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How boosting intra-African agrifood trade will reap rewards for Africa

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December 3, 2022

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Inside Africa

Advancing actions in transforming agrifood systems in Eastern Africa

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November 23, 2022

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Dagomba Chief calls for peace between farmers and cattle herders in Kintampo
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July 3, 2026
Naa Zakari Musah, the Dagomba Chief at Kintampo in the Bono East Region has appealed for cooperation between Dagomba farmers and cattle herders and nomadic Fulani herdsmen in the area. He asked them to resort to… Read more: Dagomba Chief calls for peace between farmers and cattle herders in Kintampo
42nd National Farmers’ Day celebration to be held in Sunyani
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July 3, 2026
The 42nd National Farmers’ Day celebration will be held in Sunyani, Bono Region, on December 4, 2026, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has announced. The event will be under… Read more: 42nd National Farmers’ Day celebration to be held in Sunyani
Ada West farmers await compensation nearly a year after farmland acquisition
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July 3, 2026
Farmers in several communities in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region have appealed to the Lands Commission and Bonifiche Ferraresi (BF), an Italian agribusiness company, to expedite compensation for farmlands affected by… Read more: Ada West farmers await compensation nearly a year after farmland acquisition
Africa gets continental digital portal for Biotech and Biosafety information
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July 3, 2026
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA AfriCenter) in collaboration with its partners has launched a continental digital portal designed to make credible regulatory data on biotechnology and biosafety information This is to make… Read more: Africa gets continental digital portal for Biotech and Biosafety information
30,000 farmers to benefit from GH₵31.6 million sorghum initiative
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July 2, 2026
Guinness Ghana PLC and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to invest GH₵31.6 million in modernising Ghana’s sorghum value chain in… Read more: 30,000 farmers to benefit from GH₵31.6 million sorghum initiative

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How boosting intra-African agrifood trade will reap rewards for Africa

Advancing actions in transforming agrifood systems in Eastern Africa