The recent price hikes in farm inputs coupled with the shortage of inorganic fertilizers and other factors have inflated the prices of food commodities and reduced the number of farm acreage by the farmers in the country. This has generated fear and panic among the general public predicting hunger strikes in the coming seasons.
Ghana’s import of essential food commodities has reached an average of US$2 billion each year, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has said.
Civil society organizations, unions, and associations working to secure safe, sustainable, and equitable fisheries in Ghana have written to the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development seeking clarity on the potential authorization of two industrial trawlers in Ghanaian waters.
A team from the Diverfarming project analyses how institutional settings create cognitive lock-ins in decision-making for farmers when it comes to adopting sustainable farming practices
The Microsoft co-founder owns some 269,000 acres across dozens of states.
North Dakota’s attorney general has found the sale of a couple of thousand acres of prime farmland to a group tied to Bill Gates complies with a Depression-era law meant to protect family farms because the land is being leased back to farmers.
The prevalence of phony and illegal agrochemicals on the Ghanaian market is a source of worry to stakeholders in the agricultural sector, with CropLife Ghana warning that between 25 to 35 percent of imports into the country are fake or banned.
Agriculture financing is a turmoil in the country as banks are reluctant to offer financial support to the farmers. To increase financial support to the farmers for high production of food crops in Ghana, the Food and Agriculture Ministry (MoFA) is considering a proposal to the Cabinet, regarding the need to introduce an agriculture finance law to pursue banks to invest in the sector.
As part of efforts to boost Ghana’s participation in intra-African trade, the African Export-Import Bank, also called the Afreximbank, has pledged its commitment to supporting the building of some key facilities in Ghana.
Abanga Farms & Food Systems Limited, a Ghanaian agricultural-based company, has taken delivery of the first consignment of top-quality beef from MEATCO, the Namibian meat producing and exporting company, to distribute in Ghana. It is the first of its kind between the SADC and ECOWAS regions.
Fruit juice manufacturing company, Ekumfi Fruits and Juices Factory, says it will, in a few months, begin exporting its product, Eku Juice, to markets in the United States and the United Kingdom.
