Bill Gates’ philanthropic foundation is pledging more than $7 billion to improve health, gender equality and boost farming productivity in Africa. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend the funds over the next four years, according to a statement from the organisation. The grants are in addition to the financing the foundation has made ...

The development facility of eco.business Fund has teamed up with Fidelity Bank Ghana to host a capacity-building workshop focused on economical and sustainable solutions to current challenges within the Ghanaian mango sector. The workshop held in Sunyani welcomed more than 60 stakeholders from across the country’s mango value chain. These included primary producers and processors, ...

In a series of ceremonies between the 8-14 November 2022, Sierra Leone’s former Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, initiated the construction of agric-education centres in different parts of the country. Ambassador Omrie Golley is the CEO of the Golley Agriculture Development Company which aims at introducing a new agricultural system based on drip irrigation ...

By Precious Manomano More than 74 000 hectares have so far been put under summer crops, with experts advising farmers to speed up planting to ensure a bumper harvest in all crops. Farmers have also been advised to spread their cropping to include maize, cotton, traditional grains and tobacco plus late season crops such as ...

By Kingsley Asare Irrigation and quality seeds are crucial to trans-forming Ghana’s agriculture, former Nebraska State Senator, Ken Schilz, has said. To this end, he entreated the government to invest massively in those areas to promote agriculture in the country. Mr Schilz joined by other two senators from Nebraska, Julie Slama and Andrew La Grone, ...