National Trends
Agric Ministry to Cushion Rice Farmers Against Benchmark Policy
Discussions on benchmark policy reversal in limbo Discounts on imports to be reversed Benchmark policy makes imported rice cheaper by...
Bird Flu Interfering with Govt’s Rearing for Food and Jobs agenda – Agric Minister
Government to update existing 1960 Animal Health Act, Dr Akoto Bird Flu hits Ghana Government's Rearing for Food and Jobs...
Govt Gives US$50 million for ‘Planting for Food & Jobs’ Project – MoFA
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, in 2017 revealed that government was investing some US$5million into the country’s buffer stock...
Yam Business in Ashaiman Faces Imminent Collapse
Yam business in the Ashaiman Municipality faces imminent collapse due to poor storage facilities resulting in the rotting of large...
Rice Farmers Unable to Get Buyers
Thousands of bags of rice harvested during the last farming season in the Northern Region have remained in the warehouses...
Prices of Tomatoes Likely to Increase Over Burkina Faso Border Closure – Dumelo Predicts
Burkina Faso under siege by coup plotters Ghanaian traders buy large quantities of tomatoes from Burkina Faso We can grow...
Youth Want to Engage in Farming, Create Enabling Environment for Them – Government Told
The 2021 Best Eastern Regional Crop Farmer, Michael Baah, has called on the government to create enabling environment that will...
Bird Flu Strikes Poultry Farms in Bediako
Another strain of the Avian Influenza has hit some farms in Bediako, a community in the Nmlitsakpo Electoral area in...
Light Fishing Affecting Livelihoods of Fishermen
Light fishing heavily impacts fisherfolk as fish stocks decline Plastics affecting Ghana’s fishing industry Ghana records low fish stock Fishermen...
Benchmark Policy puts 100,000 Jobs at Risk in Rice Industry – Farmers Warn
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) and the Rice Millers Association of Ghana...