| Roundtable on Ghana's Cocoa Industry held |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 17:15 |
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Government says a critical issue that needs to be considered in the cocoa supply chain is sustainable improvement in farmer incentive structure. This farmer incentive structure hinges on farmer income, cocoa quality, market price, productivity among others.
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| No locally grown rice in Koforidua |
| Friday, 12 March 2010 15:15 |
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Koforidua, March 11, GNA - Despite the efforts being made to encourage Ghanaians to consume locally produced rice it is not easy to find one at the Koforidua market.
Out of over 20 shops surveyed by the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in the central part of the New Juaben Municipality, only one shop located in an obscure corner behind the South Akim Rural Bank was the place, which deals in locally produced rice.
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| Cocoa production should favour farmers |
| Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:30 |
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Accra, March 10, GNA - The Africa Cocoa Coalition, a group of Non- Governmental Organizations promoting quality cocoa production in Africa, on Wednesday urged governments and stakeholders in the cocoa business to ensure cocoa farmers benefited from their labour.
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| Effutu Assembly acquires land for Youth in Agriculture Programme |
| Wednesday, 10 March 2010 09:45 |
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Winneba (C/R), March 8, GNA - The Effutu Municipal Assembly in conjunction with the International Labour Organisation, has acquired 250 acres of land in the area for the implementation of Government's Youth in Agriculture Programme.
Fifty acres of the land, located at Ateitu, Gyahadze, Nsuekyir, New Winneba and Atekyedo have been ploughed for the cultivation of maize, cassava and vegetables.
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| Thailand taps IITAs expertise as cassava mealybug invades Asia |
| Saturday, 06 March 2010 02:00 |
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The Thai Department of Agriculture at Chatuchak, Bangkok, has contacted the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for help in the biological control of the cassava mealybug, Phenacoccus manihoti, which had recently invaded Thailand and probably also Laos and Cambodia.
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| GHANAIAN FARMERS INALIENABLE RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK |
| Friday, 05 March 2010 08:15 |
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Ghana has a long way to go in uprooting nepotism and exploitation in the society. How many times more will politicians prove to Ghanaians that power and money is all you need to be counted in the society? What people forget generally in life is power or show of power can only burn a man or light him up.
It
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| New project to identify best approaches to improve agriculture |
| Tuesday, 02 March 2010 17:15 |
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Accra, March 2, GNA - The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has launched a new project dubbed "Global Futures for Agriculture" to improve agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability in developing countries.
The project, which will be focusing on evaluating promising technologies, investments, and policy reforms, is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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| Farmers urged to use modern farming practices |
| Monday, 01 March 2010 17:00 |
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The Akuapem North District Assembly (ANDA) of the Eastern Region, in collaboration with SIDALCO, a liquid fertiliser manufacturing company, has organised a day's workshop for farmers within Amanfrom, a farming community in the district, with a call on them to embrace themselves with modern technology of farming.
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| Cocoa Sector Development Strategy under review |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 15:45 |
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A national discourse to map out new strategies and to review previous interventions to develop the country's cocoa sector has began with a call on participants to make strategic inputs into the sector's development.
The review of the Cocoa Sector Development Strategy (I), approved by government in April 1999 would occupy the attention of professionals drawn from academia, the business community, the cocoa industry, labour and farmers' organisations who have convened at GIMPA in Accra to make inputs into the new document.
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| Ghanaian cocoa farmers to benefit from becoming UTZ CERTIFIED |
| Friday, 26 February 2010 11:30 |
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Ghana will be the first country in the world to have a National Guidance Document for the UTZ CERTIFIED cocoa standard. A special workshop held in Accra earlier this week brought together key stakeholders in the Ghanaian cocoa sector to develop the guidance, and to discuss the opportunities created for the cocoa sector by this exciting new sustainability initiative.
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| Cadbury transfers 500,000 pounds to farmers |
| Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:45 |
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Accra, Feb. 24, GNA - Cadbury Dairy Milk has transferred over 500,000 pounds in premium to cocoa farmers in the country as a result of the company's purchase of Fairtrade cocoa.
Mr. James Boateng, Managing Director of Cadbury Ghana, who announced this, said the premiums will go directly into projects that farmers had determined, including building wells and mobile health clinics and funding for carbon reduction schemes.
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| CSIR/FRI launches two-year post-harvest project |
| Wednesday, 24 February 2010 17:30 |
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Accra, Feb. 23, GNA - The Food Research Institute (FRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Tuesday launched a two-year project in Accra.
It is aimed at improving post-harvest quality and packaging of rice, sorghum, millet and cassava to enhance their marketability in West Africa.
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| Agriculturist blames woes in the agricultural sector on inconsistent policies |
| Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:00 |
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Agriculturist blames woes in the agricultural sector on inconsistent policies
February 23, 2010
Nyanpkala (N/R), Feb. 23, GNA - The Acting Northern Regional Director of Agriculture, Mr. Steven Yakubu, has observed that the failings of the country's agricultural sector are due to inconsistencies and varied foci of government policies.
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| Researchers should aid farmers to increase food production |
| Wednesday, 24 February 2010 02:00 |
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Researchers should aid farmers to increase food production
February 23, 2010
Bibiani (W/R) Feb 23, GNA - Research and agricultural extension officers have been challenged to come out with innovation that would aid farmers to increase food production.
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| Researchers urged to help increase food production |
| Tuesday, 23 February 2010 11:30 |
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Researchers and Agricultural Extension Officers have been urged to initiate innovative strategies which would be diffused to address the challenges of food production in the country.
They have been asked to collaborate effectively with District Agricultural development Units to implement priority interventions that will help increase the crop yield and the general output of farmers.
Mr
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