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Agricultural Issues Smallholder Farmers Identifies Issues Impeding Their Work Smallholder farmers have identified delays by government in the supply of farm inputs; inadequate credit support and virtual absence of agricultural extension agents as impeding the development of their activities. To them, though government recognized the problems facing smallholder farmers, only limited steps have been taken […]

Agricultural Issues Ghana Attempts Cultivation of GM Cowpeas Local and international researchers and farmers have begun a pilot project on the planting of genetically modified cowpea seeds in the country. The pilot project, being executed in Tamale in the Northern Region, is the outcome of a research which indicates that Ghana’s land is fertile for […]

Agricultural Issues SEND-Ghana Advocate More Attention to Smallholders Mr. John Nkaw, Northern Regional Programmes Officer of SEND-Ghana, has called on the government and its various decentralized organisations responsible for agriculture, to focus more on smallholder farmers, especially women since they are the backbone to the sector. [more] Farmers Call for Farm Mechanization Centre The Kobdema […]

Agricultural Issues Commercialize Production of Staple Food Crops on Large Scale Mr. Clement Kofi Humado, Minister of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has called for an aggressive drive towards the production of major local staple food crops on a commercial and large scale. [more] Ghana Looks to Boost Rice Production Rice production in Ghana has come […]

Agricultural Issues AGRA Launches Africa Agriculture Status Report The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) yesterday launched its inaugural report on the state of African agriculture in Maputo, Mozambique. The Africa Agriculture Status Report takes an in-depth look at the staple crop value chain – from classroom to field to market – in […]