The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has announced plans to deploy heavy-duty equipment acquired under the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) to commence the construction of farm access roads across the country. According to the Minister, every district will be supplied with fuel to ensure that the DRIP machinery is put to its […]
Food and Agriculture Minister Bryan Acheampong has expressed scepticism about recent data released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on food prices and inflation, questioning the sources of their information. Speaking on PM Express Business Edition on Joy News, he said his Ministry’s own tracking of food prices paints a different picture than what has been reported. […]
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Bryan Acheampong, remains confident that Ghana will not face a famine despite the ongoing drought affecting Northern Ghana. The northern region has been hit hard, with over two months of no rainfall, stunted crop growth, and growing fears among farmers about a poor harvest and potential food insecurity. However, […]
Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr Bryan Acheampong, has appealed to traditional authorities to make parcels of land available to interested farmers to ensure the successful Planting for Food and Jobs Phase Two II (PFJ 2.0) programme. The success of the PFJ 2.0, he said, would hinge largely on access to tracts of arable lands as […]
The government has released GH¢260.4 million to settle the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s (MoFA’s) indebtedness to 71 fertiliser companies to bolster the government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme. The release of the funds formed part of MoFA’s efforts to address the shortage of subsidised fertiliser facing smallholder farmers in the country. […]
Local farmers have received a boost following the release of some 50 Million Ghana Cedis to the National Food Buffer Stock Company, (NAFCO) to purchase their produce. BestNewsGH.com Reports the Minister of State at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Gyiele Nurah who made the disclosure, as positing that the move is part of […]
By John Elliot HAGAN, Accra Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto has revealed that Ghana exported 150,000 metric tonnes (MT) of food items worth GH₵400 million to neighbouring countries, including Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Benin and Northern Nigeria, last year. GH₵3.3 billion generated at the farm-gate Additionally, he said […]
Citizen Watch, one of the leading think-tank organisations in the country, has commended the Ministry of Food and Agriculture for the food efficiency achieved last year. The MoFA’s record of higher yields last year was based on effective input distribution, extension services and the weather. The effective input distribution was achieved through electronic biometric registration, […]
