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
Vet Doctors to strike after ultimatum to gov’t
The Association of Junior Veterinary Surgeons (AJVS), Ghana, has given the government a 31-day ultimatum to resolve issues surrounding their employment and housemanship. According to the association,... read more
Nana Addo launches cashew dev’t plan
H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched a 10-year cashew development plan with a promise to give the country’s agric sector a further boost. The President said this plan seeks to improve... read more
Sack Minister for Agriculture-Farmers
Some concerned farmers have appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to dismiss the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto. President of the Concerned Framers Association... read more
Fight bushfires like you fought galamsey-Town council to Nana Addo
The Badu Town Council of the Tain District in the Brong Ahafo Region has appealed to the government to take the fight against bushfires as serious as she did with galamsey (illegal mining). Speaking... read more
Ken Agyapong casts doubts on claim of 745,000 agric sector jobs
It appears the controversy over the number of jobs allegedly created by government in 2017 will not be allowed to die off, mynewsgh.com can report. The latest to stir the issue again is Member of... read more
GWCL begins water rationing in parts of Ghana
The Ghana Water Company Limited says it has started rationing water in some parts of the country. Water is currently being rationed in Takoradi, Tema and other parts of the country. They say the... read more
Euphoria grips Agogo as police, military begin operations
Residents of Agogo are ecstatic over deployment of police-military reinforcement to flush out nomadic herdsmen and their cattle from the area. Many people lined up on the streets out of joy to cheer... read more
GARDJA lands cool deal with UTZ to raise reportage on cocoa issues
GARDJA; an association composed of Ghanaian Journalists focusing on Agriculture have landed a partnership with Netherlands based product certification firm UTZ to help increase reportage on cocoa... read more
Agric Ministry Picks Most Accessible and Responsive Institution for 2017
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture(MOFA) has been recognized as the Most Accessible and Responsive Public Institution for 2017 by Ghana’s leading Policy Think Tank, IMANI Africa. MOFA was... read more
Ghana remains food insecure-Agricultural Economist
A lecturer at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology says contrary to what anyone believes, Ghana is food insecure. Prof. Simon Cudjoe Fialor says it doesn’t take rocket science... read more