Agricultural Issues
African Agriculture Research Receives Major Boost
A new project has emerged on how to apply research to increase the yield of four crops, cassava, maize, wheat and rice to 20% to double the income of farmers in 20 African countries. [more]
Eating to live: Debate on Growing GM Crops Rife in Ghana
The first-ever genetically modified (GM) crop to be planted in Ghana is the Nitrogen Use Efficient (NUE) rice. The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is presently conducting the field trails in the Ashanti region. Other crops like sweet potato, cotton and cowpea have also been approved to undergo confined field trials. [more]
MOFA in a 20-million-dollar Farm Project
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), in collaboration with the UK Department for International Development (DFID), is developing a 35,000-hectare irrigated farm project at Babator in the Bole-Bamboi District of the Northern Region. [more]
Is Ghana Ready for Genetically Modified Crops Production
Many farmers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), journalists and indeed, the general public are skeptical about the introduction of genetically modified crops (GMO) or DNA into agricultural productivity in Ghana. Some people hold the view that the introduction of GM crops would be to the disadvantage of smallholder farmers as it might throw them out of business, and increase poverty in the country. [more]
FAO Calls on Ghana to Fix Food Distribution System
Food and Agricultural Organization(FAO) is asking Ghana to fix challenges of the country's food distribution system since the nation loses huge chunk of food it produces. [more]
Gender Issues
Eliminating Poverty and Hunger By Empowering Women
Food security and hunger eradication are international priorities because of their indisputable positive impact on development goals, local and regional economies, and social stability. Yet despite global attention, nearly 870 million people around the world still do not know where their next meal is coming from. [more]
Articles from Daily Graphic
Foodstuffs rot in Sene as Farmers Watch Helplessly
Due to poor roads leading to the Sene East and West districts in the Brong Ahafo region, several tones of farm produce have been locked up and beginning to rot. In spite of being a major producer of maize, yam, rice, groundnut and livestock, the two districts do not have tarred roads. Heavy rains in the past weeks have left feeder roads in the districts in a deplorable state.
The few middle men who are able to access the 46 kilometer road from Atebubu-Amantin district to Kejeji, the capital of Sene East, buy produce at very cheap prices. The situation has affected farmers in the districts, some of whom are unable to pay back loans they collected from local banks.
The National Buffer Stock Company also says it is unable to buy produce from farmers. The director of operations, stated last week that the company had not been able to purchase maize from the Northern region, where similar cases have been reported, because it did not have facilities to store them.
Daily Graphic, Monday, August 5, 2013. No. 19220, page 80.
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