Agriculture

Opanin Agyemang is a farmer from the Ashanti Region whose arm has been amputated but despite that, he owns three and a half acres of cocoa farm. The farmer had his left hand amputated during his youthful years as a result of an accident he was engaged in. According to …

Former President John Mahama says he made a mistake buying tractors for farmers when he was in office. “I realised some of the things that we did, we made mistakes, we imported tractors and agricultural equipment, and we gave it to farmers,” Mahama said at a Munich Security Conference. Adding …

Nana Agyenim Boateng has resigned as the Managing Director of the Cocoa Processing Company Limited (CPC). His resignation will take effect from March 21, 2023, the company said in a circular to investors. “The board has put in place wide-ranging measures to ensure the seamless operations of CPC until a substantive replacement …

Rice farmers in Nkawie and its environs have lauded the Crop Research Institute (CRI) –Enapa rice, a new rice variety for its tolerance to the dangerous Rice Yellow Mottle Virus (RYMV). RYMV infects rice plants through wounds and rice feeding vectors, thus affecting rice pro­duction in rice growing countries. According …

The SNV Ghana through the European Union-funded, Boosting Green Employment and Enterprise Opportunities in Ghana (GrEEn) Project has trained and certified 114 entrepreneurs in the agriculture value chain.   The beneficiaries selected from the Ashanti and Western Regions of Ghana were trained and certified by the Kwadaso Agricultural College.   …

Bryan Acheampong is the Member of Parliament for the Abetifi Constituency. He is the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Foreign Affairs; a Member of the Defence and Interior Committee, the Appointments Committee, and the Selection Committee. He is a former Minister of State at the Ministry of the Interior and …

Of all the stories many Ghanaians know of the man who first brought cocoa seedlings to Ghana, the narratives that they came from Fernando Po (now Equatorial Guinea) and that Tetteh Quarshie was only able to smuggle the seeds by swallowing them have been the most predominant. Well, while only …

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has defaulted on payments of its matured 182-day bill for the first time, rolling over outstanding securities of GH¢940.4million, albeit without investors’ consent. The development led to confusion and concern for investors expecting payments to be made on these securities. According to market information, the outstanding …

As part of efforts to make Ghana an exporter of rice, the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has appealed to investors in Thailand to come and invest in Ghana’s rice sector. He said Ghana has huge potential for rice production which is evident in its favourable …

A Ghanaian news writer and a university student offering electricals and electronics who is well know in the blogging work as Ernesteast has advice young ones to start up a small business no matter their condition and time, whether they are students or not. Ernesteast inform the public on how …