Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Media Reports EPA Distributes 100,000 Tree Seedlings As part of the “Greening Ghana Project” which is being implemented by the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and the EPA, the Upper East Regional Directorate of the Environmental Protection Agency, has begun the distribution of […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – July 27, 2016
Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Media Reports Bridging the Gap between Forestry and Agriculture to Improve Food Security At the opening of the 23rd Session of the FAO Committee on Forestry (COFO), FAO presented its flagship publication The State of the World's Forests (SOFO) and called for better coordination between agriculture and forestry for sustainable […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – July 4, 2016
Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Media Reports Rise of Sweet Potato Farming in Ghana This season, the majority of farmers in Nabdam, Ghana, have decided to take up large scale cultivation of orange flesh sweet potato. The farmers drawn from several communities declared their intention at a Stakeholders Platform Forum, organized […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – February 1, 2016
Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Agric Ministry Launches New Strategy to Ensure Growth, Gender Parity A revised national gender and agriculture development strategy to address the current agricultural challenges and ensure gender equity in the sector has been launched in Accra. Dubbed the “Gender and Agriculture Development Strategy II”, […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – January 11, 2016
Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues: USAID Donates Vehicles to Northern Regional Coordinating Council The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) presented 12 Nissan pickup vehicles to the Northern Regional Coordinating Council (NRCC) in Tamale, Ghana, on January 8, 2016. The vehicles were distributed to nine metropolitan, municipal, and district […]