The Covid – 19 pandemic has brought most countries to their knees, disrupting many economies leaving no one in its disruptive grip. Ghana as part of the world was hit with its share of Novel Corona Virus earlier this year, resulting in government diversifying most, if not all funds to manage the spread and reduce the occurrence of “imported’ cases from both foreign and neighboring countries.
The prices for basic foodstuffs are rising in Africa, as market women stock on essentials and sellers seek profits amid the restrictions brought on globally by the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID19).
The industry players in the Cashew Value Chain have expressed concern that the industry is under severe pressure as a result of restrictions on the globe by the Covid-19.
As part of interplast Ghana’s corporate social responsibility of giving back to society and country, the Management of the company saw the need to support the government at this time of an imminent epidemic and extreme need to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Scientists and Health Professionals have indicated on countless occasions the difficulties faced in discovering the appropriate medication for the infamously deadly disease, Coronavirus. However, people take solace in the fact that a strong immune system can help in the recovery and fight against the virus should one become exposed to it. This clearly indicates that what we eat is imperative at this time to build up a solid body system that will be unsusceptible to the disease.
The civil society group, Alliance for Science Ghana is pleading the government as a matter agency to put in place measures to ensure food security and sustainability throughout the period of this deadly pandemic outbreak.
Coronavirus could not have hit Italy at a worse time as farmworkers need to prepare fields for crops in the crucial economic sector, the country’s farmers and producers said on Thursday.
The farmers at Kintampo in the Bono East have advocated for an increase in investment in Ghana’s Agriculture sector as the Coronavirus pandemic cases increase and countries in their quest to contain this epidemic are going into total lockdown.
The inkling that food safety is only observed at the production level is an illusion. Food safety is ensured when the food gets to the final consumer, passing through the food value chain safely. To put stringent measures to ensure food safety, HortFresh in consultation with the public and private actors in the food and safety certification sector have an Inaugurated Food safety Task Force in Accra.
