Agriculture
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GREL’s factory on verge of shutdown over illegal mining activities
Ghana Rubber Estates Limited (GREL) faces one of its factories’ potential shutdown due to severe encroachment on its plantation by…
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Ghana wants more for its cashews, but it’s a tough nut to crack
I’m trying to establish how the rather flimsy 30g bag of roasted cashew nuts she’s selling, beside a sweltering highway…
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Bushfire sets another yam barn ablaze, farmers appeal for help
A destructive bushfire has razed down another yam barn at KpareKpare, a farming community in the Krachi East Municipality of…
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COCOBOD choking with debt, set to pay GH₵5.37 billion in 2025 – Agriculture Minister
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has revealed that the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is struggling under a…
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‘The living God whom I serve has cursed all my enemies and persecutors’ – Former COCOBOD CEO
After seven years of being subjected to criminal prosecution, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD),…
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COCOBOD Case: State withdraws charges against Opuni, Agongo after 7 years
The State has dropped all charges against former Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and…
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President Mahama appoints Dr Randy Abbey as COCOBOD CEO
President John Mahama has appointed Dr. Randy Abbey as the acting Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board. In a…
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Bono COCOBOD seizes trucks loaded with bags of cocoa, lumber
The Bono Regional Office of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) seized three heavy-duty trucks loaded with bags of cocoa and…
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Farmer loses thousands of yams to fire
A raging fire has swept through a yam barn at KpareKpare, a farming community in the Krachi East Municipality, leaving…
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World Bank to commit $30 million to Ghana’s irrigation systems
The World Bank has pledged to fund the $30 million gap in the implementation of the Food Systems Resilience Programme…
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