Ghana: Cocobod Gh¢217 Million Financial Loss Case - Dr Opuni Files Motion to Stay Proceedings

Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, the former Chief Executive of Ghana COCOBOD, who is standing trial for allegedly causing financial loss of GH¢217 million in a fertiliser deal, has… Read more »

Ghana: Moves to Monitor Fishing in Gulf of Guinea

The Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), an inter-governmental organisation, which focuses on the fisheries sector, has set up a Regional Monitoring,… Read more »

Ghana: Let's Process Cocoa Into Finished Products for AfCFTA - - MD, PBC

Players in the cocoa production and processing value-chain in the country have called for immediate and rigorous measures to be placed to ensure improvement of the commodity into… Read more »

Ghana: Artisanal Cocoa Processors Demand Support to Expand

Artisanal cocoa processors in the country have called on the government to provide them with the necessary support to expand their businesses and enable them to fully participate… Read more »

Ghana: Hollard Life Launches Micro-Insurance Product in Partnership With Cassava Fintech and Vodafone Cash

Hollard Life Assurance has partnered with pan-African fintech company, Cassava Fintech and Vodafone to launch a micro-insurance product providing funeral and disability cover to… Read more »

Ghana: CGAL to Invest 50 Million Pounds in Organic Farming in Ghana

CONTEC GLOBAL Agro Limited, (CGAL) a United Kingdom, (UK) based organic farming and Biotechnology Company is set to invest $50 million in organic farming in Ghana. Read more »

Ghana: Dead Fishes Washed Ashore - Fisheries Ministry Coordinates Into Incident

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development is coordinating an inter-agency investigation into the reported incidents of dead fishes of various species, washed ashore… Read more »

Ghana: Women in Agric to Be Recognised for Contributions to Sector

Efforts to recognise the contributions of women to agriculture has received a boost with the launch of the Women in Food and Agricultural Leadership Training Forum and the Gold in… Read more »

Ghana: Let's Consume Cocoa Products to Boost Ghana Beyond Aid - Kwame Gyasi

The Central Regional Director of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Mr Kwame Gyasi, has urged tourism facilities and institutions to make the consumption of chocolate and cocoa… Read more »

Ghana: Restore Our Licenses By End of Month - Fruit Exporters Tell GPHA

Members of the Sea-Freight Pineapple Exporters of Ghana (SPEG) are demanding an immediate renewal of their licenses to enable them to export their produce to the international… Read more »

Ghana: Third LiPF Launched in Accra

The third Livestock, Poultry, Fisheries (LiPF) Training Tradeshow has been launched with a call on the youth to take to agriculture to create their own jobs. Read more »

Ghana: LBSs to Start Paying Cocoa Farmers Today--Dr Owusu Afriyie

Cocoa farmers across the country who have not been paid by their Local Buying Companies (LBCs) for their cocoa beans are expected to from today Monday start getting paid. Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's Fish Landing Sites Under Threat - Fon

About half of Ghana's fish landing sites across the coast are under threat, Friends of the Nation (FoN), a non-governmental organisation has said. Read more »

Ghana: 'Pesticides Use By Cocoa Farmers Must Be Less Harmful'

Conservation Alliance (CA) has called on stakeholders in the cocoa sector to ensure that pesticides used by cocoa farmers are less harmful to crops and human. Read more »

Ghana: Pres Launches Cocoa Farmers Pension Scheme

A cocoa farmers pension scheme for farmers was yesterday launched here by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Read more »

Ghana: UNDP, Vodafone Ghana Foundation Train 61 Rural Women in Agribusiness

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Vodafone Ghana Foundation has organised a two-day trainer of trainees' digital technology empowerment… Read more »

Ghana: Mobile Phone App to Support Fight Against Illegal Fishing Launched

A new mobile phone application (App) that seeks to support the fight against illegal fishing activities in the country, has been launched in Cape Coast, in the Central Region Read more »

Ghana: Wilmar Africa Supports Local Rice Industry - Unveils Two Local Rice Brands

Wilmar Africa Limited, on Monday launched two new brands of local rice in Ghana with the aim of supporting local rice farmers in the country. Read more »

Ghana: TIAST Group to Boost Incomes of Farmers

Farmers and players along the agricultural value chain in Tamale, in the Northern region are set to boost their incomes and livelihoods, thanks to the latest agricultural… Read more »

Ghana: Certificate Covering Cocobod Contract for Fertilizer Invalid - Witness

A witness has told the Accra High court that the certificate covering the contract signed between Ghana COCOBOD and Agricult Ghana Limited in 2015, for the supply of lithovit… Read more »

Ghana: Burkina Faso's Thriving Cotton Industry - Any Lessons for Ghana's Ailing One?

On March 2011, the late Professor Evans Fiifi Atta-Mills launched a programme of action to revive the ailing cotton industry in the country. Dubbed: "The White Gold" campaign, the… Read more »

Ghana: Technology for All-Year-Round Cocoa Production Unveiled

A new technology designed to supply continuous water to cocoa farmers for all-year-round production has been introduced by Mondelez International, implementer of Cocoa Life… Read more »

Ghana: EU-Funded Agric Project Launched

An European Union (EU)-funded agricultural project, Research for Development and Innovation Agriculture and Learning (ReDIAL), aimed at contributing to the transformation and… Read more »

Ghana: Akuapem Gold Grows Avocado for Oil, Export

Akuapem Gold Avocado Cultivation and Processing Limited is nursing 1.5 million avocado seedlings for its nucleus and out-growers' farms to process fruit for oil and also export the… Read more »

Ghana: Field Guide to the Fish Species of the Volta Lake, Ghana & a Catalogue of Small Scale Fishing Gear of the Volta Lake , Ghana

The Volta Lake is the largest man-made lake in Africa with a surface area of 87,700 m2. It is one of Ghana's major sources of protein and livelihood for about 300,000 fisher folks… Read more »