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Sagnarigu, Ghana – The Ghana Veterinary Medical Association (GVMA) has lauded government’s “Rearing for Food and Jobs (RFJ)” programme and pledged its unflinching support towards ensuring that the programme achieve its desired goals. It says considering the rate at which the country imports more than half of its nutritional requirements, …

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Riyadh said new investments and reforms in the agriculture sector in Nigeria hold the key to the target of his government to take 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next ten years. Speaking at a panel discussion on the …

Afram Plains, Ghana – Farmers and Agricultural Extension Officers in Afram Plains have welcomed marketing opportunities under the Ghana Warehouse Receipt System (WRS) at a capacity building workshop organized by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) at Afram Plains. They believe that the WRS project will help address the challenge of …

Afram Plains, Ghana – The management of Afram Community Bank (ACB) has reiterated its commitment to give credit to farmers with warehouse receipts from certified warehouses. This financial assistance will empower smallholder farmers to buy more agricultural inputs, plough more acreage and produce more grains thereby improving the country’s food …

Lamashegu, Ghana – OLAM Ghana has opened a new warehouse and office complex at Lamashegu in the Tamale Metropolis in the Northern Region of Ghana for its biggest distributor, Holy Progress. The opening of the single storey-building is part of many strategies being outlined by OLAM Ghana to expand its …

Sagnariga, Ghana – The Country Director of OLAM Ghana Limited, Amit Agrawal, has commended the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for partnering with his company to combat climate change effects in the Northern Region. According to him, the partnership between OLAM Ghana and EPA is a mutually beneficial one which seeks …

Tamale, Ghana – It has been discovered that after over a decade of introduction of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) which serves school children hot meals every day, the programme has not been able to achieve its third objective of economic empowerment among farmers as less than 10 percent …

Gwollu, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, says government’s investment in the agricultural sector is yielding the expected results of improving food production and transforming the economies of farmers. He said the results on the ground were testimonies that if the government continued to invest …

Daffiama, Ghana – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AWO Fields, a farming company in the Daffiama/Bussie/Issa District, Madam Joyce Okrah says her company is leveraging the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme to help create jobs for the people. This, she said, has contributed to reducing the incidents …

Zini, Ghana – The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, has said he has high regards for traditional authorities in his community transformation agenda since they are the first port of call whenever the people have any challenge. “I have decided that I am going to liaise with …