Post-harvest losses compelling farmers to reduce farm sizes – PFAG.
Perennial post-harvest losses, according to the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), have compelled many farmers to reduce their farm sizes – a situation...
Cassava, a staple crop that sustains a continent.
Cassava has become such a staple in Africa that many may be shocked to find out that it is not an indigenous root to...
Agriculture is the best option to recover Ghana’s economy rather than...
Interacting with the stakeholders following the recent intention of the government to engage the monetary policy institution to give it an image, help to...
Tomato scarcity looms as production sinks in Burkina Faso.
Ghana risks facing a tomato shortage as the former controls 90 percent of the commodity’s imports into the country.
As Burkina Faso battles with...
Government takes steps to improve food productivity.
The Department of Agriculture in the Asutifi North district has distributed a total 111,000 seedlings to farmers in the area from January to June...
COCOBOD scolds multinationals for deliberate price plummets.
The current shortage of cocoa in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire for international market supply, and its resultant low pricing, is creating suspicions of global...
Minister assures payment of 2021 PFJ’s supplied seeds.
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has assured the National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG) that he is...
Ghana has enough stock of food to safeguard food security –...
The recent price hikes in farm inputs coupled with the shortage of inorganic fertilizers and other factors have inflated the prices of food commodities...
With vast arable lands, why is Africa dependent on imported grain?
Despite having vast amounts of arable land, nutritious indigenous crops, and a booming agricultural sector, Africa still imports most of its grain.
The Russian army’s...
Ghana reaching the world’s largest exporter of yam – GEPA.
Exports of yam tubers reached a high record of US$48million last year, according to data from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) – making...
