PFAG urges government to act after Burkina Faso tomato traders killings
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has called on the government to take urgent action following the recent killings of Ghanaian tomato traders in...
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VEPEAG pushes local tomato production after Burkina Faso attack
The Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association of Ghana (VEPEAG) has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening local tomato production following a deadly terrorist attack in northern...
Gov’t announces immediate cocoa farmer payments, sets new producer price at GHC41,392 per tonne
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has announced immediate emergency measures to stabilise Ghana’s struggling cocoa sector, including the prompt repayment of arrears owed to...
Syndicated loans alone can’t save cocoa — KNUST economist backs blended financing and depoliticisation
Ghana’s long-standing reliance on syndicated loans to finance cocoa purchases is no longer sufficient to stabilise the sector, an agricultural economist has cautioned, urging a...
Government, WFP partner to empower youth in agricultural fabrication skills
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP), has launched an initiative aimed at empowering young people with skills...
Civil society group petitions Mahama to remove COCOBOD CEO
A Ghanaian civil society group has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to remove Dr. Ransford Annetey Abbey, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board...
COCOBOD debt sparks first-ever cocoa farmers’ demonstration in Ghana
Ranking Member for Food and Agriculture Committee, Isaac Opoku has announced that Cocoa Farmers in Sefwi will engage in demonstration, for the first time in...
Cocoa sector faces liquidity crisis as LICOBAG urges urgent government intervention
The Licensed Cocoa Buyers Association of Ghana (LICOBAG) has called on the government to urgently secure a facility to pay for an estimated 300,000 tonnes...
Boosting local economy: Dry season vegetable farmers seek support from government
Agriculture is the backbone of Ghana’s economy, and local farmers are echoing this sentiment. Dry season vegetable farmers in the North East Region are urging...
Hassan Adam Yarima writes: Cocoa does not lie; exposing the NDC’s false narrative of Ghana’s “economic progress”
Governments can massage statistics, cherry-pick indicators and flood the airwaves with reassuring language. But there is one sector in Ghana that has always told the...