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Agriculture

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...

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...

Support ADB to render financial aid to agriculture sector – Philip Abayore

BY: JOHN GUAMAH AMANOR President of the Ghana Agriculture Chamber of Commerce, Philip Abayore has advised government to finance Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) to render support solely to farmers. Mr. Philip Abayore in an exclusive interview on GBC’s Uniiq FM Breakfast...

Technology has made farming very easy – Tech Expert

By: Emmanuel Oti Acheampong Founder of DK Cyber Zone and a Tech Expert, David Gyedu has stated that the advent of technology has made farming and agriculture very easy. Ghana observed the 38th Farmers Day on December 2, 2022. On the...

Young women encouraged to go into Agriculture

By: Murtala Issah Young women in Northern Ghana are being encouraged to take advantage of the increasing opportunities in agriculture to create jobs for themselves and contribute towards addressing graduate unemployment in the country. As part of the efforts to get...

Africa needs to deliberately invest in Agriculture to boost food production

By: Rukiatu Musah The 2022 Africa Agriculture Status Report indicates that Africa will need between 40 to 70 billion dollar investment from the public sector and another 80 billion dollars from the private sector annually, to sustain food production on...

Conservation Agriculture a sure way to improve Food Productivity – Dr Kofi Boa

By: Emmanuel Akayeti The nature of land preparation for farming, such as slash and burn, ploughing and felling of trees, among others, year in and year out has enough disturbance to the soil over the years that do not allow...

MPs lament deplorable roads and its effect on agriculture

By Edzorna Francis Mensah Majority of Members of Parliament have identified bad road networks in farming communities nationwide as a major factor in post-harvest losses of agriculture products. The MPs have recognized the fact that many farming communities particularly the Northern...

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Parliament begins debate on Ministerial Nominees,voting Friday

By Augustus Acquaye Parliament is in the process of determining the fate of six ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo. They...

UESD Procures Land for Donkokrom Satellite Campus Construction

By Michael Kofi Kenetey The District Chief Executives, DCEs, for Kwahu Afram Plains North, Isaac Ofori Koree, and Kwahu East, Isaac Agyapong, have led a...

AFCON 2023Q: Antoine Semenyo scores late as Ghana beat Angola

Antoine Semenyo's late strike earned the Black Stars victory against Angola in Kumasi in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The second-half substitute profited from...

Tano North MP drills boreholes to mark World Water Day

Dr Freda Prempeh, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North Municipality in the Ahafo Region, is drilling four mechanised boreholes to provide potable...

Over partisanship is bane of Africa’s development– Professor Asare Opoku

Professor Kofi Asare Opoku, the Chairman of the Governing Council of, the African University College of Communication (AUCC), says the polarisation of society and...
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