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Oyster Harvesting in Ghana offers income opportunities for fisherwomen across the country as well as a source of nutrition.

Stakeholders in the aquaculture industry have called for the development of a Fish Residue Monitoring Plan to ensure the safety and quality of fish sold to the public and meet international standards and export requirements. The stakeholders called on the Fisheries Commission (FC) to collaborate with the Ghana Standards Authority…

A dialogue event exploring the realities and strategies of working in the aquatic industry by women fishers and fishing sector members with a focus on nutrition in aquatic food systems and climate change and fisheries. Date: Tuesday, 29 November 2022 Time: 20.30-22.00 (UTC+8)

Rural Women Farmers Worry Over Hike In Premix Fuel, Agric Inputs

Women farmers and food processors have appealed to the government to support them with the necessary inputs, including premix fuel to enable them to expand on their activities.

Rural Women Farmers Worry Over Hike In Premix Fuel, Agric Inputs

Hundreds of farmers in Asuboi, Ayensuano District, have benefited from the installation of a new cassava processing pavilion, housing three locally produced cassava processors, a pressing machine, a roasting area, and a storeroom. The multi-purpose pavilion is intended to boost daily cassava processing productivity and improve working conditions for female…

The income level of women farmers in five regions have increased through an intervention programme by the German Association of Rural Women (dlv).  Additionally, the volume of sales of parboiled rice of the women groups increased from 17 per cent to 27 per cent following the adoption of new techniques…

Professor Charles Tortoe, the Acting Director, Food Research Institute (FRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has called on small and medium-sized enterprises within the fish value-chain to adopt its products for commercialisation. He explained that those within the food and fish sector could consult the FRI,…

Graphic Online BY: Maclean Kwofi 30.5k Shares 705 Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has launched a new platform designed to facilitate the growth and development of women-owned agribusiness enterprises in the country. Dubbed: “ #VALUE4HERConnect”, the new platform seeks to help bring women entrepreneurs in agriculture together in a virtual community in order to be able to connect, network and grow their businesses. The platform, which is targeting more than 500,000 women ent...