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Farmers had harvested about 965,493 metric tons by June 3, 2021, compared with a target of 900,000 tons for the whole crop year that ends in September 2021.
The businesswoman who has created employment opportunity for people to have meaningful livelihood admonished the youth to venture into agriculture.
The Bank in its power sector recovery programme factsheet shared during the World Bank’s virtual meeting with journalists recently, said the country’s power sector has not kept up with demand of reliable power supply to existing customers.
Cocoa farmers in Ghana earn a per capita daily income of approximately USD $0.40-$0.45 from the produce. This amounts to an annual net income of USD $983.12-$2627.81 and accounts for two thirds of cocoa farmers’ household income.
The rapid production growth of cashew in the country, especially within the forest-transition zone, is consuming sizeable farmlands and thus posing a threat to sustainable production of food crops in the country’s food basket.
With the importation of some 520 multipurpose mini tractors, Farmer Based Organizations (FBO) across the country say they could increase yields by 25 percent in a year.
Some farmers at the Damwaateon and Mwaakpa communities in the Wa West District have appealed to government to extend the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme to their communities.
Commercial poultry production in Ghana can be divided into large-scale (over 50,000 birds), medium-scale (10,000 – 50,000 birds) and small-scale (less than 10,000 birds) enterprises.
Ghana is located along the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, bordering Côte d' Ivoire in the west and Togo in the East. With a large number of fish resources, up to 2.2 million people depend on fisheries for their livelihoods.