The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) has procured some 6,000 assorted fishing nets valued at about GH₵6million for distribution at a subsidized cost to artisanal fishermen across the various fishing communities in the country.
Consumer inflation further increased to 31.7 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) in July 2022, on the back of persistent price pressures from transport, data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) have shown.
Tiger nuts, the tuberous rhizomes marble-sized orbs are one of the most nutritious and hottest superfoods on Ghanaian and international markets with great economic benefits.
Solidaridad has formally ended the second phase of its flagship oil palm programme, the Sustainable West Africa Palm Oil Programme (SWAPP II), with a close-out event in Accra.
Russia has banned imports of agriculture products from 31 of 34 regions of Moldova starting from Aug. 15, its agriculture safety watchdog said on Tuesday.
Despite significant productivity growth in major staples in the last decade or so, the food security situation in Ghana continues to deteriorate.
The assembly members of Wenchi municipality in the Bono region have accused the police officers in the area of forcibly collecting bush meat from the farmers as a bribe on the roads.
The Ghana International Trade Commission (GITC), as part of its mandate to safeguard against unfair trade practices, is holding a crucial consultative meeting of various key stakeholders in the poultry sector to deliberate on industry issues, key among which include suspicions of dumping imported frozen chicken products on the local market.
Agrihouse Foundation in collaboration with The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and Ghana Inclusive Agriculture Transformation(GIAT) have commenced four days of capacity training for smallholder farmers in the northern region in sustaining a healthy garden.
While working in New York as an executive assistant at a personal care products company, Jamie D. Saleeby realized there were very few African-inspired snacks on sale in local convenience stores. This is despite the demand for products that represent African heritage and culture.
