A superstitious farmer from India has managed to save his crops thanks to a little help from porn star Sunny Leone.
GOVE SAYS BREXIT WALES WILL HAVE ‘MORE FARMING POWERS
Wales will have “more powers than ever before” over farming and the environment after Brexit, the UK’s Environment Secretary has said.
FAO SUPPORTS VETERINARY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations with financial support from the United States government has presented veterinary laboratory equipment, reagents and consumables to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
HALF OF FOOD CROPS LOST TO POST- HARVEST, PFAG
More than half of the food crops produced in Ghana do not make it to the final consumer due to Post-Harvest Loss (PHL), the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has said.
“INCREASE AWARENESS ON CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION OF FOOD CROPS” – PROFESSOR ESSUMANG
Professor David Kofi Essumang of the Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast has emphasised the need to increase awareness on the proper use of chemicals by farmers to reduce chemical contamination of food crops.
MOFA COLLABORATES WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO PROMOTE POULTRY INDUSTRY
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is committed to collaborating with all stakeholders on ways to promote the development of the poultry sub-sector in the country.
Dr Cyril T. Quist, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of MoFA, said the sector has the potential to save the country several millions of funds in the area of import substitution.
PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR RE-INTRODUCTION OF PLANT BREEDERS BILL
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology has recommended to Parliament to re-introduce and pass the Plant Breeders Bill to protect the intellectual rights of seed producers in the country.
TIME FOR GHANA TO CASH IN ON CASHEW
Available statistics indicate that cashew is easily the most prospective, if not already the leading non-traditional export revenue earner in the country.
GHANA, ISRAEL DISCUSS AGRIC TECHNOLOGY-Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto
Government and private sector businesses from Ghana and Israel are scheduled to discuss how they can collaborate in the area of agricultural technology at a meeting scheduled for 25thJanuary, 2018 in Accra.
PLANTING FOR FOOD & JOBS; FIGURES TO NOTE AS PROJECT TAKES OFF. [Infographic]
The Akufo-Addo administration launched the “Planting for Food and Jobs” programme last year April, with the view of transforming Ghana’s agriculture sector.