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BANNING ACTIVITIES IS OUT OF TRADITION AND IMPERATIVE, ESPECIALLY FARMING

  Members of the AOWIN traditional council have been notified that certain individuals, whose identities are unknown to the council have restricted major activities in AOWIN, including FARMING, which was started on February 24th and will end on April 14tbecauseunds that a queen mother has passed on. We, the AOWIN …

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Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

  South Africa’s agriculture remains an important sector of the economy and holds great potential to reduce poverty . It’s also central to the political economy of the country, as evident in the governing African National Congress’s (ANC) recent policy documents . This is not a misplaced view. There is …

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Farming is expensive, the youth are not lazy – Bridget Otoo

Social media has re-introduced the conversation about the rapid rise in youth unemployment. In the view of a cross-section of social media users, youth unemployment has been worsened by the current economic crisis. Some netizens believe laziness is the reason for youth unemployment. In contrast, others say there is a …

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Poultry farming on the verge of collapse over feeding cost – Poultry Farmers

The National Chairman of Poultry Farmers Association of Ghana has indicated that the poultry industry is heading for collapse if they do not increase prices of eggs by 30 percent. Speaking to Starr News, the President of Poultry Farmers Association, Victor Oppong Agyei disclosed that poultry farmers are no longer going …

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8-year-old boy delves into farming to fund his education

Master Kwesi Afram Twum, an eight-year-old class four pupil of CKC Preparatory School at Mpraeso in the Kwahu East Municipality has cultivated a half-acre of maize, cocoyam, cassava, groundnuts and pawpaw. His overriding motive for going into crop farming is to help him fund his education in fulfilment of his …

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Over 100 cattle shot dead at two farming communities in Kintampo South

More than 100 cattle and calves worth about GHC 500,000 belonging to different individuals have been shot and killed by unknown persons between two farming communities namely Komendaa and Hindu in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region. The animals are kept at their local ranch located between …

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2m Ghanaians’ll go hungry if COVID-19 disrupts 2020 farming season – AGRA

The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has stated that two million Ghanaians will be vulnerable and become food-insecure if the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts this year’s planting season. In a report published on the COVID-19 pandemic on 15 May 2020, AGRA noted that Ghana’s restrictions on public gathering are …

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