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Government has received $18.8m from African Development Bank to produce rice and make Ghana Rice Self-Sufficiency by 2028 with a national target of 3.31 million metric tonnes of paddy production.
Government to rehabilitate 22 irrigation schemes in Volta by 2027 to enhance food production.
The Government has announced plans to rehabilitate all 22 existing irrigation facilities in the Volta Region by the end of 2027 as part of efforts to transition Ghana from rain-fed agr
The #youth today are problem identifiers but problem solvers. The Minister of Food and Agriculture, @EricOpokuMP has commended the stakeholders for transforming the agric sector through funding.
#GAFET has donated 3.5m cedis as seed funding to finance agric education.
On 12th August, the Tree Crop Development Authority will be hosting the maiden edition of the National Oil Palm Forum.
This Forum will be with theme:
"From Policy to Practice, the role of TCDA in resetting Ghana's oil palm industry."
This morning, the EEZZY Group Foundation is donating a Nissan Pickup vehicle to contribute to the National Farmers' Day Celebration.
This donation will go a long way to improve farmers lives and encourages them to produce more food for the nation. – at Accra, Ghana
Patronising locally agro-processing foods is a catalyst to create employment and improve the economy.
It is important to buy what we produce to avert our import bill that stands at $3billion every year.
Strengthening Peasant Farmers Capacity with inputs is very critical to achieving food security.
40,000 bags and drones are been delivered to the farmers
Thanks to @ @HonEricOpokuMp for making this possible
This is happening live at the forecourt of the @MinistryofFoodandAgricGH
A frustrated videos showing the aftermath of a devastating attack on an elderly cocoa farmer’s plantation in Wassa Akropong, in the Western Region.
According to the victim’s son, the incident appears to be a forceful takeover of his father’s land by suspected illegal mining
The Agric Minister signed a viable PPP deal aimed at reducing Ghana’s import dependency and import bill on vegetables to increase domestic tomato production to an annual target of 600,000 tons.
This is to create widespread of employment the long-term viability of Ghana's vegi
It is interesting to experience how these crops are harvested.
Our farmers are doing wonderfully well to produce food for us.
500 million oil palm financing facility is intended to catalyse private sector investment and transform Ghana’s oil palm industry – DBG.
This would help to create more jobs in the agric sector.
Final-year student killed by bees on school campus.
A 21-year-old final-year student at the A.M.E Zion Senior High School in the Central Region has died after being attacked by bees on the school premises.
Read more:
agrictoday.com.gh/final-year…
Ghana egg traders attacked, robbed of items valued GH10m at Burkina – Dormaahene cries
It is very sad to see this happening within the sub region.
Earlier today, @johndumelo had a productive meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus and the also Dpty Min. of Agric and Food having a discussions on Modernizing and expanding our local poultry industry, agric mechanization.
🇬🇭 is working again
Earlier today, Hon. Eric Opoku MP participated in the global policy dialogue in Rome focused on job creation in Africa through the Mattei Plan, a forum, which is a collaboration with the World Bank Group and Banca d’Italia, aimed to enhance core infrastructure and the business.
#IDey4 has done it again @johndumelo distributing made-in-Ghana Cocoa drink to pupil from class 2 to class 4 at his constituency.
This is to promote our local industries and cocoa farmers
Kudos big bro
Prof. Roger Kanton, Agricultural Research Scientist has warned that current food prices are too low to support farmers’ livelihoods despite increasing production.
In your opinion what should be done??
Read more:
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agrictoday.com.gh/food-price…
Unlocking Africa’s agricultural potentials: @AfCFTA member states and stakeholders endorse agri-food trade action plan.
(AfCFTA) Secretariat concluded two days of Joint Agriculture validating a comprehensive Agri-Food Trade Action Plan
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agrictoday.com.gh/unlocking-…
Food Security is critical and it's of good note that the President of the Republic of Ghana 🇬🇭 @JDMahama has said this year his government will work assiduously to make Ghana food independent.
Let's us all contribute to this course.
