Category: Agriculture
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Government to set up Authority for four tree crops
The Agric Ministry has presented a bill to Parliament to enable it to set up an Authority to regulate the production and export of four major tree crops including rubber, mango, Shea and Cashew. Deputy Minister of Agriculture Dr. Sagre Bambangi disclosed this at Citi FM’s Ghana Rising Conference. According to him, the move forms…
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Set guaranteed minimum price for agric produce — Tony Oteng Gyasi
Government, should as a matter of priority, set a guaranteed minimum price for the produce of young people in agriculture in order to make it attractive. This is the assertion of former President of the Association of Ghana Industries, Tony Oteng-Gyasi. According to him, such a move is necessary to revolutionize agriculture. He made these…
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Groups present policy document on solutions to end herdsmen-farmers clash to gov’t
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana and the National Association of Cattle Farmers have jointly presented a policy document on Ghana’s pastoral farming policy to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. The policy document is aimed at addressing various clashes and misunderstanding between the two associations over grazing which sometimes result in deaths. The policy…
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Ghana Rising Conference opens today in Accra
Captains of industry, policymakers and other key stakeholders will today converge at the Kempinski Gold Coast City Hotel in Accra for the much talked about Citi TV/FM Ghana Rising Conference. The goal of the one-day conference is to fashion out deliberate policies that will allow Ghanaian indigenous businesses to be able to boost their capacities…
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Rain destroys several acres of watermelon farm in Upper West region
Water from frequent rains has destroyed tens of acres of watermelon farms at Losse in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region. The field which showed a lot of promise has been completely destroyed as all the fruits have been affected. Mr Nibadingu Dassah, 67, the owner of the farms, said his challenge…
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Food prices to surge over increase in transportation — Esoko
Prices of foodstuff are likely to go up between two and five percent in the next couple of weeks. This is according to Commodity analyst, Esoko Ghana. According to Esoko, the increase in prices of foodstuff can be attributed heavily to the 10 percent increase in transport fares. The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU)…
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Government will not burn seized rosewood — Lands Minister
Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, on Wednesday, assured the public that Government will not burn seized Rosewood but rather put them to meaningful use. Addressing journalists at the Meet-the-Press series in Accra, Mr. Asomah-Cheremeh said the Ministry had not issued any salvage permits for the harvesting of rosewoods since the ban…
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AU Commission, AUDA-NEPAD and OCP Group deepen collaboration to develop agriculture
The African Union Commission, together with the African Union’s Development Agency, AUDA-NEPAD, and OCP Group, a leading global producer of fertilizers, are pleased to strengthen their partnership to support the development of the African Agricultural Sector through the signature of a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed by Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko,…
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President Akufo-Addo to announce new cocoa price on Oct 1, 2019
The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD Joseph Boahen Aidoo has stated that president Akufo-Addo will announce a new cocoa price for farmers on October 1, 2019. He maintained that cocoa farmers will be given priority in setting the new price for the commodity for the 2019/2020 crop season. “I have always told our farmers to…
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Agric sector initiatives to help address youth unemployment – MasterCard Foundation CEO
The government of Ghana should be commended for efforts to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers through the determination of a floor price for the commodity. That is the claim of the President and CEO of the MasterCard Foundation, Reeta Roy. She is confident the move will boost agric as it will attract more youth…