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The Ghana Commodity Exchange on Monday added rice contracts [Ghana rice] to the number of commodities traded on the electronic trading platform following the approval by the Security and Exchange Commission. The move is expected to boost local rice production and consumption as government works to put a moratorium on …

The Ghana Commodity Exchange on Monday added rice contracts [Ghana rice] to the number of commodities traded on the electronic trading platform following the approval by the Security and Exchange Commission. The move is expected to boost local rice production and consumption as government works to put a moratorium on …

Deputy Agric Minister and Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru Constituency, Kennedy Nyarko Osei has said that by the year 2023, government is planning to either ban or drastically reduce the importation of rice into the country by 90%. According to him, under the current government’s Planting for Food and …

Government is to establish a rice processing factory to be sited at Adugyama the district capital of Ahafo Ano South East in the Ashanti Region before the end of the year in order to boost rice production in the area for both local consumption and export. The District Chief Executive …

Members of Asene Ghana Rice Farmers Group have lauded the Agriculture Department in Asene Manso Akroso District for introducing them to modern rice production. Mr Asante Badu, the Chairman of the Group, told the Ghana News Agency at a demonstration farm at Asene in the Eastern Region that the group …