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Agricultural Issues Ghana Agriculture Census Starts The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is supporting Ghana through the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to implement an agricultural census in 2016, Mr Kofi Humado, Minister of Food and Agriculture has stated. Mr. Humado said FAO, the Ministry and the GSS signed the agreement in 2013. The project is […]

Here are the current developments on Agriculture in Africa Agricultural Issues US Government to Launch $22m Agriculture Financing Programme The US government is set to launch a $22 million financing programme to unlock investment for agriculture in northern Ghana. According to a press invitation, the project will be launched in Accra by Ghana’s Agric Minister […]

Here are the current developments in Agriculture in Africa Agricultural Issues Golden Rice Genetically Modified Organism People A bowl of rice is the staple food for hundreds of millions of people. Without rice lots of people would starve. But, rice is deficient in some of the important vitamins, which determine the health of a person. […]

Here are the latest developments happening in Africa!! Agricultural Issues Africa: Keeping the Grass Greener for African Plant Breeders Accra, Ghana - For the few plant breeders in Africa like Vivian Oduro, working for an international research institution is an obvious choice, with prestige and benefits any agricultural scientist would find hard to decline… Accelerating […]