Mr Robert Kwabena Ayitey, The Managing Director of Ghana’s leading import, distributor and marketer of quality fertilisers and inputs, BH-FERTAGRO Limited, has partnered with musician Edem’s Goget’em Foundation to provide over GHC 100,000 worth of relief items to the people of Mepe, Bator, Sogakope and it’s environs. The gesture which is a part of the…
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Ghana, has called for investments in seeds production to increase usage for small holder farmers. Madam Juliette Lampoh-Agroh, Ghana’s Country Manager for AGRA, said, though small holder farmers now have access to improved seeds and use them, only 30 per cent of their population use these seeds.…
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has introduced a new irrigation farming method to maximise water use and improve rice yield. Referred to as the ultimate wetting and drying method, the technique was introduced to rice farmers at the Tono irrigation scheme in the Upper East Region as part of…
The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) has trained seed producers on the effective hybrid maize and soybean seed production techniques and certification guidelines. The two-day training, held at Nyankpala in the Northern Region, formed part of USAID Ghana Inclusive Agricultural Transformation Programme (GIAT) supported by USAID Ghana…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) launched the 37th edition of the National Farmers’ Day at a short ceremony at the Forecourt of Ministry of Food and Agriculture Head Office, Accra. on Wednesday 29th September 2021. This year’s celebrations is slated for the 29th of November to the 3rd of…