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30 Aug

Blame Climate Change, Not Irrigation For Drought Crisis – Agric Minister

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Agriculture Minister Bryan Acheampong has attributed the ongoing drought crisis in the country to climate change, stressing that the core issue is not irrigation but the shifting weather patterns. Speaking to Joy News’ PM Express Business Edition, he said the Ghana Meteorological Agency had alerted government that the planting season had shifted by an entire month, a critical change that was not effectively communicated to farmers. “This shift in the planting season, which is a fundamental change caused by climate change, disrupted our agricultural planning,” Acheampong stated. “We invested heavily in inputs, training, land development, seeds, and fertilizers, but with…

23 Mar

Agric Minister Woos Rice Investors In Thailand To Ghana

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Ghana’s Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture (in charge of Crops), Mr. Yaw Addo Frimpong, has urged investors in the Thailand rice value chain to come and invest in Ghana. He said such an investment will mutually benefit both Thailand and Ghana, adding that the former has the experience and the technology to support Ghana to become self-sufficient in rice production. Mr. Addo Frimpong, who doubles as the Member of Parliament (MP) of Manso Adubia Constituency in the Ashanti Region, was speaking at the Thailand-Ghana Business Conference at the Grand Fortune Hotel, Bangkok Sunday, March 19, 2023. The business conference,…

08 Dec

Agric Minister Praises Rice Farmers In Upper East Region

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The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has disclosed that the government was talking to some African development banks for funds to support rice farming in the Upper East Region. The sector Minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, made the disclosure when he interacted with rice farmers at Gbedemgblisi in the Upper West region, as part of his tour in the northern part of the country. While commending the rice farmers, he stressed that Upper East holds loads of potential for rice production. “We have noticed that this region [referring to Upper East] is a potential region for rice production as valleys…

01 Nov

Agric Minister Begins Second Leg Of Regional Tour In Western, Western North, Central, Oti & Volta

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The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, on Monday, October 31, resumed his regional working tour to the Western, Western North, Central, Volta, and Oti Regions. The second leg of the working tour comes at the heels of similar successful ones undertaken early this year to other regions in the country. The visit will largely afford the minister the chance to interact with farmers, input dealers, directors amongst others. His first port of call was the Western North Region where Dr. Afriyie Akoto allayed the fears of poultry farmers, stressing that the government was poised to combat…