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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...