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Agric Minister charges banks to support farmers
The Ministry for Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has charged commercial banks in the country to contribute meaningfully to agriculture by making credit facilities available...
Akufo-Addo cuts sod for $90M University of Engineering and Agric Sciences
President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Friday, cut the sod for the construction of the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences (UEAS), at Bunso, in the...
NEIP trains 24,000 Ghanaians in ‘Youth in Innovative Agriculture Programme’
The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) has commenced training of over 24,000 applicants in the Youth in Innovative Agriculture Programme under Ghana Cares...
Group ‘angry’ at Agric Minister
A group of key players in Ghana’s agricultural industry has expressed its utmost disappointment in certain utterances made by the Agric Minister, Dr Owusu...
Agric Minister’s itinerary as he tours Northern, North East and other Regions
Minister for Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has commenced a 13-day tour of the five Northern regions of the country.
The tour which began...
Senyo Hosi sends strong message to govt over Agric sector
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, Senyo Hosi, has said that he does not think the country has a...
Agric Minister pats govt on the back over four-year achievement in sector
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Afriyie Akoto, has patted the Akufo-Addo-led government on the back as he shares some achievements his sector has...
My wife also goes to the market – Agric Minister reacts to food price...
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has insisted that food prices in Ghana are "very cheap".
According to him, statistics and...
13 Agric graduates in Israel for internship
Thirteen Ghanaian agricultural graduates are in Israel for an 11-month internship programme in agriculture production.
It is expected to provide interns with intensive...
Poultry farmers affected by bird flu to be compensated – Agric Minister [Photos]
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is seeking money from the government to compensate poultry farmers who were affected by the bird flu disease.
According...
Agric Minister shades food shortage doomsayers
Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has hit at food shortage doomsayers, saying there will be food in abundance for consumption...
Govt to import Agric Machinery from Brazil, India to boost rice production
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has said the government would soon import machinery to boost rice production and other agricultural yields in...
Lack of reliable data undermining social interventions in districts – Local Govt Ministry
The non-availability of data at the district level undermines the government’s efforts in achieving expectations in social interventions.
According to the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation...
Agric Minister gives reasons for maize shortage
Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says maize production in the country dipped in 2020 to a drought spell.
Drought spells are periods...
Govt will increase rice production in Bono East – Agric Minister
The Minister for Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has indicated government’s resolve to increase rice production in the Bono East Region.
He made the observation...
Dr Afriyie Akoto has the wits to sustain gains in Agric sector
Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the two-term Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region, and Minister for Food and Agriculture, has distinguished...
Farmers to boycott work for Agric Minister-designate’s vetting
Some farmers in the northern parts of the country say they will keenly monitor the Vetting Proceedings on Friday when the Minister-designate for Food...
Education Ministry, GES meet over 14 dismissed WASSCE students
The Ministry of Education will hold a meeting with the Ghana Education Service (GES) on Monday to consider the directive by President Nana Addo...
Lockdown: Why you don’t have to stock food – Agric Minister
Minister in charge of Food and Agriculture, Dr Akoto Afriyie, has advised Ghanaians to desist from panic-purchase over fear of shortages as lockdown takes...
Photos: Agric Minister celebrates achievements of PFJ at National Results Fair
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has touted the successes chalked by his outfit in the implementation of the Planting for...
1V1D: Special Dev’t Ministry almost completes over 300 dams
More than 300 dams spread across various rural communities in the northern part of Ghana are at various stages of completion, the Ministry of...
NAFCO CEO woos Ghanaians in diaspora into Agricultural investment
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Food Buffer
Stock Company, Mr. Hanan Abdul-Wahab has urged Ghanaians living abroad and
desirous of coming home to consider...
Ministry disinfect farms, farms tools against bird flu virus
The Minister of State in charge of Food and Agriculture, Dr Gyiele Nurah, says government has disinfected two farms where the bird flu virus...
Efforts to modernize nation’s agriculture gather momentum
A day’s sensitization workshop on modernizing the nation’s agriculture through the Canadian Government’s sponsored five-year project, has been held for District Chief Executives, Coordinating...
Force Agric Minister to appear, answer questions in Parliament – Muntaka to Speaker
The Minority in Parliament has demanded that the Speaker forces the Agriculture Minister to the House to answer questions after his no-show stalled consideration...
Agriculture: silver bullet to Ghana’s economic development
Mr Kenneth Kwamina Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Financing and Leasing Company (Dalex Finance) has tagged Agriculture as the magic ‘silver bullet’ to...
HOT AUDIO: Agric Minister only good at counting army worms – A.B.A Fuseini
Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini, has described the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, as incompetent.
HOT AUDIO: I will flog...
Communications Ministry wins IMANI Award
The Ministry of Communications has been presented the IMANI Ghana award for being one of the most inspirational ministries within the year under review.
Four...
No cash for free fertilisers – Dep. Agric Minister nominee
Government does not have the funds to distribute free fertiliser to over five million farmers nationwide, the Deputy Food and Agriculture nominee Kennedy Nyarko...
Agriculture is my strategy to change lives – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has made it clear, his strategy to improve the lives of Ghanaians is to focus on agriculture.
According to President...
COCOBOD borrowing to pay cocoa farmers -Agric Minister reveals
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says the financial challenges facing the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have worsened in recent...
Agric Minister denies blowing ¢20M on wrong armyworms chemicals
The Food and Agriculture Minister has denied reports in the media that the Ministry had blown a whopping ¢20 million on chemicals in dealing with the...
Hot audio: Fall armyworms have been defeated – Agric Minister
The Agriculture Minister says government has eliminated the fall armyworm which ravaged over 112,000 hectares of farms across the country.
Dr. Akoto Owusu Afriyie explained...
Prisons service begins Agricultural revamp
As part of measures to revamp the agricultural sector of the Ghana Prisons Service to increase food production and to generate income to supplement...
Ministry of Finance announces fresh appointments
The Ministry of Finance has appointed new officers to key positions in the Ministry in a bid to help push the reforms the government...
Ban on grain exportation to be lifted by November – Bryan Acheampong
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Bryan Acheampong, has revealed the government's plan to lift the recently imposed ban on grain exports by...
Indonesia expects to sign $3.5bn deals at Africa forum
Indonesia plans to sign business deals worth $3.5 billion with African countries as it hosts the second Indonesia-Africa Forum in the resort island of...