Ghana increases ginger import to supplement local production
Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. John Dumelo, has attributed the sharp rise in ginger prices to a mysterious disease that has devastated...
Cocoa Processing Company interdicts seven staff over GH¢4.37m audit discrepancies
Seven employees of Cocoa Processing Company PLC have been interdicted following audit findings by the Ghana Audit Service, which identified an outstanding and unaccounted...
Ghana Water defends entry into sachet and bottled water business
Ghana Water Limited has defended its decision to venture into the sachet and bottled water business, dismissing claims that the move distracts the company...
Gov’t to plant additional 30 million trees from June – Lands...
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has announced government plans to plant an additional 30 million trees from June this year...
Youth in Agric convener, Evans Kyere-Mensah receives global advisory appointment
The Student Workforce Innovation Movement (SWIM) today announced the appointment of agritech innovator Evans Kyere-Mensah as Global Agritech & Climate Innovation Advisor, a strategic...
Food and fertiliser hoarding by China is causing global supply crisis...
A former World Bank president has told the BBC that China should stop hoarding food and fertiliser to ease a global supply crisis caused...
Government moves to cut export of raw shea nuts
Despite Ghana earning approximately GHS 1.93 billion from shea exports, the country still imported GHS 1.86 billion worth of shea oil.
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Climate change threatens fisheries and coastal livelihoods in Keta
For two consecutive months, Millicent ‘Mama’ Dzissah, a 45-year-old fishmonger and retailer at Vodza near Keta, has watched her livelihood slip away as dwindling...
World food prices rise to more than three year high in...
World food prices climbed in April to their highest in more than three years, with vegetable oils particularly elevated due to the Iran war and the...
Farmers go unpaid as Ghana’s indebted state cocoa buyer faces asset...
Ghana's state-owned cocoa buyer is unable to purchase cocoa from farmers after accumulating debts of 673 million cedis ($60 million) that have left it...
