12 h. ago Ghana Farmers Demand Mandatory Training to Lift Agriculture Standards

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-farmers-demand-mandatory-training-to-lift-agriculture-standards/Ghana’s Concerned Farmers Association is pushing for a nationwide licensing system that would require formal training and certification before anyone can operate a farm. The group argues treating agriculture as a regulated profession is essential to curb dangerous practices, protect public health, and secure Ghana’s position in global food markets. Unregulated pesticide use and outdated […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-farmers-demand-mandatory-training-to-lift-agriculture-standards/

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3 d. ago Ghana Cocoa Farmers See Little Gain from Price Surge, IMANI Reveals

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-cocoa-farmers-see-little-gain-from-price-surge-imani-reveals/Record cocoa prices won’t automatically rescue Ghana’s struggling farmers, policy think tank IMANI Africa warns. Despite the government hiking producer prices, most smallholders still earn as little as GHC 5.90 daily per hectare barely enough to cover costs. The problem isn’t prices but productivity, IMANI stresses. With 70% of farmers tending plots under two hectares, […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-cocoa-farmers-see-little-gain-from-price-surge-imani-reveals/

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4 d. ago Mango farmers reap big as PPEDCO turns crop disease into a success story

For years, mango farmers in parts of Ghana watched helplessly as a deadly plant disease, Bacterial Black Spot (BBS), destroyed their farms. The disease caused lesions, rotted the fruits, and crippled livelihoods. But today, in many farms across Kintampo North, the BBS are gone, thanks to the work of a local agricultural company, Plant Pests […]

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4 d. ago Ghana Cocoa Farmers Reject Government’s Price Increase as Broken Promise

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-cocoa-farmers-reject-governments-price-increase-as-broken-promise/Cocoa farmers across Ghana are protesting what they call a betrayal by President John Mahama’s administration after it failed to deliver a promised sixfold price increase. Last week’s announcement of a GHS128.75 per bag hike bringing prices to GHS3,228.75 fell drastically short of the GHS6,000 pledge central to Mahama’s 2024 election campaign. The gap leaves […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-cocoa-farmers-reject-governments-price-increase-as-broken-promise/

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5 d. ago Cedi’s Rise Squeezes Cocoa Farmers Despite Global Price Surge

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/cedis-rise-squeezes-cocoa-farmers-despite-global-price-surge/Ghana’s currency appreciation is delivering mixed blessings for its vital cocoa sector. While the cedi’s 40% gain this year bolsters national economic stability, it has sharply limited local benefits from soaring global cocoa prices. Farmers recently learned their produce will fetch only 4% more in cedis this season, despite international prices jumping over 60% in […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/cedis-rise-squeezes-cocoa-farmers-despite-global-price-surge/

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6 d. ago Ghana’s Palm Oil Farmers Battle Volatility Despite Pricing Gains

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-palm-oil-farmers-battle-volatility-despite-pricing-gains/Ghana’s palm oil sector faces intensifying sustainability and market pressures, threatening thousands of smallholder farmers amid climate risks and low yields. While global sustainability standards increasingly exclude small producers from profitable markets, Ghana’s minimum pricing policy offers rare stability, according to Solidaridad’s 2024 Palm Oil Barometer. Enforced by the Tree Crop Development Authority (TCDA), the […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-palm-oil-farmers-battle-volatility-despite-pricing-gains/

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8 d. ago Ghana’s Oil Palm Farmers Struggle Amid Climate and Price Swings

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-oil-palm-farmers-struggle-amid-climate-and-price-swings/Ghana’s oil palm sector faces mounting sustainability pressures as climate change and extreme weather destabilize farmer incomes while global price volatility threatens industry growth, development organization Solidaridad warns. The group’s 2024 Palm Oil Barometer reveals smallholders increasingly squeezed between erratic harvests and shifting market demands, often locking them out of profitable value chains. Imagine harvesting […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-oil-palm-farmers-struggle-amid-climate-and-price-swings/

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8 d. ago Concerned Farmers Association mourns victims of helicopter crash

The Concerned Farmers Association of Ghana has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of eight individuals in the tragic military helicopter crash that occurred on Wednesday, 6 August.

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1 week ago Vegetable Farming Revival Boosts Incomes for Ghana’s Smallholders

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/vegetable-farming-revival-boosts-incomes-for-ghanas-smallholders/Ghana’s vegetable sector is transforming as modern techniques and quality seeds reverse decades of low yields for smallholder farmers. The East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation (EWS-KT) is driving this shift through its “Transforming Vegetable Farming as a Business” initiative, training 10,493 farmers 46% women, 41% youth across Ghana’s Bono, Ahafo, and Bono East regions since […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/vegetable-farming-revival-boosts-incomes-for-ghanas-smallholders/

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1 week ago Cocoa farmers are disappointed in Mahama for ‘failing to honour his promise’ – Ntim Fordjour

The Ranking Member of Parliament’s Defence and Interior Committee, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has accused the Mahama-led administration of deceiving Ghana’s cocoa farmers with what he describes as empty promises and unfair pricing. 

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1 week ago Cedi Strength Caps Cocoa Farmer Gains Despite 63% Global Price Surge

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/cedi-strength-caps-cocoa-farmer-gains-despite-63-global-price-surge/Ghana’s cocoa farmers will receive only a 4.2% increase in local currency earnings for the new season despite a 62.6% dollar-denominated price jump to $5,040 per tonne, as the cedi’s appreciation blunts the global windfall. The revised rate of GH¢3,228.75 per 64kg bag effective August 7 contrasts sharply with farmer expectations, as a stronger cedi […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/cedi-strength-caps-cocoa-farmer-gains-despite-63-global-price-surge/

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1 week ago Rubber Supply Tensions Threaten Ghana’s Processing Factories

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/rubber-supply-tensions-threaten-ghanas-processing-factories/Boosting domestic value addition, creating jobs, and strengthening Ghana’s economy through local rubber processing is widely seen as an ideal strategy. However, significant tensions are emerging over the supply of raw materials, with industry stakeholders warning that the process must not favour factory investors at the expense of essential actors like traders and farmers who […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/rubber-supply-tensions-threaten-ghanas-processing-factories/

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1 week ago Ghana Rubber Farmers Demand Regulation to End Processor Exploitation

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-rubber-farmers-demand-regulation-to-end-processor-exploitation/Rubber producers in Ghana’s Western Region are urging the state-run Tree Crop Development Authority (TCDA) to impose urgent licensing and oversight on the rubber value chain, warning that unregulated trade practices are crippling livelihoods and driving farmers toward illegal mining. Yirenkyi Ansah, representing growers in the Nzema enclave, detailed how processors exploit smallholders through suppressed […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-rubber-farmers-demand-regulation-to-end-processor-exploitation/

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1 week ago Ghana Launches Gastro Feastival to Transform Food Industry and Heritage

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-launches-gastro-feastival-to-transform-food-industry-and-heritage/Charterhouse Productions has unveiled the Gastro Feastival, a pioneering national initiative set to reposition Ghana’s food ecosystem as an engine for economic growth, cultural preservation, and social inclusion. Spearheaded by CEO Theresa Ayoade, the December 5–6 event at Accra’s Palms Convention Centre will align with National Farmers’ Day, targeting stakeholders across farming, processing, distribution, and […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-launches-gastro-feastival-to-transform-food-industry-and-heritage/

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