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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

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