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Mr Maxwell Kwame Essibu, a 49-year-old Management Consultant from the Twifo-Atti Morkwa District, has been adjudged the Central Regional Best Farmer at the 38th Farmers’ Day celebration. The two-time award winner; the Best District Farmer in 2014 and Best Regional Plantain Farmer in 2015, was honoured for his exploits in…

The Central Region recorded an increase in rice production from 12,308 metric tonnes in 2020 to 16,246 metric tonnes in 2021. The 32 per cent increase was largely driven by prudent rice support interventions instituted by the Central Regional Office of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), in collaboration…

The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Rice Value Chain (RVC) Improvement project in the Central Region has conducted a three-day Training of Leaders (ToL) workshop for rice farmers under the project.

Dr Owusu- Afriyie Akoto, Minister of Food and Agriculture, has reiterated Government’s efforts in implementing best agricultural practices to transform the sector for rapid economic growth and development. “As an emerging economy that seeks to accelerate growth and sustainable development, the government would do it possible best to adopt best…

The Progressive Youth, Ghana, a youth organisation in Komenda in the Central Region, has called on the government to work to operationalise the Komenda Sugar Factory to create jobs for young people in and around the area.