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Some civil servants have expressed their disappointment with prices at the PFJ market. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture began the sale of ‘cheap’ foodstuff to Ghanaians today November 11, 2022. The move, the Ministry noted, is to sell foodstuff directly from the farmers in the rural areas to persons …

Three persons are in the grip of the police for their alleged involvement in the re-bagging and illicit smuggling of government-subsidized fertilisers. They were picked up during a joint Customs, COCOBOD and Police swoop at a warehouse used for the operation at Amanfrom in the Greater Accra Region. Some of …

District Chief Executive (DCE), South Dayi, Ernest Patrick Kodzo Mallet, has disclosed that a total of 5,000 farmers have registered for Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative in the District. He, however, said the figure was far less than the estimated number of 30,000, indicating that most farmers did …

Over 2,600 farmers in the Kwahu West Municipality have benefited from the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme, which enabled them to expand their farms. The farmers benefited from subsidised fertilizers, seeds and planted maize and vegetables. Disclosing this at the Assembly meeting at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region, …

Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has warned fertilizer suppliers of the Planting for Food and Jobs fertilizer to stop smuggling the fertilizer or risk losing license and contracts with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. He said though the PFJ programme had come to ameliorate the …