Ghana’s ageing cocoa farmers are caught in a price trap

Nearly 50 years ago, I began my journalistic career covering cocoa farming in Ghana for the FT. A fortnight ago, I returned to Ghana’s Ashanti province to see how the farms, the industry and the lives ...
MyJoyOnline

Ghana’s farms underperforming, risking economic stagnation — Pianim

Speaking on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Ghana’s 69th Independence Day, Pianim highlighted the “stark underperformance” of the nation’s farmlands across both northern and south ...
AG Week

Transforming Ghana's agriculture is focus of project

FARGO, N.D. -- If America's great ability can meet Ghana's great need for agricultural development, that will be good thing for humanity -- and maybe for business, too. "We want you to invest in Ghana ...

Cocoa beans rot and West African farmers seek other options after commodity crash

West African cocoa farmers are facing a squeeze after the price of the global commodity crashed on the international market ...
Nasdaq

Female-owned farms and companies are growing Ghana's taste for coffee

ASHANTI KPOETA, GHANA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - From dozens of farms nestled among the hills of Ghana's Volta region to the cafes and restaurants of the capital, Accra, the women farming and marketing ...
Business Insider

Green Gold Farms raises $1.6 million to tackle Ghana's food import problem and poverty in the North

TEMA, Ghana, July 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Gold Farms, a leading Ghana-based, African-led agribusiness start-up has completed raising US$1.6 million from Absa Bank Ghana, Diaspora Capital, ...
BelTA

Ghana’s president praises Belarusian tractor he uses on his farm

Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama revealed that he uses a Belarusian tractor on his farm as he met with Belarusian ...
Nasdaq

Ghana set to follow Ivory Coast with farm gate cocoa price rise -sources

Ghana plans to increase the guaranteed farm gate cocoa price paid to farmers by at least 21% to 10,000 cedi ($1,745) per tonne for the next cocoa season starting on Oct. 1, two sources told Reuters on ...
Modern Ghana

White Volta River nearly dries up as Burkina Faso diverts water, threatening farms across Northern Ghana

Communities and farmers along the banks of the White Volta River in northern Ghana are raising serious concerns as large portions of the river appear to be drying up, leaving behind stretches of sand ...
AG Week

H5N1 bird flu confirmed on two farms in Ghana

Tests on poultry at two farms in Ghana, including one in the capital, Accra, have confirmed the presence of H5N1 avian flu, the country's state research institute said on Wednesday. The Noguchi ...
Reuters

Learning to keep children off cocoa farms in Ghana

ASANKRAGWA, Ghana (Reuters) - No matter how busy he gets, cocoa farmer Simon Afram never keeps his children home from school to work on his farm. Sign up here. "If you don't let a child go to school, ...