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GDCL Participates in green Ghana day….As CEO plants first tree 

747  The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Digital Centres Limited, Honourable Kwadwo Baah Agyemang led management and staff of GDCL to plant trees at the Accra Digital Centre, as part of activities to commemorate the Green Ghana Day. The Green Ghana Day was introduced in 2021, as part of an aggressive national afforestation/reforestation programme […]

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A/R:News  Editors Receive Training On Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Organisms

758  News Editors and Senior Journalists in the Ashanti Region have been schooled  on Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The training was to enable them to contribute significantly to demystify the misconception and mystery surrounding the adoption of the intervention. The training, organized by the Open Forum on Agriculture Biotechnology (OFAB) Ghana, in collaboration […]

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Offinso Forest District poised to  plant 500 thousand seedlings under green Ghana program this year

674  Management of the Offinso Forest District has initiated moves to ensure that a projected 500 thousand seedlings earmarked for planting within the district as part of the greening Ghana for this year is achieved. Aside this target, the district has also put in measures to plant about 600 hectares of trees under the modified […]

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Fertilizer shortage may lead to famine-Former national best farmer cautions 

669 The Pressure mounted on government to settle the debts of Fertilizer Suppliers keep growing as stakeholders are demanding the government as The recent Major Stakeholder to have added his voice to the call is a Former National Best Farmer in 2014, Mr. George Asamoah -Amankwaa is urging the government to make provision of fertilizers […]

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Peasant Farmers Threaten To Quit Planting For Food ,Jobs Program As Fertilizer Suppliers Remain Unpaid

718 Peasant Farmers under government’s flagship programme, “Planting for Food and Jobs” have expressed worry over how their farming businesses are gradually dying off following lack of fertilizers for their farming activities. According to farmers, their suppliers are not able to supply them with the fertilizers again because they said government is feeling reluctant to […]

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Eating Foreign Rice May Increase Your Blood Sugar-Western D33dew CEO

747  Western D33DEW Group CEO,Mr. Kwabena Amofa has cautioned Ghanaians to adopt to the use of eating Ghana made rice. According to him,the local rice contains fiber and that regulates one’s blood sugar level and limits the tendency of getting diabetes, pressure , amongst other diseases. He revealed that rice from foreign countries has limited […]

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Cocoa Splitting Machine Inventor Calls On Government For Support

738  Ebo Ghunney, a graduate from National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) who earlier, this year manufactured cocoa splitting machine has upgraded his technology and is calling on the government of Ghana to help him to produce more of his product for the benefit of Cocoa farmers . The new machine, Noghusam Obaatampa-A21 fully operates automatically […]