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Tamale, Ghana – Many female farmers in the Northern, Upper West and Upper East Regions of Ghana have complained about their inability to participate in the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme and other policies being implemented by the Akufo-Addo government.In six farming communities of the three regions up …

Nyankpala, Ghana – Farmers in the Upper West and Northern Regions of Ghana have been schooled on appropriate agronomic practices to reduce crop production cost and improve agricultural output towards food security. They were taken through crop rotation, use of animal droppings and appropriate fertilizer application aimed at boosting soil …

Tamale, Ghana – The Northern Women Development Association (NORWDA) in the Northern Region is advocating access to farmlands for women like their male counterparts. Rural women throughout the Northern Region contribute greatly to agricultural production and are highly dependent on agriculture as their source of income and livelihood. Yet most …

Binduri, Ghana – Scientists from the Savannah Agriculture Research Institute (SARI) under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have introduced and exposed close to 300 farmers to two improved varieties of cowpea in the Binduri and Bawku West Districts of the Upper East Region. The beneficiary farmers are …

Daffiama, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Director of Agriculture is projecting a bumper harvest this year after 94,000 farmers registered for the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme, an initiative by government to boost food production. Mr Sasu Yeboah said there was going to be increased food production …

Grassroots Sisterhood Foundation is a women-led organization working to enhance power relation in poor communities of Northern Ghana. Over a decade GSF has strived to ensure the voices of women are heard in various spaces be it on human rights, economic or social justice. In the process we have established …

Tamale, Ghana – Available statistics suggest that women account for 70% of production of subsistence crops and form about 90% of the labour force in the marketing of farm produce in Ghana. In Northern Ghana, women are engaged in the planting, weeding, harvesting and post-harvesting stages of all types of …

Walewale, Ghana – The havoc caused by torrential rains in the Northern Region is deepening as more farmlands along the White Volta have been submerged with several lives lost.At least 10 farming communities in the area have been severely affected with about 1,105 acres (442 hectares) of crop lands consumed …

Nandom, Ghana – Nandom, is poised for a bumper harvest this year as a result of governments flagship Agricultural policy-Planting for Food and Jobs and the good rainfall pattern in the last few months. This was realized during a tour of some selected farms across Nandom by the District Chief …

Kiape, Ghana – Dagaaba settlers at Kiape, a community near Bole in the Bole District of the Northern Region woke up in the morning of last Friday to meet the mass killing of their pigs. A member of the community called Andrews Dery, in an interview with Bole based Nkilgi …