Category: Agriculture
-
Closed season should be for all fleets at the same time – Fishery experts
The national fishing closed season is to be made mandatory for all fishing fleets operating in the country, the Scientific and Technical Working Group (STWG) of the USAID-SFMP programme, has said. The closure should “not be made for one fleet at a particular time and another fleet for another time”, the STWG said. The STWG…
-
We’re leveraging digital technology to unlock agriculture potential — Bawumia
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government is leveraging on digital technology to unlock agriculture potentials in the country and stimulate economic growth. To that end, he said government over the years, had been instituting appropriate policies and laws to ensure smallholder farmers, agripreneurs, small-and-medium scale enterprises, farm organisations and other critical stakeholders in the…
-
Ghana produced 150,000 tonnes of food items under PFJ last year
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, says the Government’s flagship programme-Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) has so far witnessed tremendous successes with 150,000 tonnes of food items produced in 2018. He said Government introduced the PFJ in 2017 with 77,000 farmers, which saw Ghana supplying 19 different food items to…
-
Somanya to get fertilizer factory under 1D1F
The construction of a fertiliser production factory under the one district one factory has commenced in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality, to process both faecal and bio-degradable waste. The construction of the factory is part of the “Creating and Capturing Value” (Capval) project launched in 2015 by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and…
-
Ghana Commodity Exchange to include local rice on traded items
The Ghana Commodity Exchange has completed feasibility studies into the local rice market ahead of the listing of the commodity on the exchange later this year. This will bring the number of listed products to three, including maize and soya bean. The move is to increase the production of rice in the country as well…
-
Sod-cutting for Pwalugu multipurpose dam comes off in November — Bawumia
The formal groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a multipurpose dam at Pwalugu in the Upper East region will take place in November, Government officials have announced. This came to light during a meeting chaired by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and some key stakeholders, including officials of the Ministry of Finance, Volta River Authority…
-
Government committed to reducing rice importation
Rev. John Manu, Ashanti Regional Director of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) has reiterated the commitment of the government to mechanized rice farming in order to help boost local production of the crop in the country. He said the focus of the government in the MOFA/JICA TENSUI (Rain-fed) Phase II partnership project, was to help increase…
-
Trade Ministry tasked to develop program of action for AFCFTA
Trade Minister Alan Kyerematen has said that a national program of action for the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area will be ready in the next three months. He revealed this after a three-day stakeholder dialogue conference which was held to develop the right strategies to ensure the success of the AFCFTA. Speaking…
-
Peasant farmers warn of low crop yield due to fertilizer smuggling
The Peasant Farmers Association is warning of low crop yield in the coming years if government fails to halt the smuggling of subsidized fertilizers. The concerns of the farmers come after several reports of smuggled subsidized fertilizers from Ghana to neighboring countries including Burkina Faso. In 2019 alone — about seven cases have been recorded…
-
Ivory Coast president affirms commitment to $2,600/T cocoa floor price
Ivory Coast and Ghana will not sell cocoa from the 2020-21 crop for less than $2,600 per tonne, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday, affirming his country’s resolve to stick to a deal with Ghana to coordinate prices. The two West African neighbours joined forces in June to impose a floor price for cocoa…