Akufo-Addo increases producer price of cocoa by 0.03%
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced an increase in the producer price of cocoa from GHS3,000 to GHS3,100 per 64kg bag representing a 0.03% increase in the price set in September for... read more
Coconut can transform the fortunes of Ghana-Coconut federation stresses as they praise gov’t support
Second Vice Chairperson of the Coconut Federation The youth of Ghana are beginning to realize the potential of coconut farming and the coconut value chain to the economic fortunes of Ghana. This was... read more
Paramount Chief of Adansi traditional area bares teeth at MMDCEs over community mining
Paramount Chief of Adansi; Opagyakotwere Bonsra Afriyie II The Paramount chief of the Adansi traditional area , Opagyakotwere Bonsra Afriyie II , has warned sub chiefs in Adansi not to allow any... read more
Spillage of Bagre Dam: Govt to provide GH¢29.6m for long-term solution
Government has planned to carry out an urgent exercise at an estimated cost of GH¢29.6 million, aimed at providing long-term solution to the perennial flooding and its related destructions caused by... read more
COVID-19: Farmers demand commercialization of GMOs to shore up productivity on farms
Farmers across the country are demanding the immediate commercialization of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to help shore up productivity in the wake of the negative impacts COVID-19 on... read more
Hoarding of maize: MoFA to investigate reports by local farmers
Dr Afriyie Owusu Akoto, Ghana’s Agric Minister The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to investigate reports that some maize farmers who are direct beneficiaries of the Government’s... read more
Asokwa Municipal Assembly sensitizes residents on decommissioning of Oti land fills
Chief Akwannuasa Gyimah, MCE for Asokwa addressing the residents of Kuwait The residents of Atonsu Kuwait, Oti and Dompoase, all communities in the Asokwa Municipality have praised the government for... read more
Rainforest Alliance launch 2020 Certification program
The Rainforest Alliance has unveiled its 2020 Certification Program after years of hard work and collaboration. The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organization working at the... read more
Initiative Rescue Cacao builds COOP’S members capacity on gender and finance
Program Officer with Initiative Rescue Cacao Mr. Hamed Diarasouba says effective cooperatives are key to a healthy and sustainable cocoa industry. Mr. Diarasouba indicated that effective cooperatives... read more
National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) is developing a Policy Document on GMOs
Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Dr. Kodjo Essien Mensah-Abrampa has revealed that the NDPC is developing a policy document on Genetically Modified Organisms... read more
Video Report: Rice farmers at Donaso cry for irrigation facility
The faulty solar powered irrigation pump has not functioned since it was built at the Donaso rice farms Rice farmers at Donaso in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region are seeking help fixing... read more