The Government has initiated moves to procure 13 tonnes of different varieties of tomato seeds for distribution to tomato farmers across the country. The seeds are improved varieties with an improved yield profile and an extended shelf life. The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, who announced this at a media engagement in Accra, […]
WHAT IS PFJ CAMPAIGN? The Planting for Food and Job Campaign is a policy that has been introduced by the NPP Government to help address the declining growth of Ghana’s agricultural sector. It is a clarion call on every single Ghanaian to take farming as a full time or part time activity. It is a […]
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his Government does not see itself as a competitor to the private sector, nor will it substitute itself for the private sector in the growth and development of the country. “The role of government, in our view, is to be a facilitator for the development of the private […]
Farmers in the Nabdam District of the Upper East have began reaping the benefits of Government’s planting for food and jobs initiative but are afraid if government doesn’t intervene, their bumper harvest will soon turn into a nightmare. The predominantly tomato farmers who are beginning to realise massive and bumper harvests are appreciative of the […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Cocobod, Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo has extolled the members and leadership of the Ghana Cocoa, coffee and sheanut farmers association to consider the trade as serious business that should yield profit for them. According Mr. Aidoo, it is the commitment of the current government under the leadership of president Nana […]
