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...
Calls grow for govt to do more on food security.
There is a need to urgently devise ways to significantly boost food productivity if the country to achieve food security targets, experts and farmers...
A re-look at home gardening; an alternative way to ensure food...
Growing up as children, most of our parents had home (backyard) gardens, and would usually take us there to weed and prune, among other...
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...
Essential food imports hit US$2bn annually.
Ghana’s import of essential food commodities has reached an average of US$2 billion each year, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has said.
According to the...
Fisheries Minister petitioned by 10 CSOs over the potential authorisation of...
Civil society organizations, unions, and associations working to secure safe, sustainable, and equitable fisheries in Ghana have written to the Minister of Fisheries and...
Why does the agriculture sector resist sustainable practices?
A team from the Diverfarming project analyses how institutional settings create cognitive lock-ins in decision-making for farmers when it comes to adopting sustainable farming...
State clears farmland purchase tied to Gates.
The Microsoft co-founder owns some 269,000 acres across dozens of states.
North Dakota's attorney general has found the sale of a couple of thousand acres...
35% of imported agrochemicals are counterfeits, illegal – Crop Life.
The prevalence of phony and illegal agrochemicals on the Ghanaian market is a source of worry to stakeholders in the agricultural sector, with CropLife...
Government is considering legislating agric financing as banks continue to neglect...
Agriculture financing is a turmoil in the country as banks are reluctant to offer financial support to the farmers. To increase financial support to...
