Tag: Ministry of Food and Agriculture
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Sekyere South District agric officers take steps to add value to oil palm
Agric officers at Agona in the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region have begun processes to add value to oil palm harvested by farmers in the area. The officers are worried about the losses farmers incur after harvest as they get cheaper prices for the produce. Although there is a ready market for the…
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MoFA secures modern rice harvesting equipment for farmers
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), has said it is working to ensure that rice farmers across the country adopt modern methods in harvesting their produce. This according to the Ministry, will help address post-harvest loses and also boost production to enable Government meet its target of making Ghana sufficient in rice production in…
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Agric Minister to meet BoG, Finance Ministry on financing module to support millers
The Minister of Food and Agriculture is to meet with officials of the Bank of Ghana and the Ministry of Finance on a proposed financing module to boost the operations of millers of various grains in the country. It follows concerns that millers are unable to buy all or most produce such as rice, sorghum…
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Honour promise to provide 20 million day-old chicks – Poultry farmers to Agric Ministry
The Poultry Farmers Association is urging government to honour its promise of providing day old chicks for farmers at an affordable cost. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, last week announced that it will gradually reduce the importation of chicken as it introduces the Broiler Revitalization Project. The project is aimed at providing Ghana’s poultry industry…
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Mango farmers told to prioritize value addition to earn more
Mango Farmers across the country have been charged to prioritize value addition to their produce in other to maximize the return on their investments. According to key stakeholders in the mango value chain in Ghana, the continuous export of mango in its raw state limits the potential earnings from the fruit. Speaking at the 4th…
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Value addition in agric could fetch Ghana billions of dollars—2018 Best National Farmer
The 2018 Best National Farmer, Mr. James Boateng has called for value addition to Ghana’s basic exports products to improve foreign earnings. He maintained that the country should begin to enhance its storage of farm produce to create room for value to be added to farm products. Mr. Boateng was speaking on the Citi…
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Government must step up efforts to curb fertilizer smuggling — Peasant farmers
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has said government is not doing enough to seal its porous borders which allow smuggling of subsidized fertiliser among others to thrive. The farmer association’s statement comes after the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) revealed that more than 50,000 bags of subsidized fertilizer under the Planting for Food…