Category: Agribusiness
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COCOBOD distributes 100,000 motorized pruners, slashers to cocoa farmers
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has distributed 100,000 motorized pruners and slashers to cocoa farmers across the country. According to COCOBOD, this is part of policies being rolled out to encourage cocoa farmers to adopt best practices to boost production. The machine, which cost Ghc 5,000, has been distributed to the farmers through the various…
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Coronavirus pandemic a wake-up call for Ghana to boost manufacturing – Ghana Exim Bank
Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Exim Bank, Lawrence Agyinsam, says the coronavirus outbreak which originated from China and has affected trade activities in Ghana which relies heavily on Chinese imports; should be a wake-up call for the country to produce and manufacture enough goods to serve its citizens. Currently, Ghanaian businesses that rely on…
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COCOBOD to secure funding to support cocoa processing to boost value addition
COCOBOD says it will soon come out with a funding arrangement aimed at partnering private companies to support them in cocoa processing. President Akufo-Addo in a recent visit to Switzerland indicated that Ghana is moving from the export of raw cocoa beans to value addition. Ghana is expecting to produce about 850,000 metric tonnes of…
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RMG Ghana’s Living Fields Agrichallenge premieres on Citi TV on March 12
The Livingfields AgriChallenge is set to premiere on Citi TV and DStv channel 363 on 12th March 2020. The agricultural reality show will be on Citi TV on Thursdays at 7:30 pm. Livingfields AgriChallenge is a graduate in farming initiative by RMG Ghana Ltd. The program is a corporate social responsibility endeavor that aims to…
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Banana farmers lament threat to production by illegal mining activities
The Banana Producers Association of Ghana is lamenting the devastating effects of illegal mining on their operations. According to the Association, the activities of illegal miners, has restricted banana producers in the country to only farm along the banks of the Volta Lake ,since banana grows better along river banks. It says several other rivers…
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Tamale: Vegetable farmers accused of using unclean water for irrigation call for help
In the heart of the city of Tamale, the Northern regional capital, is the Gumbihini Vegetable Garden. They cultivate mainly cabbage, lettuce, spring onions and amarantus. The region generally experiences long periods of dry weather, compelling farmers to adopt irrigation for vegetable production. According to vegetable farmers at Gumbihini, they use pipe-borne water supplied from…
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Esoko urges gov’t to consider value addition aside from constructing warehouses
Agricultural profiling and messaging service provider, Esoko Ghana, wants government to be proactive with value addition to agricultural produce beyond the warehousing policy to boost production. As part of measures to achieve food security, the government is set to construct one warehouse in each district to help store excess agricultural produce. This is to augment…
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Dangote Fertiliser begins pre-testing of US$2bn world’s biggest plant ahead of opening
Dangote Fertiliser Limited has begun the countdown to the inauguration of its US$2 billion Granulated Urea Fertiliser complex located in the Dangote Free Zone. With a capacity of 3 million tonnes per annum, the plant has been classified as the biggest project in the entire fertiliser industry history in the World. Siapem of Italy is…
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Banana production: Occupational Health & Safety Initiative launched to protect farmers
As part of efforts aimed at improving the conditions of farmers in banana production in Ghana, the Ghana Association of Banana Producers has adopted a working manual to enhance the safety of farmers. The manual, known as ‘Banana Occupational Health and Safety Initiative’ will also help banana producers in Ghana meet international requirements before exporting…
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Agric Minister to meet BoG, Finance Ministry on financing module to support millers
The Minister of Food and Agriculture is to meet with officials of the Bank of Ghana and the Ministry of Finance on a proposed financing module to boost the operations of millers of various grains in the country. It follows concerns that millers are unable to buy all or most produce such as rice, sorghum…