With a central vision that is hinged largely on driving farmer productivity and profitability through tailor-made crop nutrition solutions, Yara remains a conspicuous player in the local agric industry.  Besides being a leader in crop nutrition, Yara operates with an...

Ghana’s Planting for Food and Jobs program and its allied modules like Rearing for Food and Jobs provides Ghana an interesting blueprint on which to raise and sustain the building blocks of a big, resilient and profitable agriculture for the benefit of all. Already in...

Ghana and The Netherlands have an enduring relationship that dates back nearly a century. The rapport between the two countries has flourished and continues to show significant promise in the areas of sports, business, education and notably, agriculture-where the...

Africa is slowly but surely ebbing towards a certain population explosion, that could be compounded by the accompanying vicissitudes of climate change. With estimates pointing to 2.2 billion people by the year 2050, the ability of farmers to increase productivity is...

A portion of the national Zero Hunger Strategic Review (ZHSR) reads, “A multi-sectorial and multi-level approach for maximum impact is required in order to eradicate hunger in Ghana. The SDG2 target must be mainstreamed in all sectors and all levels from national to...

Experience has shown that the collective effort of government and the private sector is usually effective in achieving rapid results. In the agric industry, the need for collaboration is even more crucial. The input of thriving firms adds impetus to government...

The importance of a diversified agric sector to the growth of the local economy is one that cannot be overstated. Indeed successive governments have made attempts to wean the nation off the enduring overdependence on fabled cash crops like cocoa, coffee and cashew....

For ages Africa has consistently been the subject of diverse growth projections. The potential of the continent has been weighed-up on many fronts with assuring predictions always reported. This enormous potential which can only be realized through a collective...

Cocoa set the tone for what has become a hugely profitable local agric sector today. Despite recent flirtations with other commodities, however the clout- or more appropriately, leaning towards cocoa is legendary. Agriculture in Ghana encompasses a variety of...

The media plays a crucial role in the growth and development of society. It is this central significance of the media that earned it the designation, ‘fourth estate’ –only behind the three arms of government –the executive, legislature and judiciary. The media has...