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Story by Enock Akonnor, enockakonnor2013@gmail.com The Ashanti regional chapter of the Ghana Forestry Commission on 20th May 2020 commenced the distribution of seedlings as part of the Green Ghana Project. So far, 1,717,000 have been distributed within the region; an effort geared towards hitting and perhaps exceeding a target of 4million trees apportioned for the

Fairtrade Foundation has published a new report revealing key insights into factors that can either enable or jeopardise the ability of Fairtrade-certified cocoa co-operatives in Ghana to create and fairly distribute positive benefits to their farmer members. Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations, the report has been commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation

Mars Incorporated, a maker of chocolate for more than 100 years, today announced a new effort to improve the livelihoods of smallholder cocoa farmers.  The two groundbreaking, farmer-first programs will aim to support 14,000 smallholder farmers in Côte d’Ivoire and Indonesia on a path to a sustainable living income in the next eight years. These

Are you thinking of engaging in an agric business that can earn you much money? Well this article is for you because crops highlighted in this article will make you a millionaire perhaps within one year. By Jeff Desjardins As with most things, it can be complicated and more nuanced to answer. However, ultimately it

Fairtrade Africa Programme Manager Chris Oluoch and Head of Region for West Africa, Edward Akapire, paid a field visit to CAPRESSA, a Fairtrade certified producer organisation in Agbengourou Cote d’Ivoire, together with Fairtrade Africa staff, Anne Marie Yao Dje, Sonndia Polneau, and Caroline Sang. Mr. Tizie, a representative from the Youth Employment Agency, and Mr

At the recently held Africa- EU Week celebration from the 14th to 18th February 2022, young Fairtrade producers were part of a series of side events organised by youth on key thematics relating to integrated development on the African contiment. Fairtrade Africa and Fairtrade International organised a virtual session on ‘Next Generation of Farmers Leading

The European Commission’s legislative proposal is a ‘groundbreaking’ step towards combatting deforestation. But it cannot abandon smallholders in the process. Our planet’s forests are more than just green lungs breathing life. They cover nearly a third of Earth’s land area, are home to 80 per cent of all terrestrial species, and provide an estimated 1.6

More than four years after the high-profile launch of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI), Africa’s top cocoa-producing nations continue to see huge areas of forest being destroyed to make room for cocoa production, according to a new data analysis by Mighty Earth. Sweet Nothings: How the Chocolate Industry has Failed to Honor Promises to

NPP’s much trumpeted Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) plus Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) policies have triggered a decision for a massive protest come 2nd January 2022. Chairman for Farmer based organizations at Afigya Kwabre District Mr. John Senya has said he is seriously mobilizing small holder farmers across the country to

Kumasi City Mayor Hon Sam Pyne has announced that farmers within the metropolis have benefited immensely from the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) and the Fertilizer Subsidy Programme. The assembly he indicated has also made some significant strides to consolidate the local food system through extensive collaboration with various players including market queens, researchers

Government has so far distributed 7,500 bags of fertilizer at a value of GH 327,900 to farmers within the Amansie West District of Ashanti region as a package under the much trumpeted Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) Policy; DCE Hon Nii Larteh Ollenu has disclosed. As a top up to the preceding, over  7,100

Cocoa farmers in Ghana have reiterated their long planned decision to stage a protest against COCOBOD officials and for that matter government in the soon coming Farmers’ Day celebration. On Wednesday 3rd November 2021, embittered farmers openly coughed out their annoyance against officials in Kumasi following their (officials) failure to address their welfare, hence their

A Press briefing held in Kumasi on Wednesday 3rd November 2021 by aggrieved Cocoa farmers has assumed a shocking twist as they (farmers) have sworn heaven and earth to stage a massive protest against NPP and COCOBOD officials. Should government fail to address their welfare and properly effect measures to ensure the smooth implementation of

Cocoa farmers in Ghana have kicked against the decision by officials of COCOBOD to carry out the implementation of their pension scheme through a newly inaugurated Board of Trustees. The Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association (GNACOFA) per their official press release copied to the office of www.leakynews.net are saying that it is not convinced about

A representative of COCOBOD CEO Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo caused a massive stir at the launch of the 100 years anniversary of Kwadaso Agric College on Thursday 28th October 2021 in Kumasi. Without mincing words, Madam Faustina Asumani informed students of the college point blank in her address that ” there are no jobs” in

BONN, Germany – The intensifying impacts of climate change pose a serious risk to global agricultural production and directly threaten the livelihoods of millions of Fairtrade farmers around the world, a new Fairtrade study has revealed, adding that increased investment in climate adaptation and resilience measures are critical if plummeting incomes for Fairtrade farmers are

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