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
Modify criteria for Farmers’ Day Awards-Lecturer
Farmers’ Day Awards -A lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is calling for a modification in the criteria for determining and... read more
‘Malaria-stricken farmers lose 60% of produce yearly’
Ghanaian farmers are unable to harvest 60 percent of their crops every year due to malaria, the Technical Adviser to the Private Sector Malaria Prevention (PSMP) programme, Tetteh Ogun has said.... read more
Ghana to gain GHȼ800 Million yearly from new cowpea & rice varieties
Cowpea & rice varieties- New Cowpea & rice varieties will help Ghana save over GHȼ 800 million annually. The Nitrogen efficient Rice and biologically resistant cowpea were developed by the... read more
Ghana not prepared for looming earthquake – Geological service
Earthquake A high magnitude earthquake may leave Ghana completely devastated since there is very little or no preparation in place for the looming natural disaster. This is according to Senior... read more
World cocoa supply surplus to grow in 2019
The global cocoa market will see a supply surplus of 71,900 tonnes in the current 2018/19 year, on the back of last year’s smaller surplus, Connecticut-based brokerage JSG Commodities said on... read more
100 tonnes of Tilapia dead
Tilapia Tilapia-Over 100 tonnes of Tilapia at various fish farms along the Volta Lake in the Eastern Region have died. Officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and the... read more
Reducing post-harvest losses key to tackling hunger – Analyst
Vegetables on sale Post-harvest-losses-A policy analyst at ReKSAKSS West Africa has called on stakeholders in the agriculture value chain to intensify efforts at dealing with post-harvest losses. Dr... read more
Workshop on salvaging Ghana’s depleting vegetation held at Asankrangwa
Participants at the workshop on Ghana’s depleting vegetation Depleting vegetation-A three-day workshop on the content of Ghana’s Land Use and Forest Management Strategy Implementation has... read more
Dumsor hampering Earthquake Monitoring in the country – Lands Minister
Minister for Lands and Natural Resources,Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh Earthquake Monitoring-Minister for Lands and Natural Resources Kwaku Asomah–Cheremeh has bemoaned the inconsistent supply of power in... read more
Cocoa Production:Conservation Alliance & Rainforest Alliance/UTZ promote adoption of integrated pest management
Training meeting at Afeaso in the Kakum landscape to raise cocoa Production Cocoa Production News-Conservation Alliance with funding from Rainforest Alliance-UTZ has organized series of training... read more