National Trends
Senegalese mangoes under scrutiny over fruit flies
The West African origins of mangoes are under particular scrutiny this season, due to the "high number of cases of...
Gov’t Seeks Faster Movement of Goods to Boost Trade – Deputy Trade Minister Hints at New Move
The Deputy Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Hon. Sampson Ahi, has called for urgent and coordinated action among public...
Ghana is Turning Farming into Business and Agribusiness Enterprise – Agric Minister Affirms, Champions Youth Employment at Global Forum
Honourable Eric Opoku, Minister for Food and Agriculture, addressed a high-level global forum on job creation in Africa held in...
Gov’t Bans Land Transit of Rice, Sugar, Cooking Oil, Pharmaceuticals and other Key Imports
The government has banned the land transit of several imported goods as part of new measures aimed at tightening border...
Agrotech Fair to Spotlight Local Agric Machinery, Cutting-edge Technologies – EXIM BanK CEO
Chief Executive of the Ghana EXIM Bank, Sylvester Adinam Mensah is rallying players in the agricultural value chain and the...
Ghana must Lead Africa in Criminalising Environmental Destruction – Annoh-Dompreh
Minority Chief Whip and Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, is urging Ghana to take the lead in Africa by criminalising large-scale...
Government to Establish over 250 Farm Service Centres in Four Years – John Dumelo
Deputy Minister of Agriculture John Dumelo has revealed that the government plans to establish more than 250 Farm Service Centres...
‘Such Crimes are against Humanity’ — Otokunor backs Prosecution of Former COCOBOD Officials
Dr Peter Boamah Otokunor has described alleged mismanagement at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) under the previous administration as “crimes...
COCOBOD’s Rollover Contracts Cost Ghana nearly $1bn – Otokunor
Ghana lost nearly $941 million in a single cocoa trade deal after buying beans from farmers at $7,200 per tonne...
Mahama Directs Buffer Stock to Procure Local Rice for all Schools
President John Dramani Mahama has directed that the procurement of rice for schools across the country be centralised to ensure the...