Hon. Eric Opoku, New Agriculture Minister, Calls for Unity in Advancing Ghana’s Agricultural Sector

Hon. Eric Opoku, the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, has called on the ministry’s management and staff to set aside political differences and effectively work towards the collective goal of enhancing agriculture in Ghana. He emphasized the importance of collaboration in achieving food security for the nation. During a series of meetings with the Ministry […]
CSIR-STEPRI holds advocacy engagement to promote digitalisation in Agriculture

By: Henrietta Afful The Science and Technology Policy Research Institute wing of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-STEPRI), is advocating for policymakers in the agricultural value-chain to intensify efforts aimed at improving the use of digital tools and platforms to achieve better agricultural outcomes. According to CSIR-STEPRI, this initiative will not only provide […]
Sustainable soyabean production in Ghana: 100,000 smallholder farmers to benefit

By: Yayra Lawoe Smallholder farmers and experts in Agriculture have met in Accra to share ideas on how to sustain the production of Soyabean. The move is to enable rural farmers raise their yields and incomes and improve food security on a sustainable basis. The Sustainable Soybean Production in Northern Ghana (SSPiNG) project aims at […]
Government should use data to drive Agriculture sector development

The Government has been called on to use data as a guide in the drafting and implementation of agriculture policies to bring about the needed development and impact on the livelihoods of Ghanaians. This comes as policy advocates and researchers argue that policies in the Agric sector spearheaded by the Government lacked the needed evidence-based […]