Tag: Rice Farming
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100,000 people risk losing their jobs if benchmark value discounts are maintained – Rice Millers
The Rice Millers Association of Ghana (RMAG), Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) and General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) have expressed disappointment in the government for indefinitely suspending the Benchmark Value Reduction Reversal Policy. The suspension, according to a joint press release from the three associations, will render about 100, 000 workers in the rice…
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Rice farmers in Upper East in dire need of fertilizer
Rice farmers at Fumbisi and Tono in the Builsa South District and Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region are in dire need of government’s subsidized fertilizers under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme to boost yield. Some of the farmers who had increased their production in this year’s farming season in anticipation…
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U/E: Rice farmers attribute losses to lack of combine harvesters
Rice farmers at Fumbisi and Tono in the Builsa South District and the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region have attributed heavy losses they have incurred on the delay in harvesting due to the lack of combine harvesters. The farmers said they could not harvest their produce on time, leading to the drying up…
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Rice shortage imminent; support farmers to boost production – PFAG warns
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, PFAG, has warned that the country could suffer rice shortage this year following the negative impact of COVID-19. Ghana imports about US$1 billion worth of rice annually to meet a monthly rice demand of 940,000 tonnes. But according to the Association, the COVID-19 restrictions in countries that Ghana imports…
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Botanga Irrigation Scheme: Rice farmers call for gov’t support to reduce production cost
Rice farmers at the Botanga Irrigation Scheme in the Northern Region say they’re incurring losses as buyers pay less for their produce despite the high cost of production. The farmers are thus calling on government and interested investors to come to their aid since they’re not breaking even in production. The farmers also complained about…