Agriculture
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Cocoa sector records unprecedented production in 2021/2022 crop season – Joseph Aidoo
Ghana recorded a historic production of 1,045,000 tonnes of cocoa in the 2021/2022 crop season, Mr Joseph Boahin Aidoo, the…
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Cocoa farmers file complaint over prices and child labour
Cocoa growers in Ghana filed a complaint with state regulator Cocobod on Thursday listing key environmental and social issues, including…
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Government increases producer price of cocoa by 45% for 2024/25 crop season
Government has announced a 45 percent increase in the producer price of cocoa for the 2024/2025 crop season. By this,…
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Peasant farmers join calls for illegal mining to be banned
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has warned that illegal mining, commonly referred to as galamsey, could have long-lasting,…
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Akufo-Addo launches ‘Aquaculture For Food And Jobs Programme’
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has unveiled the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs Programme. The unveiling event was held on…
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Ghana releases first GMO crop for commercial cultivation
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute has released the pod borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea, the first genetically…
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Ghana’s underlying fish depletion problem is overfishing – Researcher
Mr. Jens Otto Krakstad, a Senior Researcher with the Institute of Marine Research in Norway and Cruise Leader for the…
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Cocoa farmers dissatisfied with 58.26% price increase
Cocoa farmers across Ghana are expressing frustration in response to the recent announcement of new farmgate prices for cocoa beans.…
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Cocoa prices forecast to range between $4,882 and $4,922 per tonne – BoG
Cocoa prices are forecast to range between $4,882 and $4,922 per tonne in March 2024. According to the Bank of…
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Ghana to expand cocoa rehabilitation with $200m World Bank loan
Ghana’s Cocobod will use part of a $200 million World Bank loan to rehabilitate plantations destroyed by the cocoa swollen…
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