Ghana acts to mitigate looming food crisis amid droughts in major farming zones

The Ghanaian government late Monday announced mitigating measures against a looming food crisis as drought hits…

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WFP, Ghana ink deal to address food security challenges

The World Food Program (WFP) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Statistical…

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Ghana’s debt rework helps cocoa regulator post $149.8 mln profit

Ghana’s cocoa marketing board Cocobod made a 2.3 billion cedi ($149.84 million) profit in 2022/23, helped…

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Traders lose 1 bln USD on Ghana’s cocoa shortage

"The cocoa market is facing a third successive year of deficit and prices have roughly doubled…

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Over 66 mln people food insecure in Greater Horn of Africa: report

   Some 66.7 million people in the Greater Horn of Africa region are highly food insecure,…

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 ©FAO/Zinyange Auntony Harmless soldier fighting mounds of harmful waste

Harmless soldier fighting mounds of harmful waste

Innovative use of the rubbish-devouring black soldier fly is tackling Côte d’Ivoire’s organic waste challenge ‘…

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Botswana on high alert after fruit fly detection in South Africa

Botswana on Tuesday announced the suspension of imports of crops and other related vegetative products from…

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Business magnate launches 400,000-hectare oil palm plantation project in Ghana’s Volta Region

Ghanaian business magnate Ibrahim Mahama has launched a project to establish a 400,000-hectare (one million acres)…

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