Fisheries Unit receive vehicles to enhance monitoring
The Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) has donated has donated four vehicles valued at about 140,000 dollars to the Fisheries Enforcement Unit (FEU) under the Fisheries Commission (FC),... read more
Rubber processing factory in the offing
The Board of the Ghana Oil Palm Development Company Limited (GODPC) has commenced talks to construct a state-of-the-art rubber processing factory at its industrial estate at Kwae in the Kwaebibirem... read more
Lack of funding for local agric offices threatens food security
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has said efforts are ongoing to ensure financial challenges facing its regional and district agric offices — which are now operating under... read more
UK Gov’t invests £14.8 million in Ghana’s agric sector
The United Kingdom government is investing over £14 million pounds into the implementation of a pro-poor programme dubbed; “The Market Development Programme for Northern Ghana (MADE).” The... read more
Increase annual budgetary allocation of MOFA – CSOs advocate
The Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition, a civil society organisation has advocated an increase in the annual budget allocation of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to... read more
Peasant farmers yell over Plant Breeders Bill passage
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has called on government and Parliament to halt the passage of the Plant Breeders Bill (PBB) and to ensure further consultations... read more
Tailor climate change policies to benefit farmers – MoFA
Ghana’s attempt to deal with the impact of worsening climate change conditions on agriculture will fall short if concerted efforts are not made to expose policies on climate change to farmers,... read more
BoG Injects $100 Million Into Agric Sector
The Bank of Ghana says it has initiated measures to address challenges facing the country’s agric sector as part of efforts to improve the sector’s contribution to economic growth.... read more
Dr. Opuni’s ‘rot’ killing cocoa sector – GAWU alleges
DR. OPUNI FRIMPONG The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) and the Industrial Commercial Workers Unions (ICU), have launched a scathing attack on the leadership of COCOBOD, accusing its Chief... read more
Ghana’s Agricultural sector receive support from stakeholder institutions
Government’s policy to mechanize the country’s agriculture and also enhance private partnership in the sector has received support from a number of stakeholder institutions.... read more