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No African Swine Fever has been recorded in the Ashanti region, the Regional Veterinary Officer, Dr Mabel Abudu has said. While allaying the fear in the residents, she said, lovers of pork can go ahead to enjoy it without fear. But she advised the public to purchase pork which has been inspected and examined by

By Enock Akonnor, enockakonnor2013@gmail.com Hon Nii Larteh Ollenu has lamented over how some Ghanaian youth abandon their communities and seek for jobs outside the country. The Amansie West DCE is of the opinion that numerous opportunities have been made available by the NPP government which they (Ghanaian youth) can harness to their economic advantage. Speaking

By Enock Akonnor, Editor-In-Chief enockakonnor2013@gmail.com The Amansie West District has benefitted immensely from interventions introduced by government to improve the lives of Cocoa farmers in Ghana. Presently, it has scored a track record as the district that has pruned the largest number of acreages of Cocoa farms in the entire country covering an area of

Fairtrade Africa has organised its General Assembly (GA) on the 26th August 2022 in Accra, Ghana for Fairtrade certified producer organisations across the continent. GA is the highest decision-making body of Fairtrade Africa, constituted by representatives of producer organisations across Africa, who meet annually to deliberate on topics related to trade, market opportunities, sustainable production,

Management of National Service Scheme (NSS), led by the Executive Director of NSS, Hon. Assibey Antwi paid a working visit to a 200,000 acre land in Kumawu, earmarked as an avenue to train National Service Personnel (NSP) in agriculture and ag-adjacent disciplines. Dubbed the NSS Kumawu Farm Project, the Scheme is seeking to train a

Welcome home valued reader. Now that you are nursing the idea of become a great farmer, what type or kind of crops can your cultivate for profit? This article gives explanations on the best crops that you can start cultivating immediately to make money from agriculture. Now let’s get straight to the point. 1. Groundnut

Fairtrade Africa participated in the 28th ARSO General Assembly organized from 27th June, -1st July, 2022 at the Hilton Hotel in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The GA brought together ARSO members, who are national standards bodies across the continent, and partners of ARSO to discuss key issues on standardization within Africa. There were four panel discussion including

Story by Enock Akonnor enockakonnor2013@gmail.com The level of food insecurity in Ghana presently stands at 11.7 percent, implying a food insecure population of 3.6million people; officials of Ghana Statistical Service have disclosed. Per the 2020 nationwide Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) covering 260 administrative districts, 1.6 million people out the above-mentioned total food

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