Cattle prices hit GH₵ 25000 at Techiman ahead of Eid-Al-Fitr festivities
Livestock traders at the Techiman Cattle Market are reporting a positive turn in fortunes as the Muslim community prepares for the climax of the...
Government to interrogate Burkina Faso tomato export ban further – Dumelo
The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, John Dumelo, has raised concerns over Burkina Faso’s decision to ban tomato exports, saying the government must...
Climate change could pose a major risk to cassava in Africa:...
Cassava is a starchy, tuberous root, introduced to sub-Saharan Africa by Portuguese traders centuries ago. It is a nutrition lifeboat for over 800 million...
Current Cocoa Pricing Mechanisms fail to protect farmers – COFAAA
The Cocoa Farmers Alliance Association of Africa has raised serious concerns that existing cocoa pricing models are failing to protect farmers across Africa.
In a...
Final-year student killed by bees on school campus
A 21-year-old final-year student at the A.M.E Zion Senior High School in the Central Region has died after being attacked by bees on the...
Ghana can be self-sufficient in tomatoes in four years – Dumelo
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has urged farmers to intensify dry-season farming to boost local production of tomatoes and stabilise food supply, following...
Burkina bans tomato exports with immediate effect to protect local...
Burkina Faso has suspended all fresh tomato exports across its territory with immediate effect, as the military-led government moves to protect domestic processing units...
Ghana egg traders attacked, robbed of items valued GH10m at Burkina...
The Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu |i, made a passionate appeal to President John Dramani Mahama when the president called on him during his...
Cocoa Prices Retreat as Consistent Rains Boost West African Crop Prospects
Cocoa prices settled sharply lower on Tuesday due to an improving supply outlook, amid reports from West African farmers that said consistent rains have...
MoFA audit: Tonnes of rice, maize missing – 2 Ghost companies...
A special audit has peeled back the curtain on a web of financial malfeasance at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), exposing how...
