Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues WACCI Launches Vegetables Innovation Lab The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), has launched a Vegetables Innovation Laboratory (VIL) as part of efforts to beef up vegetable production and food security in Ghana and the sub-region. The VIL thematic areas include genetic improvement, […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – June 22, 2015
Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Ghana Wins FAO Award for Reducing Hunger Ghana has received an award from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for reducing the number of undernourished people from more than seven million in the early 1990s to less than a million now. The country was […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – May 26, 2015
Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Shea not Supporting Sustainable Poverty Reduction – ISSER A research by the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana has suggested that the shea industry in its current form cannot be a means for sustainable poverty reduction as […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – May 18, 2015
Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues USAID Introduces Risk Management Tool for Agribusinesses The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has developed an investment mapping software for the northern part of Ghana to help players in the agricultural value chain to gather the required information and minimize risk in […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – March 2, 2015
Below are some current developments on agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Government Secures $145million for Agric Sector The government has secured a $145-million credit facility from the World Bank and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to help transform the agricultural sector into a vibrant commercial sector. The facility is for the implementation […]