Bertha Badu-Agyei Archives - Access Agric https://accessagric.com/tag/bertha-badu-agyei/ Publish, promote and access agribusiness news and events. Sat, 24 May 2025 16:32:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://accessagric.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/cropped-Access-Agric-Favicon-32x32.webp Bertha Badu-Agyei Archives - Access Agric https://accessagric.com/tag/bertha-badu-agyei/ 32 32 Women Bee farmers trained to enhance sustainable beekeeping in Ghana https://accessagric.com/women-bee-farmers-trained-to-enhance-sustainable-beekeeping-in-ghana/ https://accessagric.com/women-bee-farmers-trained-to-enhance-sustainable-beekeeping-in-ghana/#respond Sat, 24 May 2025 16:32:36 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=18410 Women Bee Farmers have received comprehensive training to build their capacities on beekeeping and bee health to promote sustainable beekeeping practices to t boost the economy of that sector.  The participants were taken through bee biology, hive management, bee health management, maintaining healthy bee colonies, hive inspection, honey harvesting, pollination, and ecosystem services, among others. […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/women-bee-farmers-trained-to-enhance-sustainable-beekeeping-in-ghana/feed/ 0 18410 Coconut trade: A source of economic empowerment for women https://accessagric.com/coconut-trade-a-source-of-economic-empowerment-for-women/ https://accessagric.com/coconut-trade-a-source-of-economic-empowerment-for-women/#respond Thu, 01 May 2025 12:19:22 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=17935 Coconut trade which was once considered a man job is now a source of economic empowerment for women, to a large extent it’s an opportunity contributing to Ghana’s economic improvement as well as a tool to reduce Gender-based Violence (GBV).  In the bustling Agartha Market in Koforidua, a remarkable transformation is observed as women break […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/coconut-trade-a-source-of-economic-empowerment-for-women/feed/ 0 17935 Israeli Embassy engages female agriculture students to mark International Women’s Day https://accessagric.com/israeli-embassy-engages-female-agriculture-students-to-mark-international-womens-day/ https://accessagric.com/israeli-embassy-engages-female-agriculture-students-to-mark-international-womens-day/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:51:10 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=17425 The Embassy of Israel in Ghana through MASHAV, has engaged female students in agriculture at the University of Ghana to encourage women’s participation in the agriculture sector. The event dubbed “Women in Agriculture Seminar” hosted Mr Roey Gilad, Israeli ambassador to Ghana and his wife and women blazing the trail in the agriculture sector as […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/israeli-embassy-engages-female-agriculture-students-to-mark-international-womens-day/feed/ 0 17425 CPP will promote agriculture for women, youth – Nana Akosua Sarpong Kumankumah, https://accessagric.com/cpp-will-promote-agriculture-for-women-youth-nana-akosua-sarpong-kumankumah/ https://accessagric.com/cpp-will-promote-agriculture-for-women-youth-nana-akosua-sarpong-kumankumah/#respond Sat, 09 Nov 2024 19:44:03 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=15408 Nana Akosua Sarpong Kumankumah, presidential candidate of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has proposed to implement an effective agriculture policy to support Smallholder Farmers when elected on December 7.  The policy known as Agro-sure, will promote agriculture for women and the youth through a robust system where government would purchase all farm produce of small […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/cpp-will-promote-agriculture-for-women-youth-nana-akosua-sarpong-kumankumah/feed/ 0 15408 Ghana to establish Framework for effective management of Climate and disaster risk reduction   https://accessagric.com/ghana-to-establish-framework-for-effective-management-of-climate-and-disaster-risk-reduction/ https://accessagric.com/ghana-to-establish-framework-for-effective-management-of-climate-and-disaster-risk-reduction/#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 22:20:30 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=14349 The Government of Ghana, led by the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) with support from the United Nations, has begun process to establish a suitable framework for effective management of climate and disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Ghana.   