No Result
View All Result
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Citi Business News
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • Agriculture
    • Economy
    • General
    • Government
    • Local Economy
    • Top Stories

    5 important things to know about the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement

    Idris Elba adds Ghana to the list of African countries he wants to partner with

    Twitter is reportedly planning to charge businesses $1,000 per month to keep gold verified checks

    Pensioners to picket at Finance Ministry over DDE

    Ghana begins to locally manufacture its own bullion vans to combat robbery

    MTN’s aYo insurance covers over 8 million Ghanaians in 5 years

    AGI urges Govt. to effect favorable business policies

    Gold-for-oil: Govt spent $40m on first consignment – NPA

    Encourage China to support Ghana’s debt restructuring – Akufo-Addo to Germany

  • Business
    • All
    • Agribusiness
    • Banking And Finance
    • Manufacturing
    • Markets
    • Mining
    • Oil And Gas
    • Real Estate
    • Tourism
    • Transport

    Nigeria ranks number one globally for cryptocurrency usage and ownership

    Gold-for-oil: Govt spent $40m on first consignment – NPA

    Come clean on gold-for-oil ‘fiasco’ – COPEC to govt

    Ghana paid cash for 40,000 tons of oil instead of gold – Egyapa Mercer confirms

    $130bn and $170bn needed annually to bridge Africa’s infrastructural gap – Bawumia

    Government and Association of Banks reach agreement on DDEP

    DDE: Banks secure 5% coupon for 2023; other revisions

    Cocoa bill payment; BoG, COCOBOD others agree to roll over maturing investments

    AfriCatalyst to host conference on use of Special Drawing Rights to accelerate economic transformation

  • TECHNOLOGY

    Twitter is reportedly planning to charge businesses $1,000 per month to keep gold verified checks

    Ghana withdraws $672m back-tax demand from MTN Group

    MTN to fight $773m tax bill from government

    Telcos to implement 1% E-Levy charge from today

    Huawei Equips 500 Traders in FinTech

    Africans urged to bolster adoption of Bitcoins

    What does 2023 hold? Predictions in payments for the year ahead for Africa

    Meta considered building a Twitter competitor to capitalize on Elon Musk’s ‘crisis’ at company

    E-commerce in Ghana – statistics & facts

  • INTERNATIONAL
    • All
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Middle East
    • US

    5 important things to know about the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement

    $130bn and $170bn needed annually to bridge Africa’s infrastructural gap – Bawumia

    Feed Africa Summit: African Development Bank to commit $10bn to make continent breadbasket of the world

    Nigeria’s national debt hits an all time as the country struggles with repayment

    What does 2023 hold? Predictions in payments for the year ahead for Africa

    Nigeria set to stop importation of refined oil and refine its own oil by 2023

    EIU analysts forecast grim economic outlook for Africa in 2023

    AUDA-NEPAD holds workshop for Youth and Media on AU Year of Nutrition

    Agribusiness entrepreneurs must take advantage of AfCFTA – ADB MD.

  • FEATURES
  • Videos
Citi Business News
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • Agriculture
    • Economy
    • General
    • Government
    • Local Economy
    • Top Stories

    5 important things to know about the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement

    Idris Elba adds Ghana to the list of African countries he wants to partner with

    Twitter is reportedly planning to charge businesses $1,000 per month to keep gold verified checks

    Pensioners to picket at Finance Ministry over DDE

    Ghana begins to locally manufacture its own bullion vans to combat robbery

    MTN’s aYo insurance covers over 8 million Ghanaians in 5 years

    AGI urges Govt. to effect favorable business policies

    Gold-for-oil: Govt spent $40m on first consignment – NPA

    Encourage China to support Ghana’s debt restructuring – Akufo-Addo to Germany

  • Business
    • All
    • Agribusiness
    • Banking And Finance
    • Manufacturing
    • Markets
    • Mining
    • Oil And Gas
    • Real Estate
    • Tourism
    • Transport

    Nigeria ranks number one globally for cryptocurrency usage and ownership

    Gold-for-oil: Govt spent $40m on first consignment – NPA

    Come clean on gold-for-oil ‘fiasco’ – COPEC to govt

    Ghana paid cash for 40,000 tons of oil instead of gold – Egyapa Mercer confirms

    $130bn and $170bn needed annually to bridge Africa’s infrastructural gap – Bawumia

    Government and Association of Banks reach agreement on DDEP

    DDE: Banks secure 5% coupon for 2023; other revisions

    Cocoa bill payment; BoG, COCOBOD others agree to roll over maturing investments

    AfriCatalyst to host conference on use of Special Drawing Rights to accelerate economic transformation

  • TECHNOLOGY

    Twitter is reportedly planning to charge businesses $1,000 per month to keep gold verified checks

