa, is introducing the sasso chicken breeds to round off the... read more