Some vegetable farmers in the Lambussie District of the Upper West Region have appealed to government and other development partners to support them with subsidized farm inputs to sustain their businesses. They said the impact of COVID-19 affected their living … Continue reading Vegetable farmers in Lambussie appeal for government’s support
A Ghanaian Artificial Intelligence entity, karaAgro AI, and its consortium partners have been awarded a grant by Lacuna Fund towards the creation of a machine learning dataset for crop disease and pest detection. The consortium partners include the Makarere University … Continue reading karaAgro AI and partners secure funding for machine learning project for crop diseases
The Western Regional Director of Agriculture, Mr Patrick Kowuah, has called for an innovative approach to farming due to decreasing yields in farm produce, low soil moisture, disturbance of the soil structure and climate change. He said farmers, small or … Continue reading Farmers and other stakeholders trained on Agroecology in Western Region
World Animal protection while hosting a webinar has raised concern on the sustainability of the African poultry production, especially with the influx of battery cage systems that have been phased out in developed countries through enactment of policies and legislation. … Continue reading Do not rush for battery cage systems, poultry farmers warned
Director of the Biotechnology Centre and immediate past Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Student Affairs), Prof. Kwame Offei, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Jury for the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences … Continue reading Professor Kwame Offei appointed to serve as Jury Member for the GCHERA World Agriculture Prize
The University of Cape Coast and the Ghana Police Service have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to run a Postgraduate Diploma programme in Security Studies. The programme which would be hosted at the Police Academy in Accra aims at … Continue reading UCC, Ghana Police Service introduce Postgraduate Diploma in Security Studies
University University of Cape Coast (UCC) and Nduom School of Business and Technology (NSBT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to make NSBT a satellite campus to admit fresh students for the 2020/2021 academic year. Following the signing of … Continue reading Nduom School of Business and Technology host UCC fresh students
A destructive pest is spreading in southern Africa, damaging the livelihoods of fruit growers. The invasive fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis, is harming the crops of mango farmers from Mutoko, Zimbabwe. Every harvest season, Susan Zinoro, a mango farmer from Mutoko, … Continue reading Zimbabwean mango farmers tackle invasive fruit flies
Government of Ghana on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 became the first country in the world to receive 600,000 COVAX COVID-19 vaccines [Covishield AstraZeneca] produced by the Serum Institute of India under the Global Access Facility (COVAX Facility). Ghana is, among … Continue reading Ghana takes delivery of 600,000 COVAX vaccines
Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in collaboration with Light A Village, a non-governmental organization, has donated complete sets of solar lamp to 48 cocoa and Coffee farm households in the Volta Region. Presenting the solar lamps to the beneficiaries at Adofe … Continue reading COCOBOD donates Solar Lamps to farmers in Volta Region
The claim by Agriculture Minister-designate that Ghana has attained food security has been debunked by farmer groups in the country. The former Agric Minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto who is seeking approval to retain the job told the Appointment of … Continue reading Ghana not food secured – General Agriculture Workers Union to Afriyie Akoto
A public-private sector initiative between the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the Building an Economically Sustainable, Integrated CassavaSeed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) and SANO Foods Limited is seeking to promote the cultivation of improved cassava varieties as well … Continue reading Partnership to promote improved cassava varieties cultivation and consumption of locally processed agro-products kicks off
Egon Zunckel and his sons, Tyson and Carl, have been implementing conservation agriculture practices, especially no-till, on their farm’s commercial mixed grains operation since 1996. Yet they continue researching and experimenting with ways to improve on the delicate balancing act … Continue reading Irrigated wheat: Conservation farming improves water usage and yield
In family farming concerns, succession planning is seldom part of a business strategy. Yet it is crucial to ensuring a smooth transition from generation to generation, and the ultimate sustainability of the operation. So says André Diederichs, CEO of the … Continue reading How to keep the family business in business
The Namibian dairy sector is battling to survive, with production decreasing and the price-cost squeeze forcing producers to exit the sector. According to Kokkie Adriaanse, chairperson of the Namibia Dairy Producers’ Association, raw milk production dropped from 21,8 million litres … Continue reading Namibian dairy industry in fight for survival
Conflict between humans and Namibia’s growing elephant population can be described as a “problem of success”, says Colin Nott, a Namibian regenerative agricultural consultant. Following a two-day workshop organised by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism in that country, … Continue reading Free roaming elephants a rising problem for Namibian farmers
The budget allocated to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (agriculture department), which was tabled as part of the National Budget by Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni in Parliament today (24 February) will require spending cuts on … Continue reading SA: Agric department to recruit 10 000 extension officers
The BBN Rice Parboilers Co-operative in the Upper East Region of Ghana has called on the general public and schools to consume locally produced rice to boost the local economy. The parboilers, mostly women, said local foods including rice would … Continue reading Rice processors urge Ghanaians to patronise home-grown rice
Project Manager of Tropenbos-Ghana, Daniel Kofi Abu, has urged farmers to adopt organic and climate-smart farming to improve the quality of food production and promote food security in the country [Ghana]. He said farmers must adopt climate-smart agricultural practices which … Continue reading Farmers urged to adopt organic and climate-smart farming
Before I could wait to get responses to my article with the same heading that was published last week, I read Alhaji Muntaka’s apology on social media. It was conspicuously pregnant with insincerity. The attempt to make amends for bruising … Continue reading Random thoughts of a rural farmer
