The Bui Power Authority (BPA) has released 16,000 hectares of land to produce sugarcane to feed the Bui Sugar Factory in the district.
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Africa losing up to 15% of GDP growth to climate change – African Development Bank.
Africa is losing 5% to 15% of its per capita economic growth due to the effects of climate change and is facing a gaping climate finance shortfall, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB).
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Ghana’s 36 different types of vegetable export commodities drop to 8.
Ghana used to export 36 different types of vegetables to a variety of destinations in Europe and the Americas but this figure has dropped to only 8: despite this gloomy picture, there are unexplored, practical steps that can be taken to reignite Ghana’s vegetable export sector.
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SHOCKING: Atiwa farmers now buy pure water to spray their farms – UG researcher.
The Co-Principal Investigator of a joint Galamsey Research Team of the University of York (Canada) and the University of Ghana has called on the state and stakeholders to show true commitment to fighting the menace of illegal mining.
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Peasant farmers counsel the government on the ban on grain exportation.
The government had declared an extension of the ban on produce such as maize, rice, soybeans, and other grains.
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Africa lacks resources to tackle climate change –AfDB.
The President, of the African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said that Africa lacks the resources to tackle climate change as the continent receives only three percent of global climate financing.
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Food scientists push for stronger collaboration to ensure resilient food systems.
Food scientists are calling for a stronger collaboration between government, producers, and consumers to help ensure a more resilient food system.
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UN, Moscow discuss Russian grain, fertiliser exports
Senior UN and Russian officials met in Geneva on Wednesday (Sep 7) to discuss Russian complaints that Western sanctions were impeding its grain and fertilizer exports despite an UN-brokered deal to boost Russian and Ukrainian shipments of the commodities.
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Inorganic fertilizer increase yields more than organic fertilizer: farmers at Techiman said as they reject the use of organic fertilizer.
Even though organic fertilizer is being championed and encouraged for use by farmers, especially in this period where the Russia-Ukraine war has made inorganic fertilizers expensive, farmers in the Bono East capital, Techiman, have still not embraced this advocacy, saying the latter yields better harvest than the former.
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Soil holds the secret to mitigating climate change.
Food production doesn’t have to be a victim of climate change. New research from Michigan State University suggests that crop yields and the global food supply chain can be preserved by harnessing the critical, and often overlooked, a partner in food supply—soil.
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