Agribusiness

56% of Nigeria’s arable land remains unexploited, says Minister The Federal Government of Nigeria recently disclosed that untapped agricultural wealth is abundant across the country....

Agric Ministry to borrow $36m for Savannah Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project A credit facility worth $36m is expected to be secured from the African Development...

Cocoa farmers demand 30% increase in price for 2022/23 crop season Cocoa farmers in Ghana have warned that the country could lose more productive cocoa...

Nigeria losing 300 jobs for every thousand metric tonnes of raw cashew exported Nigeria is losing 300 jobs of processed cashew capacity for every thousand...

UN FAO’s global food prices fall for fifth month in a row The UN’s Food Prices Index has fallen for the fifth month in a...

Ghana’s GM cowpea to improve agriculture, boost economy The approval of genetically modified cowpea in Ghana is paving the way for agricultural advances and economic...

Nigeria to become Africa’s largest wheat producer in the next decade The Federal Government has announced that despite Nigeria only producing 420,000 metric tonnes of...

Weak cedi shoots up farming inputs cost – PFAG President of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) Awal Wepia Addo says the cedi’s current...

Ghana earns $21.9m from $1bn coconut export market Export of desiccated coconut by Ghana for the year 2021 amounted to $21.9m. Compared to the $6.3m...

Planting for Food and Jobs seed suppliers beg for GHS 207m debts Seed suppliers for government’s flagship ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (PFJ) initiative are...