National Trends
High Cost, Lack of Market Linked to Local Rice Woes
The President of Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association of Ghana (VEGPEAG), Felix Kamassah clarifies that the perceived “rice glut” currently...
Goat keepers clash with traditional council over eviction
Goat keepers in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region on Wednesday hit the streets of Jinijini, the district...
Ghana’s 41st National Farmers’ Day Exhibitions Draws Over 120 Exhibiting Companies
All is set for the long awaited 41st Farmers’ Day Exhibitions in Ho, Volta region as over one hundred...
Agric Minister announces plans for National Seed Bank and Irrigated Model Farm
The Minister of Food and Agriculture,Hon. Eric Opoku, has hinted at the Government’s plans to establish a national seed bank....
Cashew farmers push for fixed producer price
Cashew farmers in Bono Region are calling for an annual fixed producer price for raw cashew nuts (RCNs), saying the...
EU pushes West Africa toward stricter cocoa standards
The European Union and its French development partners are pressing Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to accelerate reforms in the cocoa...
Real Estate expansion threatens grazing lands, livestock production in Ghana
The rapid expansion of Ghana’s real estate sector is creating land crisis for livestock farmers, a situation that undermines the...
Job creation, standardisation at the centre of new dried-fruit export drive to EU market
Ghana’s renewed push to expand dried-fruit exports to the European Union (EU) market is placing strong emphasis on job creation...
Kodu Technology Sets Up Pad Banks in SHSs with Banana-Based Pads
Kodu Technology, a social enterprise startup that produces eco-biodegradable sanitary pads from banana and plantain waste, has established menstrual pad banks in...
NASTAG calls for urgent review of Ghana’s 2013 seed policy
The National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG) has called for an urgent review of the country’s 2013 Seed Policy...