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Parliament backs sustainable fisheries through new bill

... — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 20:41:03 +0000

Parliament has passed the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2025, aimed at reviewing and consolidating laws for sustainable fisheries resource exploitation. The Bill specifically seeks to review and consolidate the laws relating to the sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources and establish the Fisheries Commission to ensure the long-term conservation, development, management, and utilization of fisheries and […]

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Ghana to ratify WTO Pact to curb harmful fishing subsidies

... — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 11:56:14 +0000

The Committee on Food, Agriculture, and Cocoa Affairs and the Committee on Trade, Industry, and Tourism of Parliament has recommended that Ghana ratifies the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. This move, according to the Committee, aims to promote sustainable marine resource management and curb harmful fisheries subsidies that contribute to overcapacity, overfishing, […]

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Ghana Parliament Committees pledge support for Cocoa Farmers Africa Alliance

... — Sat, 24 May 2025 16:49:29 +0000

Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw, Chairperson of the Agric and Cocoa Affairs Committee of Parliament, has called on stakeholders to support the Ghana Chapter of the Cocoa Farmers Africa Alliance Association of Africa (COFAAA) in its mission to revamp the cocoa sector. Speaking at the launch of COFAAA in Accra, Dr. Jasaw emphasized the importance of […]

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Parliamentary Committee engages COCOBOD on cocoa sector reforms

... — Tue, 20 May 2025 22:42:06 +0000

The Parliamentary Select Committee on Agric and Cocoa Affairs, paid a working visit to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to discuss pressing issues affecting the cocoa sector. Led by Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw, the Committee engaged in an extensive review with COCOBOD’s management, headed by the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), […]

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Rice farmers demand fair access to government subsidies

... — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 01:46:06 +0000

Rice farmers at Amartey Kope, a farming community near Akuse in the Eastern Region, have acknowledged government’s continued support for their trade but are calling for a more direct and transparent delivery of that support, devoid of political interference. The farmers made this known during a visit by officials from the AritaGlobe Foundation, who were […]

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Dr. Jasaw represents Ghana at CGIAR Science Week

... — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 20:37:29 +0000

Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Wa East and Chairman of the Agric and Cocoa Affairs Committee of Parliament, is representing Ghana at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Science Week in Nairobi, Kenya. This year’s event, scheduled from Monday, April 7 to Saturday, April […]

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AgriUnity Symposium to focus on empowering sustainable agriculture in Africa

... — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:56:17 +0000

Dr Shermal Perara, the Chairman, Incorporated Society of Planters (ISP) Africa Chapter, has emphasised the importance of sustainable agriculture in ensuring food security in Africa. “Sustainable agriculture is the key to providing food security for the African population,” the Chairman said on Monday at the Media launch ahead of the inaugural First Year Anniversary Symposium […]

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Wa East MP supports President Mahama’s plan to cut Ghana’s $2 billion food import bill

... — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 19:29:53 +0000

Dr Godfred Seidu Jasaw, a National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament for Wa East, has lauded President John Dramani Mahama for announcing the agricultural transformation agenda. In his Presentation of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) to Parliament on Thursday, February 27, the President announced an ambitious agricultural transformation agenda aimed at reducing the […]

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Government urged to immediately increase the producer price of cocoa

... — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:24:52 +0000

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus in Parliament has called on the government to immediately increase the producer price of cocoa to at least GH¢7,400 per bag, citing the surge in world market prices. According to the Minority Caucus, the world market price of cocoa had exceeded $11,000 per ton, with the government promising […]

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Minority Caucus questions impact of Planting for Food and Jobs

... — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:39:07 +0000

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has expressed concern about rising food prices in the country, calling into question the effectiveness and impact of the government’s much-touted Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative. The Caucus expressed deep dissatisfaction with rising food prices, noting that despite the approval and allocation of billions of Cedis for the […]

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50 automated premix fuel vending machines completed at various landing beaches – Sector Minister

... — Sun, 05 May 2024 16:54:39 +0000

Madam Mavis Hawa Koomson, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, has announced that the Ministry has completed all 50 automated premix fuel vending machines at various landing beaches across the country. The Ministry informed Parliament in June 2022 of the government’s plans to install automated premix fuel vending machines along some beaches to combat fuel […]

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MP calls on Turkey to share agriculture expertise with Ghana

... — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 07:48:27 +0000

Mr John Oti Bless, a National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Nkwanta North, has called on Turkey to share its agriculture expertise with Ghana for the sector to thrive. He said as the world needed to feed a growing population and with less land, the right investment in agriculture will inure to its […]

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