Tag: Planting for Food and Jobs
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Food security in Ghana is declining – Agribusiness Chamber
The country’s food security balance sheet, according to data from the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG), has hit a negative two percent.CAG’s Chief Executive...
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How PFJ lifts agriculture production
Two distinct big shocks to the food supply chains have negatively impacted the world economy during the previous three years.The first came about from...
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‘Traitors and opportunists’- Dr Kofi Amoah jabs resigning ministers
Outspoken businessman and economist, Dr Kofi Amoah, has criticised ministers who have announced their resignations from the Akufo-Addo administration.Dr Amoah in a series of...
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Ghana to influence food system in the sub-region — Akufo-Addo
According to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ghana would take advantage of its potential for grain production to feed not just the West African...
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PFJ Market: Plantain not part of budget and crop list – MP
The Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee of Parliament has berated the minister for Food and Agriculture for creating the...
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Lack of efforts to generate reliable market for farmers a worry – GTLC
It is concerning, according to Ibrahim Akalbila, National Coordinator of the Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition (GTLC), that sustained efforts are not being made...
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We don’t eat plantain only, give us variety – Patrons of PFJ market demand
Patrons of the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) market introduced by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture are calling on government to make...
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Mad rush for foodstuff as Agric Ministry moves market to Makola
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has moved the Planting for Food and Jobs market to the Makola Market in Accra.As a result, there is a mad rush...
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Retailers not profiteering; I spend GH¢60k on rice transportation – Businessman
The Chairman of the Competitive African Rice Platform, Yaw Adu Poku, has dismissed claims of unnecessary profiteering by retailers of food products on the...
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MoFA has no business in food distribution chain – GAWU
The General Agriculture Worker’s Union (GAWU) is raising some eyebrows about the activities of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) in the food...