Category: Agribusiness
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Citi FM concludes 2020 edition of Citi Business Festival
Citi FM has concluded the 2020 edition of the Citi Business Festival which offered a wide range of strategies for businesses to stay afloat amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and bounce back stronger after the pandemic. The general view is that, the pandemic will cause a massive shift in the way things are done even after…
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Cashew farmers in Bono and Bono East call for Gov’t support to boost production
Cashew farmers in the Bono and Bono East Regions have reiterated their call on government to support them to increase their yield and also regulate pricing to ensure fair trade. The farmers made the call when two thousand and fifty of them from 21 communities received bonus packages from Red River Foods Ghana Limited for…
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Tuobodom: Tomato farmers make gains as border closure curtails importation from Burkina Faso
It appears that inasmuch as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted many economic activities and led to job losses, other sectors of the economy are making gains. Ghana for instance imports a chunk of its fresh tomatoes from neighboring Burkina Faso, but the closure of borders coupled with low production, has shifted the focus to local…
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We are committed to sustaining food security amidst COVID-19 – CSIR
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, says it is collaborating with allied institutions to improve food processing to ensure food security amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The assurance came as Ghana joined the world to marks the day of scientific renaissance on June 30, 2020. Ghana commemorated the day with its focus on food…
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#CitiBusinessFestival: Ghanaian scientists must be supported to offer solutions – Food Safety Expert
Ghanaian Food Safety Expert and Senior Research Scientist at the Biotechnology and Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute (BNARI) – Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Dr. Mavis Owureku-Asare, says Ghanaian scientists must be encouraged to recommend solutions that best fit the country’s problems. According to her, the time is ripe for Ghanaians to look “inward” for solutions…
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Rice shortage imminent; support farmers to boost production – PFAG warns
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, PFAG, has warned that the country could suffer rice shortage this year following the negative impact of COVID-19. Ghana imports about US$1 billion worth of rice annually to meet a monthly rice demand of 940,000 tonnes. But according to the Association, the COVID-19 restrictions in countries that Ghana imports…
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Rice Farmers urge Buffer Stock to get them ready market after harvest
The Ghana Rice Inter-professional Body says it is looking forward to the Ghana Buffer Stock Company to offer rice farmers with ready market for their produce after harvest. After reports of unsold rice in the Upper East Region, the Buffer Stock Company intervened to assist the farmers. Addressing the media at a national engagement by…
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Ghana on course to eradicate child labour in cocoa sector – COCOBOD CEO assures
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, says government has been able to erase the misconception that Ghanaian cocoa farmers exploit children on their farms. A recent report funded by the US Department of Labour, claimed that Ghana and Ivory Coast were using more than 2 million children on cocoa farms. Even…
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Low interest rates will empower local banks to fund cocoa purchasing – BoG Governor
The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has said reduced domestic interest rates will empower local banks to participate in the cocoa syndicated loan. COCOBOD is seeking to raise 1.3 billion dollars to finance the 2020/2021 crop season. But some financial analysts have maintained that the funds used in purchasing cocoa beans…
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N/East Region: Watermelon farmers incur losses as processing factory remains uncompleted
Watermelon, one of the nutritious fruits grown in Ghana, is currently in abundance in parts of the country. Although that is good news for consumers, same cannot be said for farmers of the produce. In the North East Region for instance, where a chunk of the fruit is produced, farmers are worried, as they incur…