37 h. ago Five districts in Upper East Region selected for gov’t Farmer Service Centres initiative   

Five districts in the Upper East Region have been selected as beneficiaries of the government’s Farmer Service Centre initiative, a major intervention aimed at transforming agricultural production and improving food security across the country.  

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62 h. ago Farming interventions paying off, lifting incomes and food security, says Agric minister

Minister for Food and Agriculture Eric Opoku says the government’s agricultural interventions are not only improving national food systems but are also directly impacting households, lifting incomes and enhancing food security for millions of Ghanaian families.

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62 h. ago Ghana Deploys Credit Guarantees to Tackle Agricultural Lending Crisis

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-deploys-credit-guarantees-to-tackle-agricultural-lending-crisis/Ghana has launched an expanded network of credit guarantees and blended finance programmes targeting agricultural lenders as the sector confronts one of the highest loan default rates in the economy. The interventions arrive ahead of the 41st National Farmers’ Day celebrations in Ho, where questions about whether financing schemes can reverse decades of capital shortage […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-deploys-credit-guarantees-to-tackle-agricultural-lending-crisis/

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4 d. ago Dumelo tours Buffer Stock stands at National Agric Fair, applauds food security drive

Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, John Dumelo, was among the many high-profile visitors who toured the exhibition stands of the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) on Day Two of the national agricultural fair in Ho, the Volta Regional capital.

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2 w. ago Bono Maize Farmers Face Crisis as Grain Glut Threatens Livelihoods

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/bono-maize-farmers-face-crisis-as-grain-glut-threatens-livelihoods/Maize farmers in the Bono Region are calling for urgent government intervention as an oversupply of grain threatens to wipe out their investments, with abandoned storage facilities and collapsing prices compounding their difficulties during the current harvesting season. The crisis facing farmers in one of Ghana’s key agricultural zones mirrors a nationwide problem where more […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/bono-maize-farmers-face-crisis-as-grain-glut-threatens-livelihoods/

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2 w. ago Food security and poverty reduction top priority for Agric ministry – Eric Opoku

Food and Agriculture Minister Eric Opoku has highlighted the strong link between rising food prices and the number of Ghanaians living in poverty, stressing the need for agricultural transformation to improve productivity and household welfare.

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3 w. ago Farmers Petition Mahama Over One Million Tonnes of Unsold Rice

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/farmers-petition-mahama-over-one-million-tonnes-of-unsold-rice/Ghanaian farmers have petitioned President John Dramani Mahama seeking urgent intervention as an estimated one million metric tonnes of paddy rice valued at five billion Ghana cedis remain unsold in farming communities across the country, threatening the livelihoods of over one million agricultural workers. The coalition of smallholder farmers and agribusiness operators, led by commercial […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/farmers-petition-mahama-over-one-million-tonnes-of-unsold-rice/

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4 w. ago Trump administration tells states to stop paying full food aid benefits

The Trump administration is ordering US states to stop paying full food aid benefits to low-income American families, saying they are "unauthorised".

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