Regional fisheries sector non-governmental organization, Fisheries Committee of West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) has held a one-day workshop for players in the domestic fisheries industry on how to promote decent work across the value chain.
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s flagship programme, the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy, is faced with a major challenge of feeding the beneficiaries, especially those in boarding schools as food suppliers get ready to withdraw services over a GHC500milion debt owed them.
A fishing vessel sunk yesterday night between Elmina and Sekendi leading to 1 death and 8 persons missing. In all, 25 people were on the vessel.
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has advised farmers to desist from selling felled cocoa trees to food vendors, particularly kenkey sellers, in various parts of the country.
More bumblebees were found in bean fields in landscapes with a high proportion of semi-natural habitats and landscapes with a high proportion of faba beans, according to the researchers. Furthermore, bean yields were higher here.
The Dutch founded programme, HortiFresh by its project HortiFresh Female Business Accelerator Program through MDF West Africa has successfully strengthened the capacity of thirteen (13) female-led horticultural businesses to be robust and resilient in the horticulture sector.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) has issued a directive to industrial trawlers to make sure they use appropriate fishing nets to prevent catching disproportionate amounts of juvenile and small pelagic fish.
The World Food Program (WFP) is supporting agro-processors and other agriculture value chain players to take advantage of opportunities in the agro sector to be globally competitive.
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana has bemoaned the unavailability of subsidised fertiliser to farmers due to outstanding debts owed to suppliers by the government.
As one gazes across the rows of brightly colored fruits and vegetables in the produce section of the grocery store, one may not be aware that the quantity of nutrients in these crops has been declining over the past 70 years.
