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Dr Jasaw calls for national agriculture development fund to strengthen climate resilience

The Wa East MP and Chairman of Parliament’s Food and Agriculture Committee, Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw has called for the establishment of a National Agriculture Development Fund to strengthen…

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Suspend offshore gold exploration licence – NAFAG urges gov’t

The National Fisheries Association of Ghana (NAFAG) has appealed to the government to suspend an offshore reconnaissance licence granted to Gold Coast GRC Ghana Ltd. for gold exploration along…

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Ghana, India sign MoUs to deepen cooperation in agriculture, healthcare, railways and ICT

Ghana and India have signed several memoranda of understanding (MoUs) aimed at strengthening cooperation in key sectors including agriculture, healthcare, railway development, zoological studies and…

GH¢6,500 cocoa promise has turned out to be a scam – Bawumia

New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has criticised the Mahama administration for not fulfilling its promises to cocoa farmers.

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Horticulturists call for dedicated authority, irrigation and tomato factory revival

The Ghana Institute of Horticulturists (GhIH) has called on the government to establish a dedicated Horticulture Authority and urgently rehabilitate major irrigation schemes and tomato-processing…

Government moves to compel public institutions to buy food from Ghanaian farmers

The government is proposing amendments to Ghana’s public procurement laws to require state institutions that use public funds to source food from local farmers.

Feed Ghana Programme cuts food import dependence

The Feed Ghana Programme (FGP) has begun reducing Ghana’s dependence on imported food through increased domestic crop and livestock production.

Thailand: FAO convenes regional policy dialogue to accelerate agrifood systems transformation in Asia and the Pacific

Country: Thailand Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Please refer to the attached file. Asia and the Pacific must accelerate the transformation of its agrifood systems…

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TCDA to adopt Upper West’s MATCO mango farm as northern prototype, issues warning against felling shea trees

The Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) has announced plans to adopt the MATCO Mango Plantation in the Upper West Region as its model farm for the northern sector to spearhead commercial mango…

Ending Exploitation Across the Food System

The people who keep food systems running are often among the most vulnerable—but worker-led movements and stronger protections can help change that. The post Ending Exploitation Across the Food…

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Trade Minister launches Invest Ghana Summit, Ghana Club 100 to drive Ghana’s new economy

The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to attracting strategic investments to drive industrialisation, create jobs and…

Mahama inspects Nkokɔ Nketenkete plant, eyes Bechem as chicken capital

President John Dramani Mahama has inspected ongoing works on the Poultry, Meat and Feed Processing Plant at Bechem in the Ahafo Region, as part of his Resetting Ghana tour, Ahafo Region edition.

Bechem to become chicken capital of Ghana – Mahama projects

President John Dramani Mahama has projected that when the Poultry and Meat Processing Factory at Bechem in the Ahafo Region becomes operational, it will make the town the chicken capital of Ghana.

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Livestream: Ecobank-Joynews financial dialogue series

JoyNews, in collaboration with Ecobank Ghana, is hosting a financial dialogue on financing the country’s agricultural sector.

Production, market risks and poor records constrain agricultural lending – GIRSAL

Chief Operating Officer of Ghana Incentive-based Risk-sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL), Samuel Yeboah has said that production challenges, market volatility and uncertainty over…

High collateral, documentation requirements limiting farmers’ access to finance – PFA

The former Director of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFA), Dr Charles Nyaaba, says excessive documentation requirements by financial institutions are limiting farmers’ access to financing…

Salt Pond’s $200m warning: Why Ghana cannot afford to exclude Fisheries Commission from future decommissioning

When Ghana removed its first oil rig without asking its fish farmers, it paid $200 million for a lesson. The lesson: you cannot restore the sea without those who know the sea. In 2018, Ghana National…