Mr Francis Barnes Archives - Access Agric https://accessagric.com/tag/mr-francis-barnes/ Publish, promote and access agribusiness news and events. Sun, 21 Jul 2024 14:59:36 +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 Mr Francis Barnes Archives - Access Agric https://accessagric.com/tag/mr-francis-barnes/ 32 32 Fish farmers in Eastern Region to receive 850 bags of 20kg fish feed https://accessagric.com/fish-farmers-in-eastern-region-to-receive-850-bags-of-20kg-fish-feed/ https://accessagric.com/fish-farmers-in-eastern-region-to-receive-850-bags-of-20kg-fish-feed/#respond Sun, 21 Jul 2024 14:59:36 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=13757 The Eastern Regional Fisheries Commission has allocated 850 bags of 20 kilogrammes of fish feed out of 2,200 bags of 20 kilogrammes of fish feed to be distributed to fish farmers in the Region. The free distribution was the second phase of activities implemented to promote the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs (AFJ) flagship programme […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/fish-farmers-in-eastern-region-to-receive-850-bags-of-20kg-fish-feed/feed/ 0 13757 Eastern Regional Best Fish Farmer appeals to government to ban importation https://accessagric.com/eastern-regional-best-fish-farmer-appeals-to-government-to-ban-importation/ https://accessagric.com/eastern-regional-best-fish-farmer-appeals-to-government-to-ban-importation/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 01:29:34 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=10557 Mrs Lydia Gyebi Asare, Eastern Regional best Fish Farmer and Chief Executive Officer of YaaMansah Farms, has appealed to government to ban importation.  She said the importation of large metric tons of fish was throwing many fish farmers out of business, especially catfish farmers, in the system. Speaking in an interview with the GNA, she […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/eastern-regional-best-fish-farmer-appeals-to-government-to-ban-importation/feed/ 0 10557 Farmer invests $3 million in catfish farming in Akuapem North https://accessagric.com/farmer-invests-3-million-in-catfish-farming-in-akuapem-north/ https://accessagric.com/farmer-invests-3-million-in-catfish-farming-in-akuapem-north/#respond Sun, 24 Jul 2022 19:26:53 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=3439 Mr Seth Boakye-Dankwah, the Managing Director of Mordecai Farms and Portfolio Manager, has invested about $3 million in the development of a recirculatory catfish farm and processing facility in the Eastern Region. The recirculatory catfish farm and processing facility are already under construction in Kokoomu, Akuapem North Municipality, Eastern Region, and are expected to produce […]

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]]> https://accessagric.com/farmer-invests-3-million-in-catfish-farming-in-akuapem-north/feed/ 0 3439 Catfish production increased by more than 200 percent in Eastern Region https://accessagric.com/catfish-production-increased-by-more-than-200-percent-in-eastern-region/ https://accessagric.com/catfish-production-increased-by-more-than-200-percent-in-eastern-region/#respond Thu, 21 Jul 2022 19:19:59 +0000 https://accessagric.com/?p=3424 Catfish production increased by 276.92 percent in the Eastern Region from 2018 to 2021 after the Fisheries Commission assisted producers with new technologies, extension services and training. Mr Francis Barnes, the Eastern Regional Director of the Fisheries Commission, who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency, said in 2018 the Commission recorded about 60 catfish […]

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