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Officials of Crop Research Institute (CRI)-Kumasi have organised a day’s training for Agric extension officers and elite farmers drawn from four districts in Ghana. The capacity building event which forms part of a one-year project called “Central West Africa Virus Epidemiology (WAVE)”, focused on equipping them with a technical know-how vis-à-vis the usage of a

NAIROBI- Oct. 6, 2021 – An open letter sent on behalf of 1.8 million Fairtrade producers worldwide, ahead of COP26, urges world leaders to keep their promise to provide $100 billion in annual finance to low-income nations disproportionately hit by the climate crisis. The letter criticizes rich nations most responsible for climate change for not

BONN, Germany – Small-scale cocoa producer organizations across Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana are more resilient as businesses and better attuned to their members’ needs as a result of Fairtrade’s West Africa Cocoa Programme (WACP), a new report released today has found. According to the West Africa Cocoa Programme Evaluation, commissioned by Fairtrade International and Fairtrade

London, Nairobi, Washington, 18th September 2021 – Fairtrade is set to unveil a new climate campaign across Kenya, the UK and the US, with 1.8million farmers and workers calling on world leaders at COP26 to listen their expertise in low-income countries who grow our food, because they are living the reality of the climate crisis

Co-op has announced a commitment to continue to spend more than 0.7%* of its pre-tax profit to international aid and has joined forces with Fairtrade Africa and Fairtrade Foundation to support producers combating the effects of climate change. The convenience retailer makes the announcement as it launches its latest report – Climate Justice for People

New research into the living standards of cocoa farming families shows that on average, Fairtrade boosts farmers’ spending on household essentials beyond the need for food by 9%. For households living below the international poverty line of $3.20 a day[i], this figure jumps up to 14%, meaning more money in the pockets of poorer Fairtrade

District Chief Executive Officer for Amansie West Hon Nii Lartey Ollenu has sent a strong word of caution to miners and chainsaw operators. He said at the national launch of the famous Green Ghana Project that persons found felling a tree without the permit from the Forestry Commission or appropriate quarters will be dealt with

Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto was joined by the Managing Director of the Agricultural Development Bank(ADB) to perform the official presentation of a cash sum of GH 570,000 Ghana Cedis to the 2020 National Best Farmer on 21st April, 2020. “Since 2017, we have introduced a number of reforms in the

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto says Ghana is on course to becoming rice sufficient by 2023. According to him, *Ghana produced 950,000 metric tonnes of rice in 2020* and will produce 1.2 million tonnes of rice in 2023. *”Last year, we were able to reach 950,000 metric tonnes. This year,

The European Union banned Ghana from vegetable production and export in 2015 and only lifted the ban in 2017 after consistent effort by National Taskforce. To prevent this problem from recurring, the Green House Development module, one of the five key building blocks of our agricultural revolution, was consummated. Its purpose, among others, is to

Ghana is increasingly becoming the food hub of the ECOWAS sub-region as a result of the prudent agricultural policies that have been implemented so far, which has attracted the attention of many global organizations including the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Last week, a delegation from the FAO paid a courtesy call on Dr. Owusu

In his quests for greater, better partnerships, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture held fruitful deliberations with the US Ambassador to Ghana, Ms. Stephanie Sullivan, and her team who paid a courtesy call on the Minister in his office. The deliberations centered largely on food security in the West African sub-region, developments

Minister for Food and Agriculture Hon Owusu Afriyie Akoto has recalled how majority of Cocoa farmers looked up to his father to protect their interest during the era of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. He said that agitations which was raised by farmers after they realised that Nkrumah has failed them in his promise to double the

Minister for Agriculture Hon Afriyie Akoto has heightened the hope of Ghanaians in the Agric sector, stating that the quality of Ghana’s Cocoa is still unmatched anywhere else in the world. He defended that as the reason why the world market is prepared to pay 15 to 25 percent premium on the world market’s price

Quality of Ghana’s Cocoa Is Not Matched Anywhere Minister for Agriculture Hon Afriyie Akoto has heightened the hope of Ghanaians in the Agric sector, stating that the quality of Ghana’s Cocoa is still unmatched anywhere else in the world. He defended that as the reason why the world market is prepared to pay 15 to

Fairtrade has been implementing projects relating to climate change and environmental sustainability in West Africa through partnership initiatives such as Alliances for Sankofa and Dignity for All Programme. Working with over 318 certified cooperatives representing over 300,000 farmers and workers across West Africa, Fairtrade Africa builds farmers’ capacity in climate resilience, livelihood enhancement and improving

Mayor for Kumasi Metropolis Hon Osei Assibey has amplified the much talked about flagship program “Operation Keep Kumasi Clean and Green” by entering into a partnership with officials of the Central Sector Cadet Corps. By virtue of his visionary leadership, the assembly and the later organization on Friday 19th March 2021 kick-started a project aimed

According to broadcast journalist “Captain Smart”, few days after his son arrived from the United States of America, they decided embark on a ride in Accra. He said they reached a place where his son Saw some farmers planting vegetables with cabbages as their main crop. He nartated that his son quickly drew his attention

A Fairtrade International delegation met with Pope Francis on Monday, 23. November, to present the work Fairtrade is doing around the world to promote fairer trading conditions for more than 5 million farmers, agricultural workers, their families and communities. The delegation of five Fairtrade representatives fromGermany, Luxembourg, Italy, Kenya and Mexico presented Fairtrade’s new, five-year

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture through officials of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly has named “Hw3 De3 Awurade Ay3 Kroy3 Kuo”; an association which comprises traders located at Bantama and Suame as the Metro Best Marketing Group (2020). The group was awarded at the just ended 36th National Farmers’ Day celebration (Kumasi’s version) which was