The chairman of the Ghana National best farmers and fishermen Award winners Association and CEO of Cotton Weblink Portfolio Gh. Ltd, Mr. Davies Korboe, has urged the government to address the fundamental problems facing Agriculture if the country wants to maximise the needed revenue from the sector.
The attention of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has been drawn to news making rounds on social media about a seizure of two brand of palm oil (POLIFUDS and ZOMI) in Switzerland purported to contain Sudan dyes.
The Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) of Cocobod, has scaled up effort at helping to boost the nation’s cocoa production through farmer education – exposure to improved farming technologies.
Mr. Yaw Appiah Debie, a former Brong-Ahafo Regional Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has appealed to the Brong-Ahafo Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to collaborate with traditional authorities, to enable the President’s 10-year cashew development plan to thrive.
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Wales will have “more powers than ever before” over farming and the environment after Brexit, the UK’s Environment Secretary has said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
