A Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development was on Wednesday, August 24 turned away from the public hearing of Parliament’s Assurances Committee for the substantive minister to rather appear on.
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Ghana records 249% growth in coconut export in 2021; bags $21.9m.
Ghana’s exports of Desiccated Coconut to the world recorded a significant jump of 249% in value in 2021 compared to the previous year.
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Depreciation of the cedi shoots up farm inputs cost – PFAG.
The president of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), Awal Wepia Addo says the cedi’s current weakness has made the lives of farmers miserable, as it has led to increments in the price of inputs.
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Seed suppliers petitioned the National Seed Council over GH¢207.3 million unpaid worth of seeds for the 2021 PFJ season.
Seed suppliers for the government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative are yet to be paid for seeds they have supplied for the programme since 2021, the B&FT can confirm.
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Intellectual Property Rights: What start-ups in Ghana must know before going public – part I
The Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and their related benefits (protection against the unlawful use of one’s innovation, sale of one’s IP for extra income, safeguarding a company’s reputation for its customers, etc), are usually not part of the strategies considered by many start-ups in Ghana. This is largely due to the lack of knowledge on IPRs and how to exploit them for the benefit of their dreamed businesses. Small and Medium Scale businesses or Startups must not wait to grow big before thinking about strategies to safeguard their ideas and innovations which become what defines their company hence their intellectual property.
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Vegetable exporters target US$7m revenue by next year.
Vegetable producers and exporters in the country are targetting an annual revenue of US$ 7 million between now and next year as a contribution to the non-traditional export sector (NTE).
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Cedi Depreciation: Ban import of poultry, rice, sugar, et al completely! – Nana Ofori Charges Gov’t.
PPP National Chairman, Nana Ofori Owusu, has charged the Government of Ghana to immediately and completely ban the import of some food items into the country.
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Govt receives the last batch of $96m agric machinery to boost production.
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, yesterday received the last batch of the consignment of agricultural machinery from the Brazilian government to help improve the agriculture sector.
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Solidaridad to support SMEs with 4 million euros.
Solidaridad West Africa as part of the second phase of the Sustainable West Africa Oil Palm Programme (SWAPP II) has mobilised a total of 4 million euros from financial institutions for participating small and medium enterprises.
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FDA receives 2.84 million euros support from EU/GIZ to ensure effective vaccine regulation.
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has received a sum of 2.84 million euros support to strengthen its technical and institutional affairs from the European Union, in partnership with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).
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