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636 Anlo Tsiame, nestled in the heart of the Volta Region, a captivating culinary innovation has emerged. Pink gari is made from purple potatoes. This stunning fusion of traditional African cuisine and modern culinary creativity has been capturing the hearts and taste buds of locals and visitors alike This innovation was first discovered on @seyramOfficial […]
586 In an attempt to address the financial and business obstacles in farming in the Wuxor, Have, Sremanu Electoral Area, Mr. Japhet Festus Gbede have launched Farmers Association to boost commercial farming in the Electoral Area hence Akatsi South Constituency. The new group, known as Wuxor, Have, Sremanu Farmers Association seeks to conduct various […]
398 Over 100 trucks loaded with onions are locked up at the border town between Benin and Niger following the border closure. Each truck is transporting at least three hundred bags of onions at the cost of Ghs1,500 each. An estimated GHs45 million worth of onions remains locked up at the border, with a large […]
1,240 A licensed cocoa buying company, Federation Commodities Limited (FEDCO), has announced the payment of GH¢16 million in cocoa premium earnings to cocoa farmers across the country for the 2022/2023 cocoa season. Up to 27,000 farmers trading with FEDCO across the country qualify to receive the premiums earnings. The company will pay GH¢50 on each […]
429 The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) is collaborating with the National Service Scheme this year to boost the production of food and other agricultural products in the country. According to the Minister for Food and Agriculture (MOFA), Mr Brian Acheampong, the move would see MOFA providing technical support to the NSS farms to […]
408 The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, had encouraged state institutions to learn from the investment the National Service Scheme (NSS) is undertaking in large-scale commercial farming. He said there were enormous benefits to be derived from such investments. The minister made the call when he toured the 20,000-acre Sekyere Kumawu Economic Enclave […]
461 Minister of Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong has promised the poultry farmers of an improved mechanism to cut down on poultry product imports into Ghana. Speaking in an interview on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’ show, the Minister revealed there are 3.5 million farmers in the country and the fraction of this number into poultry farming is underproducing. […]
1,655 The 2022 Auditor General’s report has uncovered that more than GH¢1.8 million of the funds released to compensate poultry farmers affected by the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) disease could not be accounted for. The amount represented 90.41 per cent of the GH¢1.9 million released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) […]
510 President of the Peasant Farmers Association, Dr. Charles Nyaaba, says it would prove disastrous for the one village one dam policy to be abandoned. According to him, with the country already experiencing food insecurity and high food inflation, it will be most beneficial for the government to invest in building resilient and sustainable irrigations […]
562 Benito Owusu Bio, Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources and MP for Atwima Nwabiagya North Constituency in the Ashanti Region has said,the Cocoa/Forest REDD+ ‘Sika no aba’ is a wonderful feat achieved by Ghana, being the second African country after Mozambique to receive REDD+ results- based payments from the Carbon Fund of the […]