Category: Agriculture
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Esoko data shows 3.9% drop in food prices in third quarter
Commodity Analyst Esoko Ghana says the prices of foodstuff on the market have declined by 3.9 percent for the third quarter of the year. Esoko says the decline is not surprising especially as the period is the harvesting season. With the 10 percent increase in transport fares, one would thought prices of foodstuff will also…
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US$600 million cocoa syndicated loan hits BoG’s accounts
The first tranche of the US$1.3 billion cocoa syndicated loan signed between Cocobod and some international financial institutions has hit the accounts of the central bank. An amount of US$600 million hit the Bank of Ghana’s accounts with the rest of the funds expected in the coming months. The government last month signed the US$1.3…
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Cocoa producer price increment timely — GAWU
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has described the increment in cocoa prices as timely. The government on Tuesday 2nd October,2019 announced that the producer price for a ton of cocoa has been increased to GH¢8, 249 while that of 64 kg bag would now be sold at GH¢515. This comes after the price per…
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U.S. Partners with Ghana for 9th Annual Pre-Harvest Agribusiness Conference and Exhibition
The Government of Ghana and the Agrihouse Foundation with support from the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future Initiative through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), organized the 9th Annual Pre-Harvest Agribusiness Conference and Exhibition. The event, held from September 25-27, is recognized as the largest annual gathering of farmers, buyers, manufacturers, government officials, development…
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Gov’t raises cocoa producer price to GH¢8,249 per tonne
The Minister of State in-charge of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Gyiele Nurah has disclosed that the cocoa producer price for a ton has been increased to GH¢8,249 while a 64-kilo bag would now be sold at GH¢515 The increment represents an 8 percent for the next crop season. The government has announced an increase in cocoa…
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Kasoa Market traders lament low patronage of goods
Some traders at the Kasoa Market are complaining of low patronage by customers in recent times. The traders are certain the situation is due to economic hardship which is preventing their customers to buy their products. Citi Business News interacted with some of them to find out how the women are cashing in with recent…
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Selling added value: The case of Wines of South Africa
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The importance of agriculture in Africa’s development agenda, as a driver of economic growth, transformation and in helping end hunger has been reiterated over the years if not decades. The 2014 Malabo Declaration for example and the re-commitment to the principles of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) (which is Africa’s policy framework for…
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Coconut farmers lament the diversion of free seedlings
Coconut farmers mostly from the Western Region are complaining about the diversion of coconut seedlings that are supposed to be distributed freely to them. Government through the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has initiated the distribution of coconut seedlings freely to farmers as part of efforts to increase the production and export of the fruit.…
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Bawumia charges COCOBOD to stop fertilizer import for cocoa farmers next year
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has directed Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to purchase all fertilizers intended to be supplied to cocoa farmers locally next year since local fertilizer companies have the capacity to supply them. He said with the government’s flagship programme of “One-District, One Factory”, there were sufficient fertilizer factories operating in the country…
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Cocobod awarded ISO certification to determine quality of beans exported from W/A
Quality Control Company Limited (QCC), a subsidiary of Cocobod has been granted accreditation by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), for inspection of cocoa activities and testing laboratory on pesticide residue. The two quality certificates are ISO IEC 17020 and ISO IEC 17025. These certifications come on the back of…