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Ghana Meteorological Agency sensitises Senior High Schools on climate change

... — Tue, 21 May 2024 19:46:49 +0000

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMET) has launched the Green Climate Clubs initiatives in some selected Senior High Schools (SHSs) to spread the knowledge on climate change adaption and mitigation in the Oti Region. The schools include the Bueman, Dodi Papase, WoraWora, Nkwanta, Kadjebi Asato, Asukawkaw, Kpasa and Krachi senior high schools and the Oti Senior […]

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Farmers urge to take precautionary measures in setting out fires

... — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:08:48 +0000

Farmers have been urged to take precautionary measures in setting out fires to help prevent bush fire outbreaks. Mr Thomas Kwabena Bonsu, Executive Director of Fire and Bush Burning Prevention Advocacy, a Kumasi-based fire prevention organization, who made the call, said the current weather pattern made it imperative for Ghanaians, especially farmers, to be very […]

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Farmers urged to take advantage of moist and rich soils often left behind after floods

... — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 17:06:19 +0000

Mr. Job Udo, a consultant at HKV, a firm focused on creating a safe and sustainable environment, is advising farmers, especially those along major river bodies, to take advantage of moist and rich soils often left behind after floods to grow more crops, especially vegetables. That, he said, would contribute to increasing the household income […]

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Rainfall outlook for Ghana looks promising – Ghana Meteorological Agency

... — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 21:46:52 +0000

This year’s rainfall outlook for Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Benin, is generally promising and will support socio-economic and agriculture activities. Preliminary data gathered indicate that farmers in these countries that usually rely on rain to till their fields are likely to receive normal rainfall. Mr Eric Asuman, the Acting Director General of Ghana Meteorological Agency […]

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Farmers lack adequate information on weather – Best Farmer

... — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:57:56 +0000

The 2023 Best Farmer of Awutu-Senya-East Municipality, Mr. Richmond Attakurah, has urged the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), to provide farmers with timely information on weather patterns for them to know when to start planting. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), he said farmers lacked adequate information on weather due to changes in […]

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Upper East Regional Director of Agriculture appeals for donor support

... — Sat, 21 Oct 2023 14:41:19 +0000

Alhaji Zakaria Fuseini, the Upper East Regional Director of Agriculture, has appealed for donor support to facilitate activities towards ensuring food security in the region. He said the Department of Agriculture lacked adequate funding to extensively carry out some of its planned activities, including monitoring, coordination and capacity building of farmers, to enable them to […]

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Farmers in Northern Ghana benefit from CLIMATE project

... — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 19:15:49 +0000

The Climate Information Made Available to Entrepreneurial Farmers (CLIMATE) project has helped to improve agricultural practices amongst farmers in the northern part of the country resulting in improved crop yields and high incomes for farmers. Mr Abdul-Mumin Fuseini Sochi, a farmer from Libga in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region, who shared his […]

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