August 05, 2025
Ghana: FDA Suspends Manufacture of Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix
The Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has suspended the manufacture of Tasty Tom Enriched Tomato Mix by Nutrifoods Ghana Limited, with immediate effect. Read more »
Ghana: Govt Increases Cocoa Price - ·Reintroduces Free Fertilizer Policy ·rolls Out Scholarship for Cocoa Farmers' Wards
The government has announced an increment in the cocoa producer price from GH¢49,600 per tonne to GH¢51,660 (US$3,100 to US$5,040) for the 2025/2026 crop season. Read more »
August 06, 2025
Ghana: Trade Minister Inaugurates IMC to Revive Komenda Sugar Factory
In a decisive move by the government to revive the long-dormant Komenda Sugar Factory, the Ministry of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry has inaugurated an Interim Management… Read more »
August 04, 2025
Ghana: Producer Price of Cocoa Jumps From $3,100 to $5,040 Per Tonne - Finance Minister
The Government has announced a significant increase in the producer price of cocoa ahead of the 2025/2026 crop season, which opens on Thursday, August 7, 2025. Read more »
Africa: AU Honours Eric Opoku for Agricultural Transformation
The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Eric Opoku, has been honoured with the Honorary Ambassador of Agenda 2063 by the Office of the Special Envoy to the African Union, in… Read more »
August 01, 2025
Ghana: Mofa Backs Ashaiman Irrigation Farmers With 3,500 Bags Fertiliser
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has presented 3,500 bags of fertiliser to the Ashaiman Irrigation Project Farmers to help improve yields. Read more »
Ghana: Agriculture Minister Decries Shortage of Extension Officer
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr Eric Opoku, has expressed concern over the severe shortage of agricultural extension officers in the country. Read more »
July 16, 2025
Ghana: Safety of Meat Not Guaranteed, Unless Sourced From Certified Facilities - Experts
Ghanaians have been warned against the source and condition of meat they purchase, as contamination along the processing and supply chain remains a major public health concern. Read more »
Ghana: ADB MD Lauds Govt's Feed Ghana Initiative
The Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) PLC, Edward Ato Sarpong, has commended the government for its Feed Ghana initiative, describing it as a… Read more »
July 11, 2025
Ghana: Devastating Effects of Climate Change On Women Farmers in Northern Ghana
It's 2:13 p.m. in Mawodoo, a quiet farming village in the Kpandai District of northern Ghana. Under the dense shade of a mango tree, a group of women sit chatting, braiding hair,… Read more »
July 14, 2025
Ghana: Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Manso Opuni Takes Over As New FDA Boss
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has announced the appointment of Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Manso Opuni as its new Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective Monday, July… Read more »
July 03, 2025
Ghana: Rethinking Rice - How Ghana's AWD Revolution Is Saving Water, Securing the Future of Farming
In Ghana's Weta rice belt in the Volta Region, a quiet revolution is taking root--one that promises to redefine how rice is grown in our water-stressed, warming world. Through a… Read more »
June 30, 2025
West Africa: Ghana Secures FAO Support for Agric Sector
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has held a bilateral meeting with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Dr QU Dongyu, at the FAO… Read more »
June 24, 2025
Ghana: North Dayi District to Utilise Volta River for Farming - DCE
The North Dayi District is poised to utilise the year-round waters of the Volta River and the River Dayi for a significant irrigation initiative, as stated by the North Dayi… Read more »
Ghana: Ghana's International Reserves Will Be Eroded By Sharp Decline in Gold Prices - Fitch Solutions
FITCH Solutions has warned that a sharp decline in global gold prices triggered by a return towards more conventional trade policies in the US and the resolution of major global… Read more »