    Ghana withdraws $672m back-tax demand from MTN Group

    MTN to fight $773m tax bill from government

    Telcos to implement 1% E-Levy charge from today

    Huawei Equips 500 Traders in FinTech

    Africans urged to bolster adoption of Bitcoins

    What does 2023 hold? Predictions in payments for the year ahead for Africa

    Meta considered building a Twitter competitor to capitalize on Elon Musk’s ‘crisis’ at company

    E-commerce in Ghana – statistics & facts

  • INTERNATIONAL
    • All
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Europe
    • Middle East
    • US

    5 important things to know about the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement

    $130bn and $170bn needed annually to bridge Africa’s infrastructural gap – Bawumia

    Feed Africa Summit: African Development Bank to commit $10bn to make continent breadbasket of the world

    Nigeria’s national debt hits an all time as the country struggles with repayment

    What does 2023 hold? Predictions in payments for the year ahead for Africa

    Nigeria set to stop importation of refined oil and refine its own oil by 2023

    EIU analysts forecast grim economic outlook for Africa in 2023

    AUDA-NEPAD holds workshop for Youth and Media on AU Year of Nutrition

    Agribusiness entrepreneurs must take advantage of AfCFTA – ADB MD.

  • FEATURES
  • Videos
No Result
View All Result
Citi Business News
No Result
View All Result

Farmers to benefit from Yara and USAID/ADVANCE partnership

bycitibusinessnews
August 6, 2015
in Local Economy
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

Thirteen thousands smallholder farmers in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions are to benefit from a partnership between Yara Ghana Ltd., a leading fertilizer supplier, and USAID funded Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement (ADVANCE) Project, to boost their crop productivity.

Under the partnership which took off last month, Yara is engaging smallholder farmers through ADVANCE, of which 40% are women, to learn the right protocol for fertilizer application as well as involve MoFA extension agents to assist farmers to adhere to the protocols and get the best out of the fertilizers.

Commercial Director of Yara Ghana, Sergio Godoy said the partnership is targeted at smallholder farmers to increase yields and ensure increased production of maize and rice.

ADVERTISEMENT

“We are very committed to smallholder farmers, who we see as central to our business as a leading fertilizer supplier. Some of these farmers have concerns that falls within the remit of what we do and as good corporate citizens, not only do we feel obliged to help their cause, but we are also hopeful that through initiatives like this we can change the fortunes of the rural farmer,” he said.

Shedding more light on Yara’s role as part of this new partnership, Mr. Godoy said, the company is supporting the establishment of 130 crop demonstrations (100 maize demos and 30 rain-fed rice demos) with premium Yara fertilizers in collaboration with the USAID/ADVANCE Project in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions during the 2015 production season.

The purpose of the demonstrations, he said, is to train farmers on agronomic techniques, good agricultural practices, harvest and post-harvest handling.

According to Adwoa Mensima Sey, PR & Communications Specialist of USAID/ADVANCE, the partnership is part of the project’s strategy to scale up private sector investment to increase agricultural productivity, increase market access and trade, and strengthen local capacity with a focus on the rice, maize, and soy value chains.

Mr. Godoy was appreciative of the support rendered by USAID/ADVANCE adding that being in the business of giving technical assistance to smallholder farmers for some years, the partnership is not only welcome news to Yara but to the farmers as well.

He concluded that: “Our commitment to the farmers is a priority for everyone at Yara, and we intend to partner more institutions so long as it helps our overall goal of seeing the farmer gain access to quality fertilizers and knowledge about right time, right product and right place to apply the correct nutrients on every crop.”

Related Posts

Banking And Finance

Pensioners to picket at Finance Ministry over DDE

bycitibusinessnews

Pensioner Bondholders Forum, a group fighting for the protection of the pensioners who have invested in government bonds has vowed...

Read more

Ghana begins to locally manufacture its own bullion vans to combat robbery

Gold-for-oil: Govt spent $40m on first consignment – NPA

Encourage China to support Ghana’s debt restructuring – Akufo-Addo to Germany

Government to securitize $3.3bn in Central Bank loans

Come clean on gold-for-oil ‘fiasco’ – COPEC to govt

Ghana paid cash for 40,000 tons of oil instead of gold – Egyapa Mercer confirms

Next Post
Asare Akuffo -Former HFC MD

Ghana Association of Bankers honours Asare Akuffo       

Video on Demand: Business Weekly

ADVERTISEMENT
Citi Business News

© 2019 Citi Business News - CitiBusinessNews.com by CNR Digital.

Navigate Site

  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • FEATURES
  • Videos

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Business
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • FEATURES
  • Videos

© 2019 Citi Business News - CitiBusinessNews.com by CNR Digital.