Category: Agribusiness
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Eat Ghana Rice campaign: Farmers record hike in sales almost two years on
Local rice farmers seem to be enjoying a boom in sales, almost two years after Citi FM/ Citi TV embarked on a massive campaign to whip up interest in the patronage of local rice. Speaking to Citi Business News, the Head of Programs and Policy at the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, Charles Nyaaba, lauded…
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Italy to showcase leading companies in agricultural mechanization
The Ghanaian government’s vision for agriculture is ambitious yet achievable with the right mix of expertise, technology, and machinery. As a critical economic area, a resilient and productive agricultural value chain would have a transformational impact on growth, job creation, and living standards in the country. In Italy, Ghana has a trusted and ready partner…
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Over 16,000 agribusinesses couldn’t recover from COVID-19 shocks – GSS
A new survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service with support from the UNDP and GiZ has found that about 16,000 agribusinesses have not recovered from the shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study which focused on firms’ survival, measured from their operational status, the impact of the pandemic on wages and employment revealed that…
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ADB wins 1D1F Financial Service Provider of the year at 2021 manufacturing awards
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has been awarded the One District, One Factory (1D1F) Financial Service Provider of the Year at the 2021 Ghana Manufacturing Awards (GMA), held at the Kempinski Hotel, Gold Coast City in Accra. The honour affirms the Bank’s support to businesses under the government’s flagship industrialisation programme which seeks to build…
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Third WOFAGRIC and Gold in the soil awards receives 131 nominations
The third (3rd) edition of Women in Food and Agricultural Leadership Training Forum (WOFAGRIC) And Gold in The Soil Awards, powered by Agrihouse Foundation, has received 131 nominations of deserving women farmers and agribusinesses. The event is set to take place from the 23rd to the 24th of June 2021 at the Akayet Hotel, Bolgatanga…
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Stakeholders call for intensified efforts in adding value to Ghana’s cocoa exports
The CEO of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), Yofi Grant, says the absence of “cocoa billionaires” in Ghana is a sign that the country has not efficiently “monetized and domesticated” the crop that regularly brings about two billion dollars of foreign exchange into the country. According to him, despite having produced cocoa over the…
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Agrihouse holds third LiPF in Accra
As part of efforts to bring stake holders in the agricultural sector together to develop more strategies that seek to modernise the agricultural sub-sector to enhance high productivity especially the livestock, Agrihouse foundation has held its third Livestock, Poultry and Fisheries Tradeshow, LiPF, in Accra. Over the years, the LiPF tradeshow has showcased and promoted…
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Kosmos Innovation Center holds final pitch for 2020 AgriTech Challenge competition
The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) has held a final pitch for the 2020 AgriTech Challenge competition. The pitch which was held at the KIC business incubation hub is aimed at helping young entrepreneurs build the foundation for commercially-viable AgriTech start-ups and address challenges confronting the Agric sector in the country. Ten business startups, namely FarmAsyst,…
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Coconut Farmers Association of Ghana holds constitution and policy validation workshop
The Coconut Farmers Association of Ghana (COFAG), has held a constitution and policy validation workshop in Accra to sensitize its members about its plans for the future. Speaking to journalists, the President of the Coconut Farmers Association of Ghana, Mr. Patrick Ndabiah, said COFAG intends to educate its members to be acquainted with best practices…
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A/R: Vegetable farmers call for plan to produce quality seeds locally
Some vegetable farmers within the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region have renewed calls for stakeholders in Ghana’s agricultural sector to develop a sustainable plan to produce quality seeds locally to avoid the over-reliance on importation of seeds. Researchers at the Department of Horticulture under the faculty of Agriculture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of…