The Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Bryan Acheampong, says food prices in Ghana have drastically reduced within the last few months. He attributes this reduction to the prudent measures implemented by the government which he says is yielding positive results. Speaking to journalists in Accra on the sidelines of the Agric Fair at […]
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture is set to roll out a credit system for agricultural inputs to enable farmers to boost food production and stabilise food prices. The Input Credit System initiative, expected to begin next month, is currently before Cabinet for approval to make way for its implementation. The new credit system will see […]
The government has restricted the export from the country of maize and soya beans, two important commodities in the poultry sub-sector. It is part of measures to ensure food security and increase local poultry and livestock production. Subsequently, the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate (PPRSD) has stopped issuing phytosanitary certificates for the export of […]
Five high-yielding yam varieties have been developed by the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) to help boost yam production in the country. The improved varieties, which are high-yielding, disease-resistant and more nutritious, are SDr1403004, SDr1403003, SDr1403005, SDr1403031 and SDr1403074. They have since been approved by the National […]
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is set to begin exercising formal ministerial responsibility over Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) as processes to legalize the new regime are nearing completion. This follows the second reading of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Amendment) Bill, 2017 last week in parliament. Although, ministerial responsibility is already being exercised by […]
The government through MoFA has introduced a new electronic coding and traceability technique in a bid to monitor government’s fertiliser subsidy programme and farming inputs. The new service requires that every farmer who wants to benefit from the subsidy has to be biometrically registered, and only farmers who have already registered can have access to […]
