In a bid to appreciate, support and encourage women in Ghana’s agriculture sector of, Agri–house foundation has launched the Women in Food and Agricultural (WOFAGRIC) leadership forum and the Gold in the Soil Awards. This is an annual event and this year is the second edition. Earlier this year, the 2020 edition was launch on the theme: “Transforming and Sustaining
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The unprecedented forced change being experienced by the world means we must all embrace the ‘new normal’. Indeed the agribusiness world has been altered significantly with people unable to congregate en mass for conferences and business meetings. While crop production has gained some stability around the country, prices are only slowly being adjusted downwards following spikes influenced by an inter-city
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The tumultuous impact of Covid-19 around the world is no longer news. A new decade that began with overwhelming optimism soon dissipated in the face of socio-economic desolation visited on the world by the pandemic. The consequence of the pandemic according to local economists has left Ghana’s socio-economic foundation wobbly-impacting many crucial industries. Agriculture, the lifeblood of the economy has
Read moreA major and leading fertilizer producing company in Ghana, Yara Ghana, has disclosed its intention to sponsor the training of women at this year’s [2nd edition] annual Women In Food and Agriculture Leadership Training Forum and Expo (WOFAGRIC) and Gold In The Soil Awards which will place on Thursday 6th to Friday 7th August 2020, in Kumasi. Yara Ghana, since
Read moreOne of the things that contribute to greenhouse gas emission is food production. It contributes up a third of the total global greenhouse gas emissions. It is one of the greatest drivers of biodiversity loss in the world. There are many solutions for decreasing the environmental damage caused by the food system. These solutions emphasize the role of farmers as
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A video went viral a few days ago about a young boy who bought his way out of being beaten by his mother with some cool words and apology he rendered to his mum. In reacting to the video, the president of the Combat Domestic Violence and Abuse Foundation, Chief Dozie Kaidi Obiaku has expressed his desire to make the
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The long awaited video has finally hit the net. Already, a song by Beyoncé featuring Ghanaian dancehall act Shatta Wale has finally hit the net. The song was on Beyonce’ s Lion King album and since its release it has been a heavy jam in Ghana though the fire around it died quite quickly. About 5 days ago, a snippet
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The aide to Upper West Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) [Alhaji Salifu Sena] has been caught having affair [s£x] with a married woman. In a video intercepted by myaimreport.com, the aide to the NPP Chairman was seen been ambushed by a couple of men. He was pushed out of the room amid beatings and punches by
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Our sisters at the Senior High Schools (SHS) are in the news again. Some these SHS girls have been causing stir on the internet in recent times – showing vital parts of their bodies. These female SHS students have decided to show Ghanaians and the whole world on social media their undies. The crazy video features five girls who are
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A new video has emerged showing various forms of abuses against women accused of being witches in Widana, a town in the Bawku Municipality of the Upper East Region. The author of the video, The Sanneh Institute, an NGO, is using the video to back a petition to President Nana Akufo-Addo to shutdown the “witch-healing centre” in the town. In
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In case you missed it, Wanlov has named one of his children Ebony after the late “Kupe” singer, and the baby girl is more than two years already. According to the Ghanaian singer, who is known for giving his children weird names like Abonsamposuro, Mali Wasty, Tivi, Radio, Kojolescu, Alata Mori among others, he chose ‘Ebony’ for his daughter because
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In our series of letters from African writers, journalist and former Ghana government minister Elizabeth Ohene writes about how the prospect of living abroad has lost its attraction in the time of coronavirus. We used to say here in Ghana, half in jest, half in truth, that you can find a Ghanaian in every country in the world. I’ve heard
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Entrepreneurs are born in many ways. Some say they got their business ideas in a dream. Others say they got it from observing a problem; and others say through their upbringing they developed entrepreneurial instincts. This article put the a spotlight on a young man whose interest in farming began at age nine when he watched a popular TV programme
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A lack of bees in agricultural areas is causing shortage of some food crops, a new US-based study has found, suggesting that declines in the pollinators may have serious ramifications for global food security. Species of wild bees, such as bumblebees, are suffering from a loss of flowering habitat, the use of toxic pesticides and, increasingly, the climate crisis. Managed
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Ghanaian actress Nadia Buari has shared the full video of Beyoncé’s Already song with Shatta Wale ahead of its official release. The American singer is set to release her music film, Black Is King, which features music videos from her Lion King: The Gift album. The songs on the album include the banging track with Ghana’s Shatta Wale which is
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The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has set up an ultra-modern resilient Network Operating Centre to promote teaching and learning and to improve security on the campus. The centre comes with an IP based Close Circuit Television (CCTV) system, an e-learning server for teaching and research, a CCTV camera control room, among others. In addition, more than 300 IP based
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A regional organisation [AFROSAI-E] with 26 African Auditor-General from English-speaking supreme audit institutions (SAIs) has written to the President Akufo-Addo to reconsider his proceed on leave directive to the Auditor-General, Daniel Yao Domelovo. Mr Domelovo was asked to take his accumulated leave of 167 days in June by the President – a directive that has been heavily criticised by majority
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Jayson Lusk, an economist, distinguished Professor and Department Head in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, discussed what may lay ahead for the agriculture industry going into 2021. Lusk was a keynote speaker during a webinar hosted by the Center for Food Integrity. He expects food retail prices to trend downward. “They’ve already started to come down some
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The British High Commission [in collaboration with Bees for development Ghana] has organised a 2-day beekeeping training workshop for six of its grounds workers. This training workshop marks the beginning of a collaborative project by British High Commission and Bees for development Ghana called ‘Accra City Bees Project’. According to Bees for Development, there are abundant beekeeping resources made up
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Ghana is set to commence payment of the new US$400 cocoa Living Income Differential tariff in October when the 2020/2021 crop season begins. The LID tariff agreed in 2019 between the governments of Ghana and Ivory Coast and international cocoa traders and manufacturers is a measure hoped to help alleviate poverty among cocoa farmers. Under the scheme, an amount of
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