Respect for nature will keep our environs clean – Okyenhene
The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has underscored the need for Ghanaians to respect nature to ensure their communities and traditional areas are clean and healthy. “In the olden days, our mothers will wake up around 4:00 a.m., and sweep the compound; there was nothing like dumping of refuse into the gutters, and for that...
Farmers in Northern Ghana trained on seasonal weather forecast
The Canadian Feed the Children (CFTC), a non-governmental organization (NGO), has built the capacities of selected smallholder farmers in the Savelugu Municipality of the Northern Region on seasonal weather forecast. This will enable them make informed decisions on their farming practices. The workshop, held in Tamale, was organized by the CFTC in collaboration with the...
GHANAP worry over threat to the existence of honey bees
The Ghana Apiculture Platform (GHANAP) has expressed worry about how honey bees and other pollinators have come under serious threat around the world. These threats according to GHANAP had compelled the United Nations (UN) to fix May 20 every year as UN Bee Day to draw public attention to the critical role bees play in...
Gov’t boosting confidence of farmers and financing institutions – Bawumia
The Government of Ghana is committed to creating the enabling environment to generate the needed confidence for farmers and financing institutions to increase financial resources flow into the agriculture sector, Vice President Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, has said. Dr Bawumia said while speaking during a virtual launch of the Feed the Future Ghana Mobilising Finance in...
Today in History: Ghana will be self-sufficient in rice production by 2023 – Agric Minister
Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto last year projected that Ghana will in 2023 be self-sufficient with the production of rice. He said this after rice production in the country jumped from 138,000 metric tonnes in 2016 to 665, 000 in 2019. The Agric Minister noted that this increase in rice production...
Ghana’s economy ranked 8th biggest in Africa
Ghana’s economy has ranked 73rd in the world in terms of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the year 2019 making it the 8th largest economy in Africa. The 2020 figures are not expected for another year. According to the World Bank, Ghana’s economy stood at about US$67 billion in size in 2019, making it the...