This follows Findings and recommendations from a national and local capacity assessment conducted in 2022, to evaluate […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/ghana-to-establish-framework-for-effective-management-of-climate-and-disaster-risk-reduction/feed/ 0 14349 2023 National Best Farmer calls for support for women in agriculture https://accessagric.com/2023-national-best-farmer-calls-for-support-for-women-in-agriculture/ https://accessagric.com/2023-national-best-farmer-calls-for-support-for-women-in-agriculture/#respond Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:25:48 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=12289 Madam Charity Akortia, Ghana’s 2023 national best farmer, has observed that there is the need for a targeted strategy aimed at supporting women farmers to strengthen their role in agriculture. “There is the need to give women in farming some kind of leverage to take farming to the level where it becomes a business venture […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/2023-national-best-farmer-calls-for-support-for-women-in-agriculture/feed/ 0 12289 National Agriculture Insurance Fund expected to take off in third quarter https://accessagric.com/national-agriculture-insurance-fund-expected-to-take-off-in-third-quarter/ https://accessagric.com/national-agriculture-insurance-fund-expected-to-take-off-in-third-quarter/#respond Sat, 30 Mar 2024 23:27:46 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=11995 Operationalisation of the National Agriculture Insurance Fund is expected to take off by the close of the third quarter of this year. The Fund is a mitigating intervention mechanism to provide a certain percentage of insurance premium to cushion farmers to access such facilities. The fund is expected to benefit small holder Farmers and women […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/national-agriculture-insurance-fund-expected-to-take-off-in-third-quarter/feed/ 0 11995 Women, persons living with disabilities benefit from Grow Ghana initiative by Yara Ghana https://accessagric.com/women-persons-living-with-disabilities-benefit-from-grow-ghana-initiative-by-yara-ghana/ https://accessagric.com/women-persons-living-with-disabilities-benefit-from-grow-ghana-initiative-by-yara-ghana/#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 09:46:09 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=11934 About 111,609 small holder Farmers have benefitted from the ‘Grow Ghana’ an initiative of Yara Ghana Limited, to help improve food security and farmer resilience.  The beneficiaries were mostly women and persons living with disabilities in some selected regions in Ghana. In 2022, Yara Ghana Limited began a rapid response initiative dubbed ‘Grow Ghana’ to […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/women-persons-living-with-disabilities-benefit-from-grow-ghana-initiative-by-yara-ghana/feed/ 0 11934 Local government minister commends Professionals in farming https://accessagric.com/local-government-minister-commends-professionals-in-farming/ https://accessagric.com/local-government-minister-commends-professionals-in-farming/#respond Sun, 03 Dec 2023 18:53:47 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=10267 Mr Dan Botwe, MP for Okere and Local government minister has commended Professionals who have ventured into farming creating jobs for the youth in the catchment areas.  “This is commendable where people with varied professions either retired or in active work go into farming, creating job opportunities and giving a boost to the Planting for […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/local-government-minister-commends-professionals-in-farming/feed/ 0 10267 Public calls for price reductions on local rice https://accessagric.com/public-calls-for-price-reductions-on-local-rice/ https://accessagric.com/public-calls-for-price-reductions-on-local-rice/#respond Wed, 29 Nov 2023 08:54:27 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=10166 A cross section of the public in Koforidua have called for reduction in prices of local rice on the market to attract patronage.  According to some traders and consumers, the high prices of the local rice as compared to that of imported rice was a disincentive discouraging people from buying. Speaking in separate interviews with […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/public-calls-for-price-reductions-on-local-rice/feed/ 0 10166 Organic black soap production factory commissioned in Fanteakwa South  https://accessagric.com/organic-black-soap-production-factory-commissioned-in-fanteakwa-south/ https://accessagric.com/organic-black-soap-production-factory-commissioned-in-fanteakwa-south/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:39:29 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=9956 Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA) a not-for-profit organization in collaboration with the Fanteakwa South Assembly has commissioned a black soap production factory at Juaso.  The factory, which commenced production with an initial workforce of 28 was established through the Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP), an agreement between the community and the NGO to enhance sustainable […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/organic-black-soap-production-factory-commissioned-in-fanteakwa-south/feed/ 0 9956 World Vision Ghana hands over KIA Green Light Poultry Farmhouse to people of Saaman https://accessagric.com/world-vision-ghana-hands-over-kia-green-light-poultry-farmhouse-to-people-of-saaman/ https://accessagric.com/world-vision-ghana-hands-over-kia-green-light-poultry-farmhouse-to-people-of-saaman/#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:35:07 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=7179 World Vision Ghana (WVG) has handed over a KIA Green Light Poultry farmhouse to the people of Saaman in the Fanteakwa North District to improve their economic conditions. The farmhouse with 2000 birds consists of an office, changing rooms, two pens of 1000 birds’ capacity each and a two-bedroom accommodation facility at a cost of […]

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