Tag: planting for food and jobs
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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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COVID-19 poses no major threat to Ghana’s food security – Agric Minister
The Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto, says Ghana’s food security is assured, and that the country faces no shortage in spite of the Coronavirus pandemic in Ghana. According to him, the abundance in food is attributed to the success government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs Programme. Following the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus…
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Food prices have reduced; but we must stabilize it – Esoko confirms President’s claims
Esoko Ghana, a provider of digital solutions and services for agriculture and data collection, has charged government to do more to stabilize the prices of food and other commodities on the market by boosting production. The comment follows President Akufo-Addo’s remark that the Planting for Food and Jobs policy has helped to reduce the prices…
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NABCO personnel are helping to reduce fertilizer smuggling — Minister
About 180 Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) personnel have been assigned to Planting for Food and Jobs fertilizers outlets to help reduce the incidence of fertilizer smuggling, Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, Upper West Regional Minister, has said. The move, he said, would give meaning to the PFJ programme, which was introduced by the government two years ago…
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We’re leveraging digital technology to unlock agriculture potential — Bawumia
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says government is leveraging on digital technology to unlock agriculture potentials in the country and stimulate economic growth. To that end, he said government over the years, had been instituting appropriate policies and laws to ensure smallholder farmers, agripreneurs, small-and-medium scale enterprises, farm organisations and other critical stakeholders in the…
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Ghana produced 150,000 tonnes of food items under PFJ last year
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, says the Government’s flagship programme-Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) has so far witnessed tremendous successes with 150,000 tonnes of food items produced in 2018. He said Government introduced the PFJ in 2017 with 77,000 farmers, which saw Ghana supplying 19 different food items to…
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Sod-cutting for Pwalugu multipurpose dam comes off in November — Bawumia
The formal groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a multipurpose dam at Pwalugu in the Upper East region will take place in November, Government officials have announced. This came to light during a meeting chaired by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and some key stakeholders, including officials of the Ministry of Finance, Volta River Authority…
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Peasant farmers warn of low crop yield due to fertilizer smuggling
The Peasant Farmers Association is warning of low crop yield in the coming years if government fails to halt the smuggling of subsidized fertilizers. The concerns of the farmers come after several reports of smuggled subsidized fertilizers from Ghana to neighboring countries including Burkina Faso. In 2019 alone — about seven cases have been recorded…
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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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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…