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Source: Paa Kwesi Baidoo, Managing Partner, Streetwise Advisors Ghana, often referred to as the “Gateway to West Africa,” boasts of a rich agricultural heritage that has played a pivotal role…
A programme for African Tech Startups in Agriculture, Food and Climate Are you running a tech startup and want to transform the agriculture and food tech industry in Africa? Do…
Against the backdrop of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) having previously manufactured an automobile called Boafo, and against the backdrop of Kumasi Magazine mechanics having manufactured…
Africa’s agricultural sector has a significant social and economic impact, per McKinsey. The percentage of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa exceeds 60%, while agriculture accounts for approximately 23% of the region’s…
Source: GNA President Akufo-Addo has appealed to chiefs and other traditional leaders to make lands easily available for large scale agricultural activities in the country. As custodians of the land,…
The Sagyimase Presbyterian Primary School, located in the Eastern Region of Ghana, has demonstrated the country’s potential to produce its own citronella (onion) locally. Currently, Ghana spends millions of dollars…
The 2022 National Best Farmer, Oheneba Nana Yaw Sarpong Siriboe I, who is also the Akyimpimhene of the Juaben Traditional Area in the Ashanti Region, is set to establish an…
To help address the challenge of difficult access to agribusiness financing, an intervention dubbed the ‘Affordable Agricultural Financing for Resilient Rural Development (AAFORD)’ project has been rolled out. The US$69 million…
The government has introduced the Planting for Food and Jobs Phase Two (PFJ2.0) to consolidate the gains of the first phase which started in 2017. PFJ 2.0, also known as…
Source: thebftonline.com Although women’s contribution to the agricultural sector remains crucial, only 20.13 percent of them actively participated in government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) initiative, says a study by the Peasant Farmers…