Tag Archives: FARMS

About 70 percent of poultry farms in the country are on the verge of collapsing as poultry feed increases astronomically, president of the Ghana National Association of Poultry Farmers (GNAPF), Victor Oppong Adjei, has said. Two years ago wheat bran used to sell at GH¢15 for a 25kg bag, but …

Uncompetitive cocoa prices on the international market is forcing cocoa farmers in gold-producing areas to sell farmlands for illegal mining activities, the Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) has said. The situation is rather disturbing, given cocoa has been the main cash crop that has been the backbone of the economy. …

The Chiefs and the people of Mankrong, a farming community at Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region are protesting the destruction of a total of 40 acres of crops in the community by armed men wearing “the Eye” T- shirts who alleged to be working with an influential traditional leader …

From picking inspiration from his own father, 23-year-old Perry Appoh is currently seeing himself through university education from farming. The Geography student of the University of Ghana who hails from Ziave in the Volta Region, says he acquired the skill and love for farming from the age of 15 when …

Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) will soon begin the process of handing over the management of rehabilitated cocoa farms to their farm owners. This comes after a successful two-year-long rehabilitation of hundreds of acres of Cocoa Swollen Shoot Viral Disease (CSSVD) infected farms, under the COCOBOD, and Government funded Cocoa Rehabilitation …