Twenty young entrepreneurs in five teams have moved to the next stage of the Kosmos Innovation Centre’s (KIC) AgriTech Challenge 2016, a formal competition in which invited young business leaders are tasked to use innovation to develop commercial solutions to challenges within agriculture. The latest culling of competitors comes after the most recent round of business presentation which resulted in… Read more →
Category: Projects in Ghana
Press Release: Improving Approaches to Mainstreaming Gender in Ghana’s Youth Policy and Youth in Agriculture Programme
Press Release August 16, 2016 Improving Approaches to Mainstreaming Gender in Ghana’s Youth Policy and Youth in Agriculture Programme Accra, Ghana—Syecomp Ghana Limited, a private agricultural research company and Federation of Young Farmers’ Ghana launched a position paper on mainstreaming youth in agriculture on Tuesday, August 16 at the Kempinski Hotel. At the launch, Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture,… Read more →
Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to set up Farmers Service Centres in Ghana
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture, (MoFA) has initiated a programme to establish Service Centres for use by farmers nationwide. The multi-purpose centres when completed, will be a one-stop shop for the provision of services such, mechanization, fertilizer distribution, extension services, produce marketing and provision of credit facilities to farmers, among others. The sector minister, Mohammed Muniru Limuna, who disclosed… Read more →
Ghanaian rice farmers advised to use “bubble dryer” to improve quality
Mr Emmanuel Asior, Rice Value Chain Advisor at Green Innovation Centre (GIC) has asked rice farmers in the country to consider the use of “bubble dryer” to improve the quality of local rice. He said the technology, powered by solar energy prevents contamination, aflatoxin in maize, reduces cost and enhances profit. Mr Asior said this at a day’s training workshop… Read more →
Cocoa and cashew farmers get US$22m funding from Olam
Some farmers in Ghana have benefited from a $22 million interest-free short-term financing under the Olam Livelihood Charter (OLC) of global agri-business giant, Olam International. The OLC is Olam International’s flagship smallholder sustainability initiative, which caters for a total of 31,722 Ghanaian farmers in the cashew and cocoa sectors, cultivating a total of 73,968 hectors of land. Some 57% of… Read more →
Expression of Interest: Design and Set-up of the Ghana Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending
The Republic of Ghana (Bank of Ghana) Expression of Interest (EOI) Request for Pre-qualification BACKGROUND The Bank of Ghana (BOG), the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) with support of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) are collaborating in the design and set-up of the Ghana Incentive-based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (GIRSAL) as a vehicle… Read more →
Ghana take giant steps to boost cocoa production
Ghana’s effort at increasing its cocoa production has taken a giant step forward with the establishment of 20 Rural Service Centres (RSCs) to aid farmers adopt best farm management practices to raise the per hectare yield. The Centres spread across 14 districts in the cocoa belt – Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Western and Central Regions, are an integral part of the Cocoa… Read more →
JICA to scale up rice projects in Ashanti, Northern Regions in Ghana
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will be implementing the second phase of one of its flagship Projects in the Agriculture Sector in the Ashanti and Northern Regions. The project is dubbed ‘Project for Sustainable Development of Rainfed Lowland Rice Production’. This was made known at two separate workshops organized in Kumasi and Tamale to inform beneficiaries about the contents of… Read more →
ICT in Agriculture in Ghana: The Bulging Potentials for Ghana’s Youth
A vast potential exists for the use of ICTs in agricultural development and numerous applications are being developed for this purpose. ICTs can be used to carry out soil tests; to apply fertiliser; to receive extension advice and weather forecasts; to monitor pests and diseases; to make marketing decisions; to decide when to harvest; to weigh produce in the field;… Read more →
New Agricultural Financing Mechanism: Government of Ghana, AGRA focus
In an effort to find a lasting solution to the perennial agricultural funding challenge that has stalled development of the sector, the Alliance for a Green Revolution Africa (AGRA) NGO in collaboration with the Ghana government is developing an all-inclusive agricultural financing mechanism to that effect. Ghana’s agricultural sector is seriously under-resourced, particularly smallholder farmers who are being starved of… Read more →