Tag: Peasant Farmers Association
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Peasant farmers advocate for comprehensive trade policy to achieve food security
As part of a concerted drive to combat food insecurity plaguing the African continent, the Peasant Farmers Association is advocating for a comprehensive trade policy aimed at ensuring a constant food supply throughout the region. This advocacy is in response to alarming findings from the Africa Agriculture Status Report, which reveal that approximately 50 percent…
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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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Reconsider plans to reduce subsidy on fertiliser – Peasant farmers to government
The Peasant Farmers Association is hoping its meeting with the Ministry of Agriculture will yield favourable results on its concerns over the government’s decision to reduce the subsidy component on the price of fertiliser for the 2021 farming season. The move by the government according to the farmers has led to an increase in the…
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Peasant Farmers Association rescinds decision to boycott Farmers’ Day celebration
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has rescinded its decision not to participate in this year’s National Farmers Day celebration in the Volta Regional capital, Ho. The association, earlier this week announced that it will boycott the celebration because some its members who are rice farmers still had their produce stuck at the farm…
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Peasant Farmers urge gov’t to be committed to 2022 ban on imported rice
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has asked government to exhibit ample commitment if it really wants to ban rice importation by 2022. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, which made the announcement in November just when a national conversation about local rice production was underway, says the move is aimed at strengthening local…
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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…