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.
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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745,000 ‘UNOFFICIAL JOBS’ CREATED UNDER PLANTING FOR FOOD & JOBS – AGRIC MINISTER
Following the scepticism that met reports that 745,000 jobs had been created under the Planting for Food and Jobs, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Akoto Afriyie, has explained that these jobs were largely informal in nature.
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AGRIC TECHNOLOGY WILL INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, WORLD BANK
The World Bank says increased investment in technology to commercialise agriculture would help to address the challenges in the sector and contribute to ending extreme poverty in Africa.
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THE INCREASING RATE AT WHICH LANDS ARE LOST TO ESTATE DEVELOPERS POSES CHALLENGE TO FOOD SECURITY-Hon. Evelyn Naa Adjeley Twum-Gyamrah
SCOTTSBLUFF — While we bow our heads and pray around a table piled high with food, surrounded with family and friends, we often take pause to reflect on the things we are thankful for.
The municipal chief executive officer Hon. Evelyn Naa Adjeley Twum-Gyamrah has said the increasing rate at which farmlands has been taken over by estate developers poses a threat to food security in the country.
She said this at the 33rd farmers day celebration held at Teshie in the Ledzokuku Krowor Muncipal District in Accra. “The allocation of national budget to Agric sector is inadequate. This, coupled with rapid population growth and increasing unemployment poses a challenge to us in achieving sustainable food security and development. Increasing rate at which farm lands are being lost to estate developers poses a great challenge to the food security in the family.” She said. “
One thought might slip everyone’s mind, however, we often take for granted the lands encroached upon by the estate developers which is responsible for growing food for our feast. Land as is said is a fixed commodity, therefore, the more it is used for building the more its usage for farming decreases.
One would realize that most of the farm lands have been taken by the estate developers posing threat to food security in the country. Most farm lands in areas like Kwahu Hills, Shai Hills and other suburbs in Accra-Ghana have been developed by these estate developers. Not only had these areas only been affected by these developers but almost all the regions across the country.
She further noted that the unavailability of farmlands due to the high population rate would put a lot of pressure on the scares food available in the country.
REF: SPIKE JORDAN Ag Editor sjordan@starherald.com Nov 22, 2017
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