Category: Agriculture
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IMPULSE Acceleration Program holds information session in Accra
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UMVIP) last Tuesday organised an information session about IMPULSE, a best-in-class startup acceleration program, with support from OCP Group and its subsidiary OCP Africa. The program is designed with MassChallenge, a global accelerator organization, with a unique non-profit, zero equity and impact-focused model. Impulse aims to sustain OCP Group’s ambitious innovation…
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Nine farmer cooperatives receive farm equipment to improve their livelihoods
A total of nine farmer cooperatives in the Upper West Region have received assorted equipment and logistics to help improve their livelihoods. The equipment including motor king tricycles, beehives, grinding mill and other materials were presented to the nine cooperatives with membership of about 200 to support their line of activities. The gesture is under…
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![[Article] Adapting African agriculture to climate change](https://citibusinessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Farming-agriculture.jpg)
[Article] Adapting African agriculture to climate change
Climate change is already putting huge stress on Africa’s food production systems. And, according to projections, worse is coming. As Ministers for Agriculture from across the continent gather in Kigali for the Africa Food Security Leadership Dialogue, ensuring a secure and sustainable food supply must be at the center of their minds. Over the past…
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Ivory Coast, Ghana pricing agreement causing a ‘spike in cocoa cost’
A new cocoa pricing mechanism announced by top growers Ivory Coast and Ghana earlier this month is causing cocoa costs to rise, a Mondelez International Inc (MDLZ.O) executive said on an earnings call with analysts on Tuesday. “It is fair to say that given some of the proposals that are coming out of Cote D’Ivoire…
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Almost 50,000 farmers to benefit from 2019 ‘OCP School Lab’
OCP Africa, a subsidiary of the OCP Group, a leading global producer of phosphate and its derivatives with almost 100 years of experience, successfully executed the launch of its agro school lab initiative known as the “OCP School Lab” (OSL) at Ejura, Ashanti Region, to support smallholder farmers. The OCP School Lab which was introduced…
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Cocobod to borrow US$1.3 billion in syndicated loans
Ghana Cocoa Board will raise US$1.3 billion in syndicated loans for its operations in the 2019/2020 season, the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta announced in Parliament on Monday. The programmes include, hand pollination/pruning of cocoa farms, rehabilitation of diseased and over-aged farms, irrigation in dry seasons, and farmer database, among others. It was meant to…
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#GHBudget: Consolidated Bank releases GH¢530 million for cocoa roads
The Consolidated Bank Ghana has released a total of GH¢530 million to Cocobod for the construction of cocoa roads, the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, has disclosed. Mr. Ofori-Atta speaking on the floor of parliament on Monday, July 29, 2019, said the bank which was a creation at the instance of a collapse of some five…
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OCP Africa set to launch OCP School Lab Initiative in Ashanti Region
OCP Africa, a subsidiary of the OCP Group, a leading global producer of phosphate and its derivatives with almost 100 years of experience, is to re-launch its agro school lab initiative known as the “OCP School Lab” (OSL) at Ejura in the Ashanti Region, to support smallholder Ghanaian farmers. The pilot programme commenced in Asesewa,…
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Let’s grow more cotton to boost the textile industry – AGI
Mrs Doris Kessie, the National Chairperson for Textiles, Garment and Leather Industries at the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has called for more efforts to be made to encourage the youth to grow more cotton. “It’s time to train the youth and farmers to produce high-quality cotton on a larger scale to feed the…
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Mid-year budget: Focus on job creation — GAWU tells Ofori-Atta
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) says the government must make provision for sustainable jobs in the agricultural sector ahead of the mid-year budget presentation. According to the union, the initiatives that have been introduced into the agricultural sector have not been able to create jobs last all year round. Government has introduced a number…