The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has asked farmers to consider mechanisation as a way of addressing issues of food security.
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Vertical integration is important for profitable agribusiness in Africa, says investor.
Successful agribusiness ventures in Africa often require vertical integration whereby the supply chain of a company, or parts of it, is integrated and owned by that company. This is according to Euler Bropleh, founder and managing director of investment firm VestedWorld. Speaking at the recent African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association conference in Dakar, Senegal, Bropleh gave the examples of two of VestedWorld’s portfolio companies, Tomato Jos and Victory Farms.
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Kosmos Innovation Center, Mastercard Foundation launch initiative to promote agric, MSMEs.
The Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation has launched the KIC Business Booster – an acceleration programme aimed at scaling Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (Agri-MSMEs) in the agriculture sector in Ghana.
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MUST-READ: Stop organic farming to help future food crisis, says Syngenta boss.
Organic farming yields can be up to 50% lower than non-organic farming, depending on the product, claimed the Syngenta CEO.
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MPIC sec-gen leads Malaysian delegation to Geneva on dispute settlement over palm oil
The secretary-general of the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) Datuk Ravi Muthayah is leading the Malaysian delegation to Geneva in Switzerland for a “first substantive meeting” in relation to Malaysia’s action on the European Union (EU) over the issue of palm oil discrimination.
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Best Cocoa farmer lauds the government for alternative fertilizer support to farmers.
The Dormaa Central Municipal Best Cocoa Farmer, George Adu-Adjei, has commended the Government for making available liquid fertilizer as a substitute for the granular type fertilizer through their local farmers’ Unions against the background of global shortages.
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The government is committed to reviving Komenda Sugar Factory —Alan Kyerematen.
Hon. John Alan Kojo Kyerematen, the Minister of Trade and Industry, has paid a working visit to the Komenda Sugar Factory to assess the progress of work towards reviving the factory.
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FCWC convenes stakeholders to discuss decent work in Ghana’s fisheries sector.
Regional fisheries sector non-governmental organization, Fisheries Committee of West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) has held a one-day workshop for players in the domestic fisheries industry on how to promote decent work across the value chain.
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Food suppliers to withdraw services to Free SHS over a GHC500m gov’t debt.
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s flagship programme, the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, is faced with a major challenge of feeding the beneficiaries, especially those in boarding schools as food suppliers get ready to withdraw services over a GHC500milion debt owed them.
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A fishing vessel sinks between Elmina and Sekondi, 1 Chinese dead and 8 missing.
A fishing vessel sunk yesterday night between Elmina and Sekendi leading to 1 death and 8 persons missing. In all, 25 people were on the vessel.
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