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Ghana Slated 21st September for World Coconut Day.

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Coconut, even though prominent and nutritious tree crop has been underestimated and sidelined in the country. A Cursory look at its health and economic benefits from the stem to the leaves reveal much about it including but not limited to coconut water, coconut milk, coconut oil,…el Cetera. In terms of economic benefits, it overrides most of the respected cash crops the country has earmarked.

Upon its astronomical economic importance as well as health benefits necessitated the African Coconut Group and the Ghana Export Promotion Authority with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) and Ministry of Tourism Arts and Culture over the weekend christened 21st September as the World Coconut Day at Aburi after a successful health walk from Ayi Mensah to Kitase to usher the 1st ever International Coconut Festival on 24th September 2019.

During the launch, the Chairman for African Coconut Group, Farmer Davies Korboe expounded the need for the world to have a special day to celebrate Coconut. “Coconut is a very vital tree crop that has been neglected for ages. Its monetary benefits alone are very remarkable then to talk about its health benefits. However, a day needs to be set aside to provide education to everyone on the need to venture into coconut production and the health benefits to consume coconuts”, Chairman averred.

The Chairman of African Coconut Group, Davies Korboe, addressing the media during the International Coconut Day launch.

He proceeded on to encourage each and everyone to contribute their quota by cultivating Coconut across the country since coconut does well on every part of the nation, Ghana. He urged the youth to venture into coconut production which can help them amass wealth and in so far mitigate the menace of unemployment as well as poverty amongst the youth in the country.

Speaking to Agric Today, the Eastern Regional Minister, Hon. Eric Kwakye Darfuor said 21st September has come to stay as International Coconut Day to project Coconut to every corner of the globe. He expedited how the government under the Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) would support the farmers to patronize in Coconut production.

He also seized the opportunity and appealed to the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) to encourage their members to establish factories to meet the production from the coconut sector. He explained that there are a lot of benefits right from the root to the branches of the Coconut tree.

The acting public relations director, Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Madam Ruth Marfo expatiated the benefits of coconut to the country and the need to champion this course.

In international front she said, coconut could generate foreign exchange even more than what acclaimed cash crops like cocoa is giving to the nation, Ghana. She espoused African Coconut Group and coconut farmers that GEPA would give its maximum corporation to make International Coconut Day remarkable so that coconut can earn foreign exchange as cocoa has permeated into the international markets.

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Ghana to Launch International Coconut Day.

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The African Coconut Group and Ghana Export Promotion Authority in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and Ministry of Tourism with the support from International Coconut Ghana is set to organize a health walk to usher in the first-ever International Coconut Conference in Accra.

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MADE, Ghana Commodity Exchange Seals Agreement to Support Agrihouse Pre-Harvest Conference 2019.

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As the 9th Annual Pre-harvest Agribusiness Exhibition and Conference beckon in Tamale, AgriHouse Foundation, has signed an agreement with the Ghana Commodity Exchange and MADE to be sponsors of the event.

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Yellow maize imports hitch hits feed firms.

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The cabinet is yet to approve importation of yellow maize used for animal feed.

Competition for white maize is looming between flour millers and animal feed manufacturers following the failure by the Cabinet to approve importation of yellow maize used for animal feed.

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Ecobank links its support for the Pre-Harvest event to their belief in Ghana’s Agric sector.

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Ecobank links its support for the Pre-Harvest event to their belief in Ghana’s Agric sector.
Ecobank Ghana has linked its consistent support for the Annual Pre-Harvest Conference and Exhibition to its belief in the potential of Ghana’s agricultural sector to transform the economy.

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Ghana Agribusiness Excellence and Leadership Awards 2019 Launched.

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The second edition of Ghana Agribusiness Excellence and Leadership Awards 2019 has been launched in Accra. This year’s excellence award is to acknowledge and appreciate the deserving player actors in the Agric value chain.

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The 35th edition of National Farmers’ Day launched in Accra.

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The 35th Edition of the National Farmers’ Day has been launched in Accra. The theme for this year’s farmers’ day is “Enhancing Small Scale Agriculture towards Agribusiness Development”

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, said the bumper harvest recorded by farmers last year was evidence of the strides initiated by the government for the sector. “The bumper harvest recorded last year is a clear example and not a mere coincidence as some will believe. It was indeed the dividend of the Food Crop Module, the first to be rolled out under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ),” he said.

Dr. Afriyie Akoto said government and for that matter, the Ministry’s strategy has always been strategized to build capacity on all fronts to enhance the adoption of technologies to boost food production and expand the raw material base for industries.

This, he said, was apparent with the construction of 30 warehouses across the country, each with a 1,000 metric tonnes capacity to ensure stability in prices of food and guaranteed farmer incomes.

He said other achievements within the space of two and half years include the procurement of hand-held equipment and other farm machinery to ensure production efficiency at the farm level and reduce the drudgery of smallholder farmers.

Touching on plans to enroll the youth into the sector, the Minister said, the Ministry through its Greenhouse initiative has established training centres at Dawhenya, Akomadan, and Kasoa to equip the youth with modern technological skills to encourage the production of vegetables.

The intervention, he said, was aimed at promoting vegetable production and youth entrepreneurship with prospects of high earning incomes through the export of vegetables.

“It will also help to attain self-sufficiency in vegetable production and reduce importation with its adverse effect on the country’s balance of payment,” he said.

He said ultimately the promotion of Greenhouse technology would give meaning to the agenda of commercializing and transforming agriculture into a modern and competitive enterprise.

Mr Francis Ato Codjoe, Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD), called for a paradigm shift that would ensure that the sector moved from its current subsistence and supply-driven approach to a business-centered and demand-driven one.

He said this would ensure an improvement in employment, increment in household incomes, facilitate rural development as well as ensure national food security.

The Minister emphasized that the Fisheries Ministry would continue to implement policies and strategies that would not only transform the sector but also improve the capacity of Small Scale fishers.

The Farmers Day celebration, which was introduced by the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) government in 1985, is aimed at recognizing the vital role played by farmers and fishers in the country’s economy.

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11 young Agripreneurs across Africa pitched for the inaugural GoGettaz Agripreneur Price.

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Recognizing the need to make the agricultural sector attractive for the Youth, Generation Africa organized an agripreneur challenge for young people from across the African continent. The challenge brought together eleven young agriculture entrepreneurs who pitched their ideas to a high profiled audience.

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The Pre-harvest event aligns with Kosmos’ vision of solving challenges in the agric sector.

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Kosmos Energy’s Corporate Affairs Director, George Sarpong, has said that the forthcoming Annual Pre-harvest Conference and Exhibition aligns with the global oil giant’s vision for Ghana’s agriculture sector.

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Yara’s Crop Nutrition Solution mission: An exemplary private sector intervention.

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Sometime in late 2018, a study was conducted by the Northern Ghana Governance Activity (NGGA) to assess the implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme (PFJ) after one year of it take off.

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