Confusion rocks distribution of subsidized fertilizer in Upper West
Confusion has erupted over the distribution of 20,000 bags of government subsidized NPK fertilizers meant for farmers in the Upper West Region. Agents of Yara Company, suppliers of the fertilizers are alleging that the fertilizers have been supplied to farmers, and...
Agric in Ghana; what’ll work! – Agro Mindset’s perspective
Warm greetings to you Mr. President from Agro Mindset. Just to introduce ourselves to you briefly, Agro Mindset is an agricultural entity working with the vision of becoming leader of robust agribusiness models that produce safe, quality, affordable and consistent...
Let’s protect the Earth – First Lady
First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called on all to protect the earth and the environment to ensure a better world for future inhabitants. Speaking during a courtesy call on her by Miss Earth Ghana 2016 Deborah Eyram Dodor and other Queens from various countries,...
Women are encourage to enter into farming
The Nkwanta south district woman best farmer Madam Cecilia Nteye, has called on Ghanaian women to go into farming to enable them improve their livelihood. Madam Cecilia who won the district woman best farmer award disclosed that as a single parent, she pays her...
Akufo-Addo’s Farmers’ Day Message
The 2016 NPP Presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed his sincere appreciation to our farmers and fisherfolk for their hard work and commitment to the cause of building Mother Ghana over the years. According to him the role of agriculture in transforming...
COCOBOD hits critics over new cocoa price
The Ghana COCOBOD has rejected claims that the increase in producer price of cocoa from 425 cedis to 475 cedis per bag is not good enough. According to COCOBOD, the new price was reached after broader consultation with all stakeholders including the farmers. Speaking...
Cancel Prospecting Of Gold In Cocoa Growing Areas
Alhaji Idris Hassan, Chairman of the Supreme Consultative Council of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has called for the cancellation of all licenses given for the prospection of gold in cocoa growing areas. He said it would be a misplacement of priority for license to...
Cultivating Africa’s Economic Fortunes On The Family Farm
This week I joined more than a dozen of the world’s sharpest minds on African agriculture in an unprecedented effort to devote an entire issue of the influential magazine Foreign Affairs to consider the future of the African farmer in our digital age. I wanted to...