GM Foods, Crops, Bio Fuels, Pesticides
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Ghana must leverage organic farming for food sovereignty, not GMOs – Ecoland International
President of Ecoland International, Rudolf Bühler, has called on Ghana to prioritize organic agriculture to achieve food sovereignty and reduce…
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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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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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PFJ II: Ghana should be food self-sufficient within 5 years – Bryan Acheampong
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong says the second phase of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ)…
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Akufo-Addo launches phase II of Planting For Food And Jobs programme
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Monday, 28th August 2023, launched Phase Two of Government’s flagship programme on agriculture, “Planting…
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The GMO Debate: Organic Versus Conventional Agriculture in Africa
WHAT THE NUMBERS TELL US It is estimated that agriculture accounts for 80 percent of global deforestation. Out of thousands…
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MOVE FROM TALK TO ACTION ON CLIMATE ISSUES – LANDS MINISTER TO COUNTRIES
The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Hon. Samuel A. Jinapor, has called on countries across the globe, to move from…
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Cocoa planting is destroying protected forests in west Africa, study finds
The world’s hunger for chocolate is a major cause of the destruction of protected forests in west Africa, scientists have said.…
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Akufo-Addo collapsing Ghana’s cocoa sector – Mahama
Aspiring National Dem ocratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama says the country’s cocoa sector is on the verge…
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