Despite significant productivity growth in major staples in the last decade or so, the food security situation in Ghana continues to deteriorate.
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Wenchi assembly members accuse police of taking bush meat as bribes from farmers.
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.
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Dumping of imported chicken heralds GITC crunch meeting.
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.
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Agrihouse equips 12 Extention officers with needed skills ahead of women’s capacity training in gardening sustainability.
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.
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Ghana-inspired plantain chips brand eyeing the US market.
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.
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Avalavi rice farmers call on the government to the reclamation of hectares of submerged rice farms.
Rice farmers cultivating at the Weta irrigated field in the Volta Region have called on the government for support to enable them to reclaim the hectares of irrigable lands has been submerged.
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USAID’s Feed the Future Program provides funding support to Agrihouse Foundation’s 1H1G initiative.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa’s (AGRA) Ghana Inclusive Agriculture Transformation (GIAT) program announced funding support for the delivery of the Agrihouse Foundation’s 1Household, 1Garden initiative (1H1G).
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Catfish farming: Time to establish Aquaculture Development Fund for fish farmers in Ghana.
Fish makes up 60 percent of the average Ghanaian’s protein diet. It is the next most popular animal protein after chicken and beef and is expected to overtake them in a few years.
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Millions of farmers in Ghana, Chad, and Sierra Leone benefit from IDA’s newly approved $315 million food security financing programme.
An additional two million farmers in Ghana, Chad and Sierra Leone will benefit from the $315 million recently approved as part of the second phase of the West Africa Regional Food Systems Resilience Programme (FSRP-2).
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Why you should never use a metal knife to slice an avocado.
Next time you reach for the utensil drawer to slice up an avocado for your morning avocado toast, you might want to think twice about which knife you grab. Just as you wouldn’t use a massive butcher’s knife to carve out that creamy avocado flesh, the material of your tool is just as important as its size when it comes to getting the job done right. Believe it or not, using a metal knife to slice avocados might be one of the most common kitchen mistakes home cooks are making — probably without even realizing it. Here’s the best-kept secret when it comes to avocado slicing.
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