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Agriculture and Labour
5th April, 2013
The first ever interactive online platform providing open access to all agricultural spatial data and information in Ghana was on Wednesday launched in Accra.
The website jointly created by the USAID/ADVANCE and the Centre for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Services (CERSGIS) of the University of Ghana, Legon, aims to provide agric ...
4th April, 2013
Farmers have been advised to apply business modules as part of their farming activities.
It is believed that if farms are run like a small or medium scale enterprise it will ensure investments of ...
28th March, 2013
The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has suspended their strike action with effect from Wednesday to enable negotiations to resolve their grievances to ...
28th March, 2013
A total of 3,526 bags of maize were cultivated by the Central Regional branch of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) on its 415.5 acres of farm lands at Komenda, last year to complement ...
22nd March, 2013
Mr Alhassan Azong, Minister of Public Sector Reforms, has said report from the annual Global Employment Trends released by the International Labour Organisation indicates that unemployment rose by 4.2 ...
20th March, 2013
The Local Government Workers Union (LGWU) has lauded the appointment of Mr Akwasi Oppong-Fosu as the new Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, and pledged its commitment to work with him ...
20th March, 2013
The Government has put measures in place to construct community storage facilities in the three regions in the north, to combat food insecurity.
Mr. Clement K. Humado, Minister of Food and ...
1st March, 2013
Ghana’s peak catch of fish had dwindled from 120,000 metric tonnes to 30,000 tonnes within ten years, the Mission Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Ms. ...
26th February, 2013
Coconuts sellers in Accra are reaping massive benefits from their trade due to high demand for their product, particularly in Accra.
Patronage and demand for coconuts in Accra had increased and it ...
26th February, 2013
The Greater Accra Regional branch of the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) have elected new council members to run the affairs of the group for the next four years.
Nii Djamlodja VI ...
19th February, 2013
FISHERMEN at the James Town landing beach and at Korle Gonno, all in Accra, have commended government for not increasing the price of premix fuel.
Speaking to The Ghanaian Times in separate ...
19th February, 2013
The Professional and Managerial Staff Union (PMSU), of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU) of the National Investment Bank (NIB) have elected new executives to run the affairs of the ...
8th January, 2013
Apostle Derek Sarpong, member of the Apostolic Council of the Great Commission Church International, has urged the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) to promote mushroom farming in the ...
31st December, 2012
Women farmers in Zuarungu in the Upper East Region have received training in moringa processing and soap making as part of efforts to empower them with alternative income generating ventures to ...
27th December, 2012
A Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) led dry season irrigation farming has taken off at various ecological zones of the Northern Region to produce crops for export to the European ...
24th December, 2012
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on government to pursue economic policies that promote job creation.
According to the TUC Secretary, Mr Kofi Asamoah the country’s economic policies ...
17th December, 2012
Nana Kwesi Ofori, Central Regional Chief Farmer, has advised cocoa farmers to use the bonus government pay to them to maintain their farms to enhance production and improve the quality of their ...
14th December, 2012
Cabinet has approved Ghana’s Revised Forest and Wildlife policy 2011 to enable the country consolidate and maximize benefits derived from products and services of the forest and wildlife ...
3rd December, 2012
The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) has strategized to boost maize and vegetable farming in its operational areas by introducing dry season farming in this year.
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9th November, 2012
The youth have been advised to go into agro-based business instead of seeking for non-existing white collar jobs in the cities.
The Project Director of Matrix Mind Consulting Limited, Dr. ...
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The chiefs and people of Alavanyo and Nkonya at the weekend denounced in a joint statement further arms skirmishes in the area and pledged ...
