Agriculture and Labour

Encroachers Threaten Weija Irrigation Farms
1st June, 2010
The Weija irrigation farms, are under threat by encroachers who have taken over most of the 1,500 hectare land acquired purposely for agriculture. Mr Zachary Gabireh, Deputy Director of the ...
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ADB To Assist Farmers
24th May, 2010
Mr. Ibrahim Adam, Board Chairman of the Agriculture Development Bank (ADB), has pledged the bank’s financial support to farmers, especially those in large-scale farming. Mr. Adam said this ...
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Continue To Focus On Cocoa Sector - Ghana Told
19th May, 2010
GHANA should continue to focus on the cocoa sector in spite of the prospects from the oil find, the Municipal Director of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease Control (CSSVD) of COCOBOD, in charge of ...
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Songhor Salt Company Bounces Back
15th May, 2010
The Songor Salt Company which faced a myriad of difficulties in the past has bounced back with the production of more than 30,000 metric tonnes of Salt. This is under a new three-man Interim ...
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MOFA To Fast Track The Development Of Livestock Agriculture
11th May, 2010
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) is seeking to ease the challenges that the domestic poultry industry face and to fast tract the development of livestock agriculture. The interventions ...
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Dangme West District Assembly Acquires Land For Fruits Plantation
7th May, 2010
THE Dangme West District Assembly (DWDA) has acquired a-265-acre land at Kordiabe for plantain and mango plantation. The project, estimated at GH˘50,000, is to help create employment for the youth ...
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Tema Canoe Basin Needs Dredging - Chief Fisherman
6th May, 2010
Nii Odametey, the Chief Fisherman of the Tema Canoe Beach, has called for the dredging of the canoe basin that serves as landing base for over 500 canoes. He told the GNA in an interview that it ...
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May Day Dedicated To Dr. Kwame Nkrumah
30th April, 2010
THIS year’s May Day celebration by organised labour, which falls on Saturday, May 1, has been dedicated to Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s First President. It is to be celebrated ...
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Cultivate More Rubber Trees To Mitigate Effect Of Global Warming - Ahwoi
29th April, 2010
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Kwesi Ahwoi, has urged farmers, organisations and financial institutions to promote and encourage cultivation of rubber trees to check mitigate the effect of ...
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MOFA, EPA To Weed Out Illegal Agric Input Dealers
29th April, 2010
THE Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is weeding out all illegal dealers of agricultural inputs. For that matter, it is ...
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IFCD, MOFA Ensure Accessibility Of Agro-Chemicals To Farmers
28th April, 2010
The International Centre for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development (IFDC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) have commenced a project to ensure that agro chemicals ...
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Why Are Agric Workers So Poor? Minister Wonders
20th April, 2010
The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Kwesi Ahwoi, has expressed concern about surveys which consistently show that poverty among people working in the agricultural sector is the highest among all the ...
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CLOGSAG To Assist In Implementation Of Single Spine Pay Policy
19th April, 2010
THE Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) has declared its readiness to “sit down anytime, anywhere, with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FUSC) to assist in resolving ...
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Why Local Contractors Cannot Compete
19th April, 2010
A road engineer has emphasised the need for government to empower local road construction firms to develop the requisite capacity to enable them to compete favourably with their foreign counterparts ...
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Alphids, Mealy Bug Outbreak At Akosombo
10th April, 2010
THERE is an outbreak of aphids and mealy bugs diseases that attack fruits, have broken out at the Akosombo in the Eastern Region. The worst affected are pawpaw and the trees and residents with the ...
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Best Farmer Presented With House
1st April, 2010
The Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday presented a three bedroom house worth GH˘100,000 to the 2008 National best farmer, Dr. Simon Saku. The three bedroom house comprising a ...
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Fair Wages And Salaries Commission On Road Show To Educate Workers
29th March, 2010
The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) says it is upbeat about the road show and workers fora it has embarked upon because the discussions will facilitate effective implementation of the ...
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UW Farmers Provided With 4,200 Sheep
29th March, 2010
FOUR hundred and twenty farmers in the Upper West Region are being provided with 4,200 sheep to augment their stock to boost animal husbandry to meet the protein needs of the country. The project ...
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Govt Acquires Land For Block Farming In North Tongu
24th March, 2010
Government has acquired many acres of farmland for extensive block farming in the North Tongu District, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, a Deputy Minister of Information said at the weekend. He said the ...
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Cocoa Farmers Fund Proposed
12th March, 2010
The African Cocoa Coalition (ACC) has proposed a fund to build the capacity of cocoa farmers, improve infrastructure in cocoa growing areas and enhance farmers’ incomes. ACC is an autonomous ...
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