Cocoa production in key regions in Ghana, especially the Western North Region, has declined to a historic low in recent years. With about 70 percent of farms in the region estimated to be affected, cocoa production volumes...[READ MORE]
The African Development Bank’s 2019-2023 strategy for Ghana is producing tangible results, particularly in the agriculture and transport sectors, according to a mid-term review of the strategy. The strategy, which was approved by the Board of Executive Directors of the African Development Bank Group in June 2019, is based on two pillars: support...[READ MORE]
Five promising Ghanaian Agritech Startups will have the opportunity to develop their expertise from Israeli Agritech experts. This follows the launch of the Israel-Ghana AgriTechAccel, in Accra on Thursday. The project, an initiative of the Israeli Embassy is in partnership with Innohub and the Pears Program for Global Innovation. It aims to...[READ MORE]
Kenya will this year import 90,000 tonnes of sugar from Uganda and the remaining 160,000 tonnes from other countries after exhausting its Comesa import quota for 2020. This is after Uganda through the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) clarified to Kenya that it has enough sugar both for domestic and export markets and denied importing sugar from outside the...[READ MORE]
The Ghana Commodity Exchange on Monday added rice contracts [Ghana rice] to the number of commodities traded on the electronic trading platform following the approval by the Security and Exchange Commission. The move is expected to boost local rice production and consumption as government works to put a moratorium on rice importation by...[READ MORE]
File Photo To make agriculture attractive to big investors, government must invest heavily in infrastructure that will facilitate farming activities and secure their investments, Director of the Institute of Social, Statistical and Economic Research of the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey has said.??His comments come on the...[READ MORE]
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), in a release...[READ MORE]
Land redistribution was touted by Robert Mugabe as the redressment of historic injustice -- critics say it destroyed skills and capital, wrecking Zimbabwe's agriculture (AFP Photo/Jekesai NJIKIZANA) Harare (AFP) - Zimbabwe next month will start paying partial compensation to white commercial farmers whose properties were seized nearly 20 years ago under...[READ MORE]
Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has indicated that the Akufo-Addo administration is going to invest about half a billion dollars into revamping the country’s farm mechanization centres.According to him, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) over the last eight years of its tenure destroyed all 167 farm mechanization centres...[READ MORE]
The rise of an urban middle class across much of Africa is stoking demand for food that could curb hunger and cut poverty in rural outposts, a U.S.-based think tank said. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) said rural communities were in “a state of crisis”, with high poverty...[READ MORE]