The Chief of Party at the United States Department for Agriculture (USDA) Ghana Poultry Project (GPP), Carianne De Boer has called on all players in the agriculture sector to work together in building a strong positive regulatory environment that will step up private investment and access to finance in agriculture. Speaking at the opening of …
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) and SEND GHANA have urged government to set up an Agriculture Sector Investment Fund to help address the resource constraints for achieving food security. Speaking on agriculture sector led-economy recovery at a public forum, Professor Godfred Bokpin, an Economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Ghana …
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has noted that as COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa, women in agriculture are struggling to cope not only with the restrictions to limit the spread of the disease but also with endemic inequalities, which undermine their capacity to respond and recover from the impact of …
Research by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed that by giving women the same access as men to agricultural resources, it could increase production of women’s farms in developing countries by 20 to 30 percent. The contribution of women to agricultural and food production is significant but it is impossible to verify empirically …
To make agriculture attractive to big investors, government must invest heavily in infrastructure that will facilitate farming activities and secure their investments, Director of the Institute of Social, Statistical and Economic Research of the University of Ghana, Professor Peter Quartey has said. His comments come on the back of declining growth in the agriculture sector …
The Chamber of Aquaculture Ghana is calling on government, Stakeholders and development partners in the Aquaculture Industry to provide support aimed at mitigating the challenges faced by the sector. According to Jacob Adzikah, CEO of Chamber of Aquaculture Ghana, the Chamber launched a survey called Industry Needs Assessment Survey, which was made up of 51 …
The Covid-19 pandemic has undoubtedly affected every activity and the sectors across the globe. As it stands now the global confirmed cases of the pandemic is 3,221,029 with 228,252 deaths. Ghana was hit with the pandemic early this year with 1,671 confirmed cases with 16 deaths as of 30th April 2020. To mitigate the spread …
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has started stakeholder engagements towards the 2020 closed fishing season to ensure its successful implementation. The engagements, which started in Accra, attracted leaders of the various fishing groups, representatives of civil society organisations and non-governmental organisations and the media to seek their views on how to ensure the …
Over 40 foreign investors are expected to explore business opportunities in the agriculture sector, Dominic Oduro Antwi, President of the Ghana-India Trade Advisory Chamber, has said. The sector has lacked investment and innovation to modernise it and contribute significantly to the Ghanaian economy. However, the government’s Planting for Food and Jobs policy has revitalised the …
Smallholder farmers have expressed relief as they no longer have to source for expensive and unreliable funding for their farming activities. This was at the launch of the Ghana Warehouse Receipt Financing in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, a collaboration between the ARB Apex Bank, the Ghana Commodity Exchange (GCX), and the International Finance Corporation …