It is no secret that fertilizer subsidies are back in vogue across SSA as the preferred tool for governments trying to boost incomes of poor smallholder farmers by increasing farm production and agricultural productivity. The financial burden of fertilizer subsidies is also widely recognized, exacerbated by the expense of improving the accuracy of targeting, as […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – April 13, 2015
Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Cocoa Sector Suffering because Government Bastardized Kufuor’s Project - Dr. Afriyie Akoto Government is struggling to recoup $1.7 billion it injected into the cocoa sector after the “blatant dissipation” of farmers' resources, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minority spokesperson on agriculture has said. He told […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – November 17, 2014
Below are some current developments on Agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Initiative Boosts Cocoa Productivity More than 32,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana and other West African countries are now reducing the impact of pests and plant diseases on their cocoa crop. This has become possible through a joint programme by CropLife Africa Middle East and […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – March 31, 2014.
Below are some current developments on Agriculture in Africa: Policymakers to Meet in Kigali on Getting Nutritious Foods to People More than 275 high-level stakeholders from government, business and civil society will converge in Kigali, Rwanda, on Monday March 31, for a three-day consultation on Getting Nutritious Foods to People. Nearly one in three people […]
The Case of Tomato in Ghana: Productivity
The Ghana Stategy Support Program has released a new working paper that examines farmer productivity: how it varies by region, the drivers of high and low productivity, and implications for the profitability of tomato farming and the viability of the processing sector. The tomato sector in Ghana has failed to reach its potential, in terms […]