Category: Agriculture
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Gov’t procures motorised slashers for cocoa farmers
Cocoa farmers in Ghana will from October this year begin the use of Motorised Slashers to weed their farms. This is a move towards mechanised farming which would help reduce the drudgery of the current practice of manual weeding involving the use of cutlasses and hoes, to prune farms. It also ties in…
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OCP Africa launches Agribooster Initiative
OCP Africa, a subsidiary of OCP Group-a leading global producer of phosphate and its derivatives, with almost 100 years of experience, has re-launched its ‘Agribooster Offer’ aimed at contributing to boost the food production in the country and to empower smallholder farmers. The ‘Agribooster Offer’ is an innovative farmer-centered market development model that brings together…
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2018 National Best Cocoa Farmer lauds reforms in cocoa sector
The 2018 National Best Cocoa Farmer, Charles Gyamfi has described the recent reforms undertaken by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) and its counterpart in Ivory Coast, such as agreeing on an additional four hundred dollars per tonne price for cocoa, as critical for boosting interest in Cocoa farming. The two countries moved to ensure that the price…
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Ghana-China to construct a $100 million chocolate factory in Sefwi-Wiawso
Government has announced a joint partnership deal with the Chinese to construct a 100 million dollar chocolate factory at Sefwi-Wiaso in the Western North region. The facility is expected to process about 50,000 tonnes of cocoa beans into chocolate in a year. This is expected to help the country add value to its cocoa beans…
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Farmers urged to consider Arabian Peninsula nations as export destinations
Farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural value chain in Ghana and other African countries have been urged to pay better attention to countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Kuwait among others, as export destinations. Currently, Ghana’s top export destinations are India, China, Switzerland, Netherlands and South Africa.…
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Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire announce more cash for cocoa farmers
Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire have announced a US$400 per tonne (Living Income Differential) to be paid to cocoa farmers, as part of a set of measures they believe will further cushion cocoa farmers — having already agreed to a minimum price for a tonne of cocoa sometime last month. A meeting in Accra between the…
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COCOBOD engages 22 banks to raise syndicate loan for 2019/20 crop season
The Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahen Aidoo is hopeful COCOBOD will be able to raise the needed funds to finance the 2019/2020 crop season through a syndicated loan. According to him, a team from COCOBOD and other relevant state institutions had a successful roadshow last week after engaging twenty-two banks abroad to raise…
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CitiBizFestival: Exhibitors promise to showcase authentic local products at ‘This is Ghana Exhibition’
Some exhibitors who have already booked their stands at the ‘This is Ghana Exhibition’ have promised to showcase great products made in Ghana. The ‘This is Ghana Exhibition’ is an outdoor event which is part of the Citi Business Festival. The exhibition will come off at the Alisa Hotel on Saturday, June 29. Speaking to…
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Farmers in Tumu report of reappearance of fall armyworms
Over ten farmers from various parts of Sissala East Municipal and Sissala West District have reported the resurfacing of fall armyworm infestation on maize farms, destroying large quantities of the cereal crop. The emergence of the fall armyworms in farming communities with their feeding characteristics of ravaging crops, especially maize, are being blamed for…
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Agric officer arrested over missing GH¢946,000 worth of Planting and Food and Jobs fertilizer
Police at Goaso in the Ahafo Region have arrested the Asunafo North Municipal Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Eric Aduamah, over missing 14,500 bags of fertilizer meant for farmers under the Planting for Food and Jobs. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture embarked on special auditing of the Planting for Food…