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, ...

90+ exhibitors from 19 countries and official country pavilions from Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, South Africa and Sri Lanka Following the huge success of agrofood West Africa 2019, its 7th edition will now take place in conjunction with the 7th edition of plastprintpack West Africa from 29 November to 01 December 2022 at the state-of-the-art ...

Agritech West Africa (AWA) AWA would be the finest exhibition and marketing platform for companies in the agriculture technology, agrochemicals, irrigation & systems, and all products related to agriculture and value addition, if they are targeting to connect partners and expand your business in West Africa. Agritech West Africa is expecting 120+ exhibitor this edition ...

By Julius Yao Petetsi The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has stated that Ghana is food sufficient despite the economic conditions the country finds itself in. He said using the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s measuring metric of availability, accessibility, utilisation and stability, there is no question that Ghana is more than ...

The 3rd National Seed Forum has opened in Accra with a call on key stakeholders to work to advance Ghana’s seed sector. In spite of the fact that Ghana’s seed sector has grown significantly in the last decade, with the development and availability of improved and locally adapted seed varieties, the adoption rate is still ...

UK government invests £450,000 in ECOWAS Rice Observatory to reduce dependency on imported rice, ease food insecurity, support trade, and create jobs. In Ghana, COVID-19 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have exacerbated the challenges of climate change, including energy, financial, and food security. The UK, Ghana, ECOWAS, and many other partners are working together to ...

The World Bank Group’s new Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) for Ghana estimates that at least one million more people could fall into poverty due to climate shocks, if urgent climate actions are not taken. Income could reduce by up to 40% for poor households by 2050. The analysis calls for pursuing a development pathway that builds resilience ...

By Cliff Ekuful The seventh edition of the Agrofood West Africa Trade Fair Conference has been launched in Accra. Scheduled between November 29 and December 1, the conference will be held under the auspices of the German trade show specialists, Agrofood and Plastprintpack West Africa. It will be held at the Accra International Conference Centre ...

By Anita Ankrah Ghana will in few months set up a fertiliser production plant for local production of fertilisers to meet the rising demand of farmers in the country, Technical Advisor on agriculture at the presidency, Ms. Nana Serwaa Amoako has said. “Processes is about 95 per cent complete and fertiliser production plant would be ...