By Brandon Moss July marks an important period in Africa’s agricultural calendar. While weather conditions vary widely across the continent, the month offers excellent opportunities for planting a range of food, cash and horticultural crops. In Southern Africa, July is largely a winter month focused on irrigation and vegetable production, while East and parts of ...

Belarus has expressed its readiness to support Ghana’s agricultural modernization by drawing on the experience gained through its successful mechanization partnership with Zimbabwe, according to Belarusian Agriculture and Food Minister Yuri Gorlov. Speaking in Minsk on June 8, Gorlov said Belarus could help Ghana strengthen food production through the supply of agricultural machinery, technical support, ...

IFAD Partners With Government of Ghana and World Bank to Transform Agri-food Systems Through AgriConnect Compact. Accra, 4 June 2026. At today’s launch of the Ghana AgriConnect Compact, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) reaffirmed its commitment to partner with the Government of Ghana, the World Bank, and other development partners to accelerate the ...

Ghana is facing growing pressure to diversify its agricultural export sector as structural challenges in the cocoa industry expose the risks of relying heavily on a single commodity for export earnings, rural livelihoods and foreign exchange stability. For decades, cocoa has remained one of Ghana’s most important economic pillars, supporting millions of farmers, generating export ...

Agriculture slowdown weighs on Ghana’s economic growth outlook Ghana has revised its January 2026 economic growth estimate downward, with weaker agricultural performance emerging as one of the main factors behind the slowdown. Updated figures show Ghana’s economy expanded by 6.1% in January, down from an earlier estimate of 7.5%, reflecting softer activity across agriculture and ...

Ghana is seeing a surge in youth participation in agriculture, but a growing debate is emerging over whether this shift reflects genuine opportunity or a lack of alternatives in the broader economy. According to recent analysis, agriculture is attracting more young people than at any point in recent years, supported by government programmes, agritech growth, ...

Agriculture remains a major source of employment in Ghana, but new findings show that job growth is still held back by low productivity, informality and inequality. A recent workshop under the JobAgri project, led by the International Labour Organization, found that most agricultural work is carried out by smallholder families, with limited formal employment and ...

A Ghanaian content creator, Goshers, has highlighted growing trade and agricultural opportunities between Zambia and Ghana, describing the potential for collaboration as significant if properly developed. Speaking during an interview on Joy Prime, Goshers pointed to Zambia’s vast arable land and relatively underutilised agricultural capacity as a major opportunity for expansion. He contrasted this with ...

A new international initiative aimed at strengthening environmental monitoring and promoting climate-smart agriculture across Africa has been launched by the James Hutton Institute in the UK, starting with implementation in Ghana. The initiative, known as the Monitoring, Analysis, Reporting and Verification for Effective Low-carbon Climate Resilience and Mitigation Network (MARVEL-NET), is designed to deliver continuous, ...

A Ghanaian agribusiness entrepreneur is gaining international attention for transforming cocoa waste into high-value skincare products, highlighting the growing role of innovation in Africa’s agricultural sector. Esther Kyerewaa Twumasi, founder of SkinVive, is representing Ghana at the Macfrut 2026 in Rimini—one of the world’s leading exhibitions for the fruit and vegetable value chain. At the ...