The country’s production rose 16 percent in 2021 above the production level in 2020 at a time concerns are raised over likely maize shortage as a result of the war in Ukraine.
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The global Agritech and agrochemicals suppliers meet the West African agro-business community in Ghana on 23 March.
Food production, processing, and trading in agric have changed over time. In contributing to food security in the extent of access, increased production, and reduce postharvest losses and technological upgrade to generate higher income, Wegvoraus with the support of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture Ghana has launched AgriTech West Africa 2022 at the Accra International Conference Centre in Accra.
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Russia-Ukraine Unrest: Implications on Ghana’s agricultural sector and fast-track remedial measures for sustainable agricultural productivity.
The exacerbation and ramifications of the Russia-Ukraine crisis might be catastrophic, while the ripple effects could spread across a world currently recovering from pandemic supply chain disruptions. Grains, potash, metals, wood, and plastics—all of which are utilised in a wide range of products and by several businesses, from fertiliser producers to automobile manufacturers—are among Russia’s most important exports.
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The government has spent more than half a billion dollars in one aspect in the Agric Sector – Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto.
The Agriculture Minister, Hon. Owusu Afriyie Akoto said that the government has spent more than half a billion dollars in the agriculture sector for the past five years and that is tremendous which no government has invested that much in the sector.
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President declares 10th June as Green Ghana Day
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared June 10, 2022, as this year’s Green Ghana Day, under the theme “Mobilising for a Greener Future.”
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Ghana’s Food Systems Dialogues: Stakeholders committed to reducing food losses from 20% to 10% at the AGRA meeting.
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has assured that it will play a key role to have Ghana’s Food Systems Dialogues document disseminated to all relevant stakeholders to ensure that its intended purpose is achieved by 2030.
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3 young KM4AgD experts to support Ghana’s learning initiative to develop a plan for the agric sector.
Despite the gains made towards achieving Agricultural Transformational Development in Ghana, significant challenges remain in ensuring that the newly promoted Akosombo Integration Agenda to deliver sustainable services continues well into the future.
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Dikoto Chief to cut down over 250,000 acres of Cocoa Farms if authorities do not intervene immediately.
Ghana’s cocoa is one of the best in the world. It is cultivated in six regions in Ghana: Western, Central, Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Ashanti, and the Volta regions. At its peak, it accounts for about 66% of the country’s foreign exchange.
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Aqua Salveo, an organic product to resolve the use of harmful chemical fertilizer menace.
Ghana’s agriculture sector is hit with price hikes of Agro-inputs skyrocketing prices of food commodities in the country. This menace is greatly affecting the farmers in production evicting some from the sector.
To curtail this challenge, Aqua Salveo, an organic product in a liquid form that possesses active ingredients of minute’s traces of micronutrients, enhances the growth of plants and livestock.
In plants, Aqua Salveo works as a micronutrient fertiliser. Agriculture is one of the largest sectors of economies that sustain the livelihood of numerous communities around the world.
Agriculture heavily depends on soil resources. These resources are currently being threatened by climate change and the exponential growth of the human population coupled with indiscriminate human activities on the planet earth.
Aqua Salveo is an organic fertiliser product that could be applied to all kinds of crops ranging from vegetables, Fruit, Pasture, Orchard, forestry, seedlings, ornamental, and many more.
Testing and justified by farmer Matthew Abdulai, interestingly, the application of Aqua Salveo micronutrient has no side effect on the plant and the soil due to its organic nature. Many countries across the globe are encouraging their farmers to produce organic food. The practice of using chemical fertilisers is being discouraged due to the long-term negative side effect on human health and the soil.
Apart from being a fertiliser, the product also works as a fungicide and an insecticide. Insects and fungi have been a serious threat in the agric space and are still a threat. With this product farmers in Ghana and across the world are sure of their maximum yield per hectare or acre depending on the type of crop in question.
Agriculture stands on two main legs. Plants and animals. Aqua Salveo is a good product for animals as well. The product fights all kinds of diseases in cattle, poultry, sheep, goats, pig, pets, and all kinds of livestock.
The measurement of Usage.
Three drops of the liquid are dropped in one liter of water. It is then left to stay for an hour, after which it can be used as a drink for humans and livestock.
For plants, you pour it in any spraying machine and used it to spray the crop.
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Yam farmers welcome the introduction of technology to produce disease and virus free yam seeds to promote food security in Ghana.
Ghana is likely to be hit by hunger strikes due to the high cost of agro-inputs, climate change, and improper patronage of improved seeds by the farmers. These factors have increased costs of food production leading to price hikes of food commodities in Ghana.
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