By Kingsley Webora TANKEH A country with a US$2bn food import bill should be waking up with chills for losing an estimated US$1.9billion worth of farm produce annually to post-harvest losses, according to the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG). This haemorrhage from our farms, our silos, our trucks and our markets should inform targetted […] The post Farmers’Day25:
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE More than three million farmers in northern parts of the country are expected to benefit from a US$63.21million Green Climate Fund grant for implementing climate resilience programmes. This project aims to boost climate resilience for smallholder farmers in northern Ghana by enhancing food security, strengthening the rural economy and promoting sustainable livelihoods […] The post Farmers’Day25:
By Samuel Ohene Nyantakyi Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd. (JMTC) has reaffirmed its commitment to the agricultural and fisheries sectors with a donation of essential equipment to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) ahead of the 41st National Farmers’ Day celebrations. In support of this […] The post Japan Motors
By Sandra Agyeiwaa Otoo The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has urged government to take urgent and transparent action to address the worsening grain glut, which it says is crippling farmers nationwide and threatening food security. According to the Association’s National President, Wepia Addo Awal Adugwala, more than 200,000 metric tonnes of unsold paddy […] The post PFAG
Stanbic Bank Ghana has reaffirmed its long-standing commitment to Ghana’s agricultural development with the donation of a brand-new Massey Ferguson tractor to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA). The gesture forms part of the bank’s continued support toward the 41st National Farmers’ Day celebration scheduled for December 5, 2025. The tractor was officially handed […] The post Stanbic
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE With a significant budgetary allocation of GH¢6.6billion to agricultural production in 2026—the highest for the sector in the last decade since 2016, government’s commitment to food and livestock production may take a new direction toward achieving food sufficiency in the medium term. Agriculture sector stakeholders, including the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana […] The post Farmers’Day25:
By Joshua AMLANU The government is expanding a network of credit-guarantee schemes, subsidies and blended-finance programmes to pull banks back into agricultural lending as the sector grapples with some of the highest non-performing loan ratios in the economy. Whether these interventions can unlock the long-promised flow of capital to farmers will help determine if its […] The post Farmers’Day25:
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