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Eric: Hello and welcome to another edition of China in Africa podcast. I’m Eric Olander and as always, I’m joined by Cobus Van Staden, a senior China, and Africa researcher at the South African Institute of international affairs in Johannesburg, South Africa. A very good afternoon to you Cobus.
A big-hearted gesture from Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, the Western North Regional Minister has spared a 25-year-old farmer after having quadruplets at the Bibiani Government Hospital. He presented boxes of soap, washing powder, baby diapers, wipers, toilet rolls, clothes, and cash of GH¢5000 to the mother, Princess Ayiemah, accompanied by Alfred Amoah, the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipal Chief Executive.
Yara Ghana, a leading crop nutrition company in Ghana, has given its nod to sponsor women’s training at the 2nd edition of the annual Women In Food & Agriculture Leadership Training Forum & Expo (WOFAGRIC) and Gold In The Soil Awards taking place on Thursday 6th to Friday 7th August 2020, in Kumasi.
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to investigate reports that some maize farmers who are direct beneficiaries of the Government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs policy are refusing to sell their produce to local feed millers.
The market women have eulogized the President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his address to the general public for patronizing the indigenous foods crops especially vegetables and natural spices to boost the immune system amid Covid-19.
Prices of some major food items should see a drop in the third quarter, Esoko, agricultural research body had predicted.
Women constitute a greater percentage of the working force in the Agric sector in Africa, yet it is strenuous for them to get financial assistance. To assist women in the Agribusiness sector to sustain and upscale production, Guzakuza has launched a platform called Crowdfunding to raise a reasonable amount to support 100 women across the African continent.
The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD), Hon. Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye has said that the government is making it possible to add fish feed raw materials to the agriculture tax exempted list to support Aquaculture Industry.
In a bid to counter threats to food security, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has released a revised appeal for $428.5 million under the UN system’s Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19 that addresses the mounting needs in the food and agriculture sector, focusing on urgent livelihoods assistance to safeguard livelihoods, maintaining food chains and ensuring the most vulnerable people can access and produce vital, nutritious food, as also on data collection and analysis that can inform interventions.
The chief of Kpatseredor, Agotor, and Hwuapa, farming communities within the Great Ningo Traditional Area of the Ningo-Prampram District, is appealing to the government, as a matter of urgency to intervene in a chieftaincy dispute that has become a subject of gunshots in recent times in the area.
