North East Region Archives - Access Agric

Extension Agents learn techniques to improve grain quality and storage

... — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 13:55:31 +0000

Agricultural Extension Agents and other value chain actors from the northern part of the country have undergone training to equip them with enriched knowledge and skills in post-harvest management practices to reduce food loss. The participants were drawn from the North Gonja, North East Gonja and Central Gonja Districts in the Savannah Region, Bongo, and […]

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Agriculture Minister launches Input Distribution under $20m GAFSP Project

... — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:17:22 +0000

Mr Eric Opoku, Minister of Food and Agriculture has officially launched the distribution of agricultural inputs under the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme (GAFSP), aimed at boosting food and nutrition security, particularly in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone. The $20 million grant-funded project, supported by the Global Agriculture and Food Security Programme, with technical […]

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The Youth Agri-Innovation Challenge (GHS 160,000)

... — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 21:21:05 +0000

Deadline: 3rd August 2025 The Youth Agri-Innovation Challenge is part of the the Accelerating Change Through Innovation in Agricultural TVET (ACTIVATE) Project, led by WUSC (World University Service of Canada), and organized and delivered by Challenges Ghana. The project is dedicated to promoting innovation and entrepreneurship among young people in Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training […]

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EUGAP donates 15 Tricycles, 51 Motorbikes to Agricultural Departments

... — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 10:15:21 +0000

The European Union Ghana Agricultural Programme (EUGAP) has presented 15 tricycles and 51 motorbikes to some Departments of Agriculture to enhance extension services delivery and market access in northern Ghana. The motorbikes were handed over to 14 District Agricultural Departments, including all eleven districts in the Upper West Region, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba and North Gonja in the […]

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Soybean Production rises to 350,000 MT under SSPiNG Project

... — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:36:27 +0000

The Sustainable Soybean Production in Northern Ghana (SSPiNG) project created 99 direct jobs between October 2023 and January 2024 with 96 per cent of the beneficiaries being youth and 4% being females. The jobs were generated through the project’s access-to-mechanization initiative where value chain actors, especially nucleus farmers and aggregators were subsidized to acquire multiple […]

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Mahama announces Ultra-Modern Rice Mill Project for North East Region

... — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 08:56:37 +0000

President John Dramani Mahama has announced the Government’s decision to establish an ultra-modern rice mill at Jadema in the Mamprugu Moaduri District of the North East Region. He said the project, which is being implemented by the Government with support from the World Food Programme, was expected to process over 30,000 metric tons of locally grown […]

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MoFA rolls out “Irrigation for Wealth Creation” project

... — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:22:05 +0000

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has rolled out an “Irrigation for Wealth Creation” project phase I to boost production and contribute to food security in the country. The project is seeking to develop and rehabilitate irrigation infrastructure to ensure all year-round production, sustaining agri-business and create jobs especially for the youth. The phase […]

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With requisite investment North East Region can feed entire nation-Minister-designate

... — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 07:54:50 +0000

Mr Ibrahim Tia, the Minister-designate for North East Region, says the Region has vast arable lands for cultivation of rice and tomatoes and with requisite investment it can produce sufficient rice and tomatoes to feed the entire nation. He, therefore, urged interested investors to pay attention to the Region since it was ready to collaborate […]

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Smallholder farmers ready to adopt Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) technologies introduced by CSIR-SARI

... — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:08:50 +0000

Some smallholder farmers at Fihini in the Tolon District of the Northern Region say they are ready to adopt the Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) technologies being piloted in the area to promote sustainable farming practices and food security. The ISFM technologies demonstration is an initiative where improved and climate-smart groundnut variety such as the […]

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Farmer demonstration organised on trials of improved seed varieties

... — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 08:21:53 +0000

Farmers at Awaradone in the Talensi district of the Upper East Region have been taken through demonstration trials on maize, groundnuts, management of aflatoxins and best management practices for its control. The demonstration of the groundnuts and maize farms took place at various locations in the community, to enable the farmers to adopt the practices […]

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Beneficiaries laud Absa Young Africa Works project

... — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 13:15:48 +0000

Some beneficiaries of the Absa Young Africa Works project have lauded the project for helping to improve agricultural production and increasing job opportunities for the youth in the northern part of Ghana. During a visit by some implementers of the project to beneficiaries in Tamale and Savelugu assemblies to assess its impact, the beneficiaries showed […]

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Eco Restore launches 2024 tree growing season

... — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 08:24:28 +0000

Eco Restore, an organisation focused on landscape beautification, has launched its 2024 tree growing season at Kparigu, a community in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region. The launch involved the Chief and key stakeholders of the community, who planted indigenous trees as a symbol of accepting to begin growing trees in the […]

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