The global avocado market is seeing various developments, as large volumes of the fruit are expected to arrive in the Netherlands from countries such as Peru, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, and Colombia. The quality of Kenyan avocados has significantly improved, ...
UK Honey — Adulteration of honey with cheap sugar syrup has been exposed in a new investigation by the European Commission, which found 46% of sampled products were suspected to be fraudulent. Ten honey samples from the UK all failed ...
Nigerian actress who has become a politician, Funke Akindele, has finally spoken after losing the Gubernatorial elections held recently in Nigeria. The actress, who was the running mate to the PDP Governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, lost the elections to ...
African logistics have struggled to cater to the country’s growing population and dynamic private sector for far too long. New research suggests that is about to change — and the benefits for the continent’s wider economy could be transformative. That ...
As part of efforts to help increase farm profitability and ensure that the root cause of poverty is addressed for cocoa farmers in Africa, the National Fair Trade Platforms of Ghana, Fair Trade Ghana Network (FTGN) comprising the Ivorian Fair ...
GB Foods, the company behind the popular Gino brand, has announced plans to invest US$ 70 million into tomato production and processing in a major boost for tomato production in the country. The project involves establishing two industrial farms, each ...
Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) Anti-smuggling Task Force in collaboration with the security agencies, has within two weeks, retrieved over 1,500 bags of cocoa, en route to being smuggled to neighbouring countries. According to the Director of Special Services at COCOBOD, ...
Agro-processing is essential for sustained and accelerated economic growth, food security, job creation, and poverty reduction. In February 2020, President Nana Akufo-Addo announced that Ghana will no longer export raw cocoa beans and instead intends to process more and more of ...
Under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, Africa’s need to import so much will be reduced, and domestic processing capacity boosted massively. Agriculture accounts for roughly one-third of the African continent’s GDP provides a livelihood for 50% of ...
The Development Bank Ghana (DBG), has as part of its strategies to improve foοd security in the country, engaged stakeholders in the poultry value chain to ascertain challenges and provide financing support. The Bank believes that addressing market failures in ...
Consider sowing drought-tolerant seed varieties that can withstand drought and other climatic and environmental hazards to ensure food security. That is Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) advise farmers, especially those in the food basket regions. This is because those varieties of ...
Officials from the Australian High Commission in Accra have paid a visit to beneficiary women-owned shea processing groups in the Northern Region to ascertain how the support they have received is impacting their operations. Through the Australian High Commission’s Direct ...