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Ghana showcases Agri-Investment Potential at ISP Symposium

... — Sat, 24 May 2025 16:41:00 +0000

Ghana is taking significant strides in agricultural transformation, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, innovation, and strategic investment in human capital, technology, and policy development. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is committed to implementing policies and programmes that support agro-business development, ensure food security, and create economic opportunities. Mr John Setor Dumelo, Deputy Minister of […]

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Cross-cultural integration project eases farmer-herder tensions in Widnaba

... — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 01:43:51 +0000

A project, aimed to foster social cohesion through cross-cultural integration, has allowed farmers in Widnaba and Fulbe herders to embrace peaceful coexistence in the Upper East Region. The change is attributed to an intervention dubbed, “Support Project for the Strengthening of Social Cohesion at the Level of Strategic Cross-Border Territories (PARCS Project),” implemented by Changing […]

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World Vision Ghana gradually restoring degraded lands through FMNR concept

... — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:52:16 +0000

The Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) concept, spearheaded by World Vision Ghana, a Child Rights Organisation is gradually restoring degraded landscapes, fighting climate change, and empowering communities in the Savannah Ecological Zone. Currently, under the Landscapes and Environmental Agility across the Nation (LEAN) project, funded by the European Union, a total of 421 hectares of […]

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Stakeholders urged to adopt sustainable forest management techniques

... — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 06:10:08 +0000

Professor Edward Wiafe Debrah, an expert from the University of Environmental and Sustainable Development in Somanya, has urged stakeholders to adopt sustainable forest management techniques. According to him, sustainable management approaches would strike a harmonious balance between forest conservation and socio-economic development. Prof. Debrah said this in a statement to the Ghana News Agency to […]

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YOVI begins project to increase competitiveness of women aggregators, processors

... — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 22:34:19 +0000

A project dubbed: “Increasing Competitiveness of Smallholder Women Aggregators and Processors along the Maize, Rice, Groundnut, and Shea Value Chains for Increased Income Prosperity”, has begun to ensure improved incomes for women agro-processors. The seven month-long project, which is being implemented in selected communities in the Sagnarigu Municipality and Nanton District of the Northern Region, […]

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We must accelerate actions on ending harmful practices to achieve SDGs-UN agencies

... — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 21:05:16 +0000

Despite the progress made in the fight against harmful cultural practices against women and girls, the African Continent is still off target to attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, the United Nations has warned. It said although interventions implemented by various agencies had yielded some results, millions of girls and women continued to […]

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Ghana’s food production may drop this year – Minister

... — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 20:09:29 +0000

Ghana’s food production may drop this year and beyond due to the impact of climate change, Mr Bryan Acheampong, the Minister of Food and Agriculture has indicated. He explained that the long dry spells, floods and increase in temperature, which were impacting the country’s agriculture sector that was rain-fed, may lead to a one per […]

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Stakeholders urged to involve women in forest governance

... — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 20:41:39 +0000

Mrs. Doreen Asumang-Yeboah, a Natural Resource Governance Expert, has underscored the need for the active involvement of women at all levels of decision making in the forestry sector. She said women’s role in forest governance was critical and a major determinant for sustainable forest management. “Women have an understanding and appreciation for forests as multifunctional, […]

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Government urged to use data as a guide in drafting agriculture policies

... — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:21:31 +0000

The Government has been called on to use data as a guide in the drafting and implementation of agriculture policies to bring about the needed development and impact on the livelihoods of Ghanaians. This comes as policy advocates and researchers argue that policies in the Agric sector spearheaded by the Government lacked the needed evidence-based […]

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Export Promotion policy to promote an export driven economy

GNA — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 08:16:27 +0000

The introduction, and successful implementation of the National Export Development Strategy (NEDS) will transform Ghana’s economy from import dependency to export-driven and contribute to resolving trade imbalances. It will build, strengthen, and create an enabling environment for local industries to increase production and add value to their products to significantly contribute to the country’s industrialization […]

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Cocoa and livestock farmers in Datano commend Rainforest Alliance

... — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 19:18:25 +0000

Some local cocoa and livestock farmers at Datano, a farming community at Sefwi Wiawso in the Western North Region of Ghana have expressed their appreciation to the Rainforest Alliance for building their capacities. They also thanked them for helping them to achieve maximum yields and higher incomes from their agricultural businesses. In separate interviews, Mr. […]

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Stakeholders urged to amplify voice of women and marginalised groups in climate change campaign

... — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 22:43:20 +0000

Dr Angela Lusigi, Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme, has called for the need to amplify the voice of women and marginalised groups in the design and implementation of climate actions. She said climate change intensified pre-existing gender inequalities, which had adverse effects on women. Dr Lusigi made the call at West Africa Network for […]

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