Category: Agribusiness
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Ghana to produce fine flavour cocoa soon with new lab and quality training centre
Ghana will soon become a major producer of fine flavour cocoa beans according to Cocobod and management of the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana, CRIG. When this happens, Ghana will join Madagascar as the only country in sub-Saharan Africa which produces and exports both fine flavour cocoa beans and the bulk or ordinary cocoa beans.…
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Northern Region: Yam farmers at Lanja incur losses over lack of storage facilities
The absence of a facility to store tubers of yams at Lanja, a farming community in the Nanumba North Municipality of the Northern Region, is leading to huge losses for farmers and traders. The traders, who have identified January to May as the period that the yams get rotten due to lack of a storage…
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COCOBOD to launch motorized pruner to improve cocoa yields
Management of COCOBOD says it will soon launch a motorized pruner and cocoa irrigation project, to improve quality yields and help farmers make more money without expanding their farms. The Deputy CEO of COCOBOD in charge of Agronomy and Quality Control, Dr. Emmanuel Agyemang Dwomoh, says efforts are underway to engage and attract the attention…
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Basket weavers in Upper East call for gov’t support to tackle high production cost
Basket weavers at Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region are calling on government to support their activities to boost production. The weavers say the high cost of production is taking a toll on them as they’re unable to produce more to meet demand. The activity is a major source of livelihood, as nearly 3.5 million…
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2019 National Best Farmer receives ¢536,000 cash prize from adb
The Agricultural Development Bank, adb, has presented a cheque prize of five hundred and thirty-six thousand cedis to the National Best Farmer for 2019. Charles Gyamfi’s prize is presented in fulfillment of the bank’s commitment to support the agric sector per its mandate. Charles Gyamfi, who emerged the National Best Farmer in 2019, beat off…
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Ramani Distribution celebrates 20 years of Lele brand in Ghana
Ramani Distribution Company Limited, a Commodities Trading Company, has celebrated 20 years of its Lele brand with an announcement to work towards producing rice locally. The group also outdoored a brand new logo, which coincided with the official opening of its new ultra-modern office complex known as Lele Towers in Tema. Speaking at the event,…
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Banks and other financial institutions to be trained on agricultural credit risk management
Banks and other financial institutions in the country will soon be trained with the requisite practical knowledge and skills needed to enable them increase financial access to agriculture and agribusiness organizations. The program, spearheaded by the Ghana Incentive-based Risk System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) with assistance from the National Banking College will also build the…
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Youth in agribusiness: RMG Ghana’s reality show on farming to whip up interest
As part of efforts to encourage Ghana’s youth, especially graduates to take agriculture seriously, RMG Ghana, one of Ghana’s leading supplier of agro inputs to the Ghanaian economy, is set to launch a reality show on farming. The show, which will be aired on Ghana’s fastest growing television network, Citi TV, will provide an opportunity…
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Food prices have reduced; but we must stabilize it – Esoko confirms President’s claims
Esoko Ghana, a provider of digital solutions and services for agriculture and data collection, has charged government to do more to stabilize the prices of food and other commodities on the market by boosting production. The comment follows President Akufo-Addo’s remark that the Planting for Food and Jobs policy has helped to reduce the prices…
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Vegetable farmers lament post-harvest loses due to lack of storage facilities
Some Ghanaian vegetable farmers have raised concerns about the impact of continuous post-harvest losses on their activities, largely due to the lack of storage facilities and processing centers to add value to their produce. They say this is impeding their operations as they are unable to export to rake in more revenue. The Executive Director…