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
Poverty Eradicator Prof. Jeffrey Sachs in Ghana to discuss Agriculture and Climate Change with Executives of Kuapa Cocoa Ltd
Special Advisor to the United Nations Secretary -General Ban Ki-moon and Director of the Earth Institute; Prof. Jeffrey Sachs is in Ghana with a team of experts from two renowned universities in New... read more
Pay better compensation to mining communities-CEO urges gov’t
The Chief Executive for the Ghana Chamber of Mines, Mr Sulemanu Koney, has urged government to increase the percentage they pay local communities as royalties from the minerals that are extracted by... read more
JICA To Scale Up Rice Project In The Ashanti And Northern Regions
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will be implementing the second phase of one of its flagship Projects in the Agriculture Sector called: ‘Project for Sustainable Development of... read more
Association of Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists to be launched today
All is set for the National launch of GARDJA; the Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association. The group which comprises journalists from all parts of Ghana seeks to organize... read more
Agriculture Professor cries for standards and grades in Ghanaian Agriculture
A lecturer at KNUST’s Faculty of Agriculture is appalled that Ghana still lacks clearly defined standards and grades in her agriculture. Prof. Simon Cudjoe Fialor in an interview with rawgist.com... read more
Effects of Pesticides on Human Health
The things we use and eat everyday may well be contributing toward our poor health and ultimate demise. Our ancestors survived without all the chemicals so why have we become so dependent on them.... read more
Weed killer kills human cells: Study intensifies debate over ‘inert’ ingredients.
I have noticed here in Africa that most people tend to follow the idea that more is better. Certainly more is not better when it comes to chemicals. Weedkiller is a special case to use less and less... read more
Agriculturist Prof. S.C. Fialor discusses challenges of Agriculture education in Ghana
A lecturer at the Agriculture faculty of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Prof. S.C. Fialor has told rawgist.com in an exclusive interview that large class sizes are becoming a... read more
Ghana’s economic issues caused by “Leadership and misplaced priorities”- Political Scientist
A lecturer at the History and Political Science department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Dr. Edward Brenya is of the view that Ghana’s economy at the moment is not... read more
Implement prison terms for illegal miners-Minerals Commission to Judiciary
The Minerals Commission is advocating the implementation of stringent punitive measures against illegal miners as a means of curtailing the growing illegal mining activities and their attendant... read more