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National Seed Council Inaugurated
Seven members out of nine have been sworn in as members of the National Seed Council. The members appointed by...
Patronising Locally Agro-processing Foods is a Catalyst for Youth Employment and Economic Growth – Agric Minister urges Ghanaians
Leveraging the value addition of raw materials is the key to economic development and employability. Agro-processing is a vital economic...
Development Bank Ghana to Transform the Oil Palm Sector
The Development Bank Ghana (DBG) on it fifth anniversary has pledged to transform Ghana’s oil palm industry from smallholder farms into processing...
Stakeholders urged to enforce laws against child labour in cocoa-growing communities
Mr Andrews Addoquaye Tagoe, General Secretary for the General Agricultural Workers’ Union (GAWU) of Ghana, has called for...
AGA Obuasi Mine invests in livelihood diversification with piggery centre
AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), Obuasi Mine, has commissioned a Piggery Production Centre at Sanso in the Obuasi Municipality,...
New FAO-WFP report warns worsening hunger puts 13 hotspots at significant risk
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today warned...
Rice farmers abandon farms over 700,000-tonne unsold rice
The 2026 planting season has begun, but across the major rice-producing valleys in the country, tractors are idle and...
GSA unveils organic certification to enhance market access
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), in collaboration with the German Development Cooperation, has unveiled an organic...
Ghana Safeguards Cocoa Farmers: Government Maintains Farmgate Prices for 2025/26 Light Crop Season Despite Global Slump
In a decisive move to protect rural livelihoods from volatile international markets, the Government of Ghana has announced it will...
Gov’t Registers 45 LBCs to Purchase Grains to Tackle Food Glut
Government of Ghana, through the Ghana Buffer Stock Company, has registered 45 licensed buying companies (LBCs) to purchase grains directly...