Tag: Ghana
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Climate Change – Farmers in Ghana Can’t Predict Rainfall Anymore
ANALYSISBy James Boafo Climate change affects all spheres of life, particularly those aspects that depend on the environment. Farming communities are a case in point. Most often the effects of climate change on farmers are classified into two categories – economic and non-economic. The economic effects are losses that can be quantified or measured in ... -
Meeting food needs: AGRA says reliance on organic fertilizer not enough
Economic Agriculture Fertilizer Madam Asseta Diallo, Senior Programmes Officer at the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Ghana says the country’s dependence on organic fertilisers for soil nutrients may not help achieve food security. She explained that Ghana had a poor fertility status where about 65 per cent of agricultural land was depleted ... -
ADB to Strengthen Agribusiness Financing
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Smallholder farmers build capacity with the latest technology
Francis Dabre Davan Bolgatanga – In Bolgatanga, capital of the Upper East region, his two-day workshop aimed at helping smallholder farmers adapted the latest technology to improve yields concluded last Wednesday. Organized by Feed the Future Ghana Market Systems and Resilience (MSR) Activity, the event broughttogetherparticipants from private and public institutions for dialogue on increasing agricultural policy implementation. Samson ... -
Smallholder farmers build capacity on modern technology
The two-day workshop to support smallholder farmers to adapt modern technologies to enable them to improve upon their crop yields ended at Bolgatanga, capital of the Upper East Region last Wednesday. Organised by the Feed the Future Ghana Market Systems and Resilience (MSR) Activity, it brought together participants from both private and public institutions to ... -
Ghanaians Urged to Consume Millet for Healthy Life
Yunusa Essand India’s Accra High Commissioner, Sugand Rajaram, has urged Ghanaians to consume more millet to live a healthy andsustainable life. He pointed out that many health benefits are achieved by adopting millet-eating initiatives due to itsnutritional value. “One of the ways that we as global South, Africans, Indians, Asians, Ghanaians, he said, is to adopt whatwe ... -
$32.53m project to boost food production in north launched
File photo:$32.53m project to boost food production in north launched File photo: A project aimed at boosting food production and addressing key constraints in the agriculture value chain in Northern Ghana has been launched in Tamale. Dubbed “Savannah Agricultural Value Chain Development Programme (SADEP), the project is expected to contribute to the government’s industrialisation agenda, ... -
Ghana: Agric Stakeholders Call for Restoration of Tax Exemption On Agro-Inputs
By Kingsley Asare Stakeholders in the country’s agricultural sector have called on the government to restore the tax exception on agro-inputs. They are CropLife Ghana, Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana, Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), National Seed Trade Association of Ghana (NASTAG) and the Ghana Rice Interprofessional Body (GRIB). The Executive Director of PFAG, Dr ... -
Ghana: USAID to Support Agriculture Sector With U.S.$ 6 Million Grant
By Richard Aniagyei Feed the Future Ghana Market Systems and Resilience (MSR) Activity has announced a $US6 million grant programme to support sustainable on and off-farm employment and investment opportunities in Northern Ghana. The grant programme, which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will assist successful applicants to increase their ... -
Yara Ghana Congratulates Farmers and Fishers
By Kingsley Asare Yara Ghana Limited has congratulated farmers and fishers for their contributions to the development of the country and pledged their commitment to introduce nutrition solutions to boost food production. “On the occasion of this 38th edition of the Farmers’ Day celebrations, Yara Ghana Limited wishes to congratulate our gallant farmers for their ...
Pupils trained on farming, making of agriprenuers
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