Category: Agriculture
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GAWU argues against increased funding of the PFJ policy in the 2022 budget
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has called on government to desist from increasing its allocation for the Planting for food and jobs program in the upcoming 2022 budget statement and economic policy. The Planting for Food and Jobs policy, which has been in existence for over three years now, aims at boosting local production…
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Oil companies urged to help address negative impact of seaweeds on oil-enclave dwellers
Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Freddy Blay, has called on oil Companies and other stakeholders to take immediate steps to alleviate the sufferings of fishermen whose livelihood have been impacted negatively by the invasion of seaweed. According to Mr. Blay, the rising frequency with which seaweed wash ashore along the coast…
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Usage of digital scales for weighing cocoa to take effect on October 8
Effective Friday, October 8, 2021, all Licensed Buying Companies (LBCs) in Ghana will be obliged to use digital weighing scales to measure the weight of cocoa being purchased by farmers. The introduction of this electronic means of weighing cocoa beans is to curb the practice where LBCs and Purchasing Clerks adjust their scales to cheat…
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Producer price of cocoa for 2021/2022 crop season maintained at GHS660 per bag
The Producer Price Review Committee on cocoa has maintained the Producer Price of the commodity for 2021/2022 season at GHS10,560 per tonne . Effective Friday, October 8, 2021, the maintained producer price indicates that a bag of cocoa remains GHS660 per 64 kilogram gross weight. According to the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu…
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Quality Control Company Board tasked to improve quality of cocoa beans
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has charged the newly inaugurated five-member board of the Quality Control Company Limited of the Ghana Cocoa Board to gear up their efforts in improving the quality of Ghana’s cocoa beans. Cocoa from Ghana continues to enjoy a premium place on the World’s Commodity markets…
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Surge in food prices pushes year-on-year inflation rate to 9% in July
Significant increases in food prices across the country have pushed year-on-year inflation for July 2021 to 9%. This is the highest rate of inflation recorded since March of this year when the inflation rate stood at 10.3 percent. This was captured in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Ghana Statistical Service. The…
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Some fertilizer suppliers yet to receive money released by government – Peasant Farmers
The Peasant Farmers Association says the government is employing a delayed approach in settling debts owed fertilizer suppliers in the country. This comes after the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, told Parliament on Thursday, August 5, 2021, that GHS260 million had been released to pay fertilizer suppliers under the Planting for…
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FDA cautions palm oil producers against usage of Sudan IV
The Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Delese Mimi Darko, has cautioned oil palm producers in Ghana to desist from the use of Sudan IV in oil palm production. She made the call at the launch of the Artisanal Palm Oil app in Accra last week. Mimi Darko acknowledged the good…
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Address poultry feed challenges now – Eric Opoku to government
The Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee in Parliament, Eric Opoku, wants government to immediately address challenges poultry farmers are currently facing with regard to access to feed for their chicken. The Greater Accra Poultry Farmers Association (GAFA) earlier this week said Ghana’s poultry industry risks collapse if the government fails…
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COCOBOD borrows $2 billion in response to improved production by farmers
Better than expected, cocoa production for the 2020-2021 crop year has led the regulator of the sector, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), to borrow extra on the domestic market, to among other things mop up the excess cocoa beans being produced by farmers. COCOBOD has so far sold $2 billion (GHS 11.7 billion) of six-month…