Tag Archives: RICE

Award-winning Gospel musician Piesie Esther has revealed that, apart from doing music, she is also into the sale of drinks and rice in support of her husband to keep the family going The “Wa Ye Me Yie” hitmaker also noted that the drinks she sells are all non-alcoholic beverages. “Now …

To many, he was a modern-day Sampson, a figure whose story blended bravery and notoriety. A champion for the downtrodden and a symbol of citizen vigilance in Kumasi, specifically in the neighbourhood of Buokrom. He was born Yaw Aboagye, but he became known by a multitude of nicknames such as …

Some restaurant owners in the Ashanti Region are entreating customers to make provision to buy soup and stew for their fufu and rice due to the rising cost of food stuff. The business owners say ingredients such as oil, meat and vegetables, are taking a toll on their operations. They …

The rising cost of fertiliser on the global market will negatively affect availability of rice and other staple foods in 2023 if the crisis between Russia and Ukraine continues into next year, a Chief Economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Maximo Torero Cullen, has predicted. Mr. …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is urging Ghanaians to ignore videos making rounds on social media about the existence of plastic rice on the Ghanaian market. The Authority explained that the same claims were made in 2017, for which samples were subjected to laboratory tests. “Results from the analyses …

A 32-year-old homeless man is struggling to get medical care after his street friend poured hot water on him for allegedly eating his food. Francis Agyei, who denied eating his friend’s food, sustained severe burns to his mid-section and has since been admitted at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. But …

Government has extended the temporary ban on the exportation of maize, rice, soybeans and other grains to September 20, 2022. This announcement was contained in a press release sighted by GhanaWeb on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. “The Ministry of Trade and Industry in its letter ref. no. DB6/118/03B dated 13th April 2022, …

In a bid to ascertain firsthand information and improve on the reported shortage of rice in the local market in Liberia, President George Weah has toured various warehouses at the Freeport of Monrovia with a vow to take punitive measures against unscrupulous business owners and others creating an artificial shortage …

Fire outbreak has caused extensive destruction to 200 hectares of rice farm at Agege, a farming community in the Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East Region. Mr. Tikuni Alhassan, the Assemblyman for Tahiru Akura Electoral, and the farm’s owner told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) personnel of the fire …

  Traders in the Kassena-Nankana area who buy and sell paddy rice in commercial quantities have resorted to filling stations to dry and store the commodity due to the lack of facilities. With the rice harvest season at its peak, these traders in the area are faced with the seasonal …