Tag: planting for food and jobs
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GAWU criticises phase two of govt’s Planting for Food & Jobs
The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has criticized government’s second phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme which seeks to provide jobs to more than 1.2 million farmers. This follows the launch of the second phase of the programme on Monday which also announced an annual average of 210,000 new farm-related jobs…
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Increase allocation to Planting for Food and Jobs in light of review of flagship programmes- GAWU
The General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) has called on government to consider increasing the budgetary allocation for the country’s agric sector, especially the Planting for Food and Jobs program in light of the current challenges threatening food availability and cost. The call by GAWU follows an announcement by the Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah,…
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Peasant farmers want debt owed fertilizer suppliers paid to prevent shortages
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana is urging the government to pay debts owed to fertilizer companies in the country to ensure the availability of the product throughout the year [2022]. There was a major shortage of the product on the market last year [2021] which saw a rise in the price of the commodity…
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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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Glofert assures of availability of fertilizer despite global challenge with supply
The largest fertilizer blending company in Ghana, Glofert Limited, has assured farmers of the availability of fertilizer for the current crop season and in the year 2022 despite the growing challenge with access to fertilizer across the world. Key stakeholders in the fertilizer value chain in Ghana have predicted a severe shortage of the commodity…
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Chamber of Fertilizer-Ghana calls for probe into alleged fake products in Northern Region
The Chamber of Fertilizer-Ghana has stressed the need for standards of fertilizer production and distribution to be raised and monitored carefully. The chamber made the call following claims by farmers in the Nanumba North Municipality in the Northern region that the authorities sold them bad fertilizer which is negatively impacting their crops. According to the…
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Agric export earnings to grow by 8 fold within 10 years – Agric Ministry
Agriculture, albeit not receiving as much attention as is desired, is currently contributing about US$2.5 billion to Ghana’s GDP through export earnings. The Agric Ministry is predicting an 8-fold increase in that amount in the next 10 years. The growth is expected to be induced by strategic arrangements by the Agric Ministry to improve crop…
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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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Government must review fertilizer subsidy programme – Chamber of Agribusiness
The Chamber of Agribusiness, Ghana, is asking government to take a second look at its fertilizer subsidy programme as it is not serving its intended purpose. This comes after suppliers of fertilizer for the Planting for Food and Jobs programme halted distribution of the product in April 2021 due to debt owed them by the…
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Akufo-Addo launches agric census report after 33-year break
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has launched the 2017/2018 National Report of the Ghana Census of Agriculture, the first time in some thirty-three (33) years. At the event held at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency, on Monday, 19th October 2020, President Akufo-Addo noted that the importance of agriculture to Ghana’s growth…