Agriculture
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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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Loss of cocoa farms shows govt failed to effectively implement rehabilitation project – Minority
Eric Opoku, the National Democratic Congress spokesperson for agriculture and Member of Parliament for Asunafo South, has expressed concern over…
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GHANA AND IVORY COAST MUST COLLABORATE TO FIGHT COCOA DRIVEN DEFORESTATION – HON. BENITO OWUSU-BIO.
Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio, the Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of Lands and Forestry has made a…
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CHARITY AKORTIA CROWNED NATIONAL BEST FARMER – 2023
A 57-year-old woman from the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region has been crowned as the National Best Farmer…
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Certified seed use among farmers increase from 10 to 40% – Deputy Agric Minister
The Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hardi Tufeiru, has indicated that certified seed use by farmers in the country has seen…
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