Ghana AIDS Commission on Friday, 1st December 2023, celebrates the 2023 World AIDS Day with Farmers in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region on the theme “LET COMMUNITIES LEAD”. Speaking on the theme ” Let Community Leads” Mrs Olivia Greham, Ghana Aids commission Ashanti Regional Technical Coordinator said the world …
Read More »In honor of the 39th National Farmers Day Celebration, NDC Salutes Farmers and Fishers
The leadership and entire membership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), wishes to congratulate the hard working farmers and fishers of Ghana on the occasion of the celebration of this year’s National Farmers Day, which comes off tomorrow, Friday, 1st December, 2023. Our country owes a great deal of …
Read More »MoFA announces 5-day road closure for Agric Festival and Farmers’ Day celebrations
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has announced roadblocks within the Ministries enclave ahead of the 2023 Farmers’ Day celebrations. The roadblocks which stretches from the Starlet 91 Road to the National Theatre traffic light, begins Monday November 27, 2023 and will end on Friday, December 1. The blocks …
Read More »Cocoa sector is near collpase, farmers do not have any welfare – Association
The Ghana National Association of Cocoa Farmers has demanded better welfare for farmers. The association says several cocoa farmers live in abject poverty. The Public Relations Officer for the Association, Nana Yaa Asantewaa, said their welfare has not been prioritised by the government. She lamented that the producer price of …
Read More »We expected GH¢3,000 instead of GH¢1,380 – Cocoa farmers lament new price by government
Whereas President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement of a new producer price for a bag of cocoa was met with wild jubilations at an event in Tepa on Saturday, some group of farmers have expressed worry over the government’s decision to peg the new price at GH¢1,308. Secretary of the National …
Read More »Watch farmers rejoice as Akufo-Addo announces historic increase in cocoa price GH¢1,308
A spontaneous jubilation greeted the announcement of a new producer price for the 2023/2024 cocoa season by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at Tepa in the Ahafo-Ano Municipality on Saturday. The President had to take a break in his speech for about five minutes as the elated farmers rushed in front of …
Read More »Cocoa farmers demand increase in farm-gate prices to GH¢1,380
Cocoa farmers are demanding a farm-gate price of GH¢1,380 for a 62.5kg bag of cocoa beans, a 72.5 percent increase over the current price of GH¢800. As COCOBOD gets ready to announce new prices for the upcoming 2023/2024 cocoa season in the coming days, a group known as the Ghana …
Read More »US gov’t supports Ghanaian farmers with US$7m
The US government is embarking on a one-year endeavour to provide crucial support to farmers during the lean season in Ghana. Valued at US$7 million, the newly-launched Farmer Support Activity aims to strengthen food security by assisting farmers in carrying out agricultural activities during the lean season in selected districts …
Read More »‘Do farmers use cement to grow crops?’ – Anyidoho mocks Mahama over cement price slip
The former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho, has taken to social media to mock former president John Dramani Mahama for wrongly quoting cement price during a campaign stop in the Northern Region. Anyidoho questioned whether farmers use cement in crop cultivation instead of fertilizer, referring to the slip as …
Read More »I made a mistake buying tractors for farmers – John Mahama
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 …
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