Civil Society Organizations are calling on the Forestry Commission, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, and the Parliament of Ghana to undertake their respective responsibilities as mandated by the law and convert extant leases and permits to validate the timber utilization contracts to allow for the successful issuance of FLEGT license before the end of 2020.
To create a sustainable future of shared value with all stakeholders, AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine has implemented, among other things, an Aquaculture project to address unemployment within its host communities.
Young farmers, especially tomato farmers in Kpaankole have lamented over the excessive post-harvest losses due to the deplorable road network.
The Rainforest Alliance has supported the Landscape Management Board (LMB) in the Juaboso-Bia in the Western region with an amount of US$18,000, an equivalent of (GHC101,000).
The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) has at the launch of its new cocoa advocacy initiative trumpeted the urgent need for the Ghana Cocoa Board to with immediate effect operationalize a welfare fund to support cocoa farmers.
The 2nd maiden edition of the Livestock, Poultry, and Fisheries Tradeshow (LiPF) with the theme “Step Up” has been launched at Tuleku, Accra.
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH held a 2-day training of Agricultural Extension Agents (AEAs) in the Upper West, Savannah and North East Regions of Ghana to improve on the productivity of unproductive and over-aged cashew plantations using a technology named “Topworking”.
Cocoa farmers are to be paid hugely for their hard work starting from the next cocoa season in October 2020. This was pronounced by the Vice President, H.E Mahamudu Bawumia on one on one interview with the Chairman General, Kwame Sefa Kayi at Peace FM, Accra.
Enpact e.V, a German Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has opened applications for businesses to receive financial, mentoring, and technical support to deal with challenges associated with the onset of COVID-19.
The Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA) is pleased to announce the rolling out of a new cocoa advocacy initiative aimed at helping create a sustainable cocoa value chain in Ghana.
