The Ghana Civil-Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) celebrates the government’s efforts in ensuring cocoa farmers earn a decent income. We have followed various steps taken by the government and its Ivorian counterpart resulting in a massive change in the price of cocoa beans, following the introduction of a floor price and a Living Income Differential (LID) to be paid by chocolate and processing companies. The recent announcement of GHS 660 payment per bag of 64kilogram of cocoa, which translates into GHS10, 560 per a tonne of 16 bags for the 2020/21 crop year, beginning 1st October 2020, is a great milestone, and a show of COCOBOD’s commitment to awarding cocoa farmers the full LID of four hundred United States dollars per metric ton (US$400/MT).
We haven’t seen any afforestation projects by Forest Plantation Development Fund Board – Nsenkyire.
The Chairman of the Forest Industries Association of Ghana and the Managing Director of Samartex Wood Processing Company Richard Nsenkyire says the Forest Plantation Development Fund Board has not lived to its responsibility to help plant more trees over the years.
NDF demands accountability from Forest Plantation Development Fund.
An Environmental NGO, Nature and Development Foundation (NDF) is demanding accountability from the government over how levies collected for the Forest Plantation Development Fund (FPDF) for the restoration of Ghana’s forests have been spent over the years.
Newmont, COCOBOD collaborate to fix 35.5km Nkawkaw-Noyem-New Abirem road.
Newmont Ghana has collaborated with Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) to fix the Nkawkaw-Noyem to New Abirem cocoa road under a joint-venture.
Fishmongers to receive small loans under Coastal Development Authority – Vice President, Bawumia.
The Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia on Thursday assured fishmongers that the government will provide them with small-scale loans to enhance their businesses should the NPP government win the December 7 polls.
ADI projects US$5b from cash crop and 1.5m jobs.
With Ghana’s economy shrinking by 3.2 percent at the end of the second quarter of 2020, the Alliance for Development and Industrialization (ADI) research has unveiled that the country could generate up to US$5billion annually within the next five to ten years through the development and expansion of non-traditional crops in the country.
Structural constraints hinder the meaningful recognition and rewards of women in animal resources sector – AWARFA-N.
The African Women in Animal Resources Farming and Agribusiness Network (AWARFA-N) has emphasized that various factors are hindering their meaningful recognition in the animal resource sector.
Press Release: Agrihouse and partners announce date for the 10th Pre-Harvest Conference and Exhibition event.
Agrihouse Foundation, the organizers of the now popular Annual Pre-Harvest Conference and Exhibition event in the Northern Region, has announced the date of this year’s edition of the event to be held from 7th – 8th October 2020 at the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium, Tamale.
VEPEAG advocates for pest free in production of curry leaves for export in Ghana.
Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in collaboration with the Europe-Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Liaison Committee (COLEACP) has organized a workshop to establish and maintain Pest Free Areas (PFAs) for the production and exportation of curry leaves at Accra, Ghana.
Asante Juaben gets food bank to prevent post-harvest losses.
The Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX), in collaboration with the Juaben Food Bank Limited, has inaugurated a warehouse to help curb the perennial post-harvest losses of agricultural produce in the area.
