Two sister organizations, OAK foundation and AP OAK have launched AgriTrak, a training programme to improve agribusiness and help citizens achieve sustainable livelihoods. The training is being carried out in partnership with the University of Ghana College of Basic and … Continue reading AgriTrak launched to improve agribusiness for sustainable livelihoods
An initiative that will avail digital tools and training resources to small-scale farmers and agriculture-linked small businesses in Africa has been launched. The programme is a partnership between Microsoft’s 4Afrika initiative and International Finance Corporation (IFC), and aims to support … Continue reading Small-scale farming transformation: Microsoft 4Afrika and IFC partner to promote agri-food sector in Africa
It is a known fact most young people are usually not interested in take farming or agriculture as a job partly or largely due to their perception of farming being antiquated, laborious and unprofitable. Engaging youth in agriculture has been … Continue reading Promote smart agriculture in the media to attract the youth – Farm Radio International
Farmers who rear five dairy goats stand to benefit 45 per cent more than those farmers rearing one dairy cow. This is because goats do not need much feeds and space to keep yet their milk always retails at high … Continue reading Dairy goats are more profitable than dairy cow farming in Kenya
The leadership of YASTA Fish Farmers Association in the Tono North Municipality, Ahafo Region, have expressed worry that the emergence of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited (NGGL) in that area is a great threat to their sustainable socio-economic livelihoods. According to … Continue reading Newmont’s arrival is a threat to our socio-economic livelihoods – Fish farmers lament
According to the Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Herbert Krapa, the government is committed to providing incentives and a conducive environment to enhance operations of agribusinesses and expand the country’s export capacity. Mr Herbert Krapa, who gave … Continue reading Ghana: Deputy Minister of Trade pledges government support for agribusinesses
As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across Africa starting in early 2020, it complicated the delivery input distribution to farmers and disrupted agricultural markets, with near devastating effects on agricultural production. To compound matters, the limitation of movement as a result of … Continue reading Digital Partnerships help transform Agripreneurship in Africa
For over a decade, it was thought that encouraging food imports would address the nation’s food shortage problem. However, it has since become obvious that such policies actually fueled inflation, discouraged local production, created poverty among many farm households, and … Continue reading The political economy of the maize value chain in Nigeria
2021 has been a year of extremes so far, particularly for the onion market. In the UK in particular, large swings in weather conditions have created a complicated growing season, whilst in the Netherlands, production is up 11% but sales … Continue reading Agricultural commodity market: Overview global onion market
Prices of major staple foods such as maize, millet and beans in the Eastern Region have moved up in the first two weeks of July 2021, following increases in transport fares. The development has stimulated increases in the prices of … Continue reading Ghana’s government urged to help stabilise food prices
Reality is complex, so in order to comprehend it, we use abstractions. We cannot hold the whole terrain in our mind – every single tree or blade of grass. Instead, we create and use maps to represent it in a … Continue reading Four Physics and Chemistry concepts that would level up your way of thinking about Startups
Evidence is mounting that the rise of medium-scale investor farms and associated changes in the distribution of farm sizes are occurring in many African countries. These changes in the distribution of farm sizes are creating important and wide-ranging impacts at … Continue reading Changing farm structure and agricultural commercialisation in Nigeria
Crowd funding is the practice of funding a project by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people, mostly via the Internet. It is fast becoming the preferred solution for the farmer’s primary setback which is access … Continue reading Agriculture Crowd Funding platforms you should patronise and why
The government is to introduce a new system of payment for cocoa farmers to check the rampant stealing of cocoa beans. The new Cocoa Management System (CMS), which is currently being piloted in the Western and Western North regions, is … Continue reading Ghana: New payment system for cocoa famers in pilot stage
A report put together by the Ghana Statistical Service, United Nations Development Programme and GIZ has suggested that 20.9% of agribusiness corporations nationwide have been closed as a result of the 2020 lockdown. The report compared the agribusiness issues in … Continue reading Ghana Agribusinesses on the verge of collapse – Ghana Statistical Service
The cherry production in many countries has been hampered by poor weather conditions, with Spain being battered by heavy rains and pollination being affected by winds in North America. Other countries, however, have seen record productions, with South Africa experiencing … Continue reading Agricultural commodity market: Overview global cherries market
Like the rest of the global agricultural sector, the table grape industry has had to face a variety of challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic this past year, including soaring freight costs, labour shortfalls, worldwide shipping delays and refrigerated container … Continue reading Global table grape exports expected to hit record high in 2020/21 season
Storage may have detrimental effects on the quality of raw feed materials.The following is a review of the effects of storage on feed quality and ways of minimising such effects. A study was conducted to examine the occurrence of insects, … Continue reading Storage of poultry feeds: Points to consider
Sadik Ibn Abdulai is a firm believer that the competitive advantage for northern Ghana lies in agriculture. He runs Tilaa, a beekeeping and cashew nut business operating in the Mion District and headquartered in Tamale. The company, which he co-founded with … Continue reading Ghana: Entrepreneur capitalises on opportunity in honey and beekeeping industry
The Managing Director of Tiwala Markt Company LLC has revealed that his company is working with all the regulatory authorities in the United States of America to export organic foods from Ghana to the United States. Tiwala Markt Company LLC … Continue reading US firm to help Ghana’s organic food sector – Nicholas Asiedu
