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
Hunters steal, destroy farms & rape women at Badu
Hunters believed to be coming from the Wenchi Municipality are allegedly wrecking havoc on residents of Badu in the Tain district of the Brong Ahafo region. Residents of Badu who spoke to rawgist.com... read more
Bee decline threatens US crop production
First US wild bee map reveals 139 ‘trouble zone’ counties A new study of wild bees identifies 139 counties in key agricultural regions of California, the Pacific Northwest, the Midwest,... read more
PEF ready to support planting for food and jobs
The Private Enterprise Foundation(PEF) has declared its readiness to partner the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in the implementation of the flagship Planting for Food and Jobs Program. The... read more
Agribusiness training & incubation will save Africa’s agriculture-Agripreneurs
Young people in Agriculture have expressed the need for concerted Agribusiness training, institutional support as well as agribusiness incubation. The youth who spoke during the incubation Tv show; a... read more
Kizito wins IFAJ Agric journalist award
The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ), has named Business and Financial Times Ashanti Regional Correspondent, also a gardja.org online editor, Kizito Cudjoe, as a recipient... read more
Agriculturist commends Kuapa/MPA over Tele-Agric Centre project
A Lecturer at the Faculty of Agriculture of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has commended the Millennium Promise Alliance and Kuapa Kokoo farmers union for the great... read more
Germany and Ghana in Agric development pact
The German Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Christoph Retzlaff, has met with Ghana’s Minister of Food and Agriculture(MOFA) Hon. Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, to dicusss ways the German... read more
Agriculturist slams politicians over unfeasible promises
Agriculturist, Prof. Simmon Fialor has advised politicians to consult technocrats before throwing promises out to the electorate. He tells rawgist.com in an interview that “Politicians say... read more
Food insecurity scare hits Upper East after 2016 floods
Residents of the Upper East region have expressed fears 2017 may unleash a degree of food insecurity severe enough to push several households over the edge. Public anxiety about the hunger ahead... read more
Government announces new cocoa price but farmers grumble
The Government of Ghana in collaboration with the Ghana Cocobod last Saturday, at a hugely impressive ceremony at Tepa Senior High School announced a new producer price for a bag of cocoa. Announcing... read more