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Kenya and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, on Thursday launched a 134.05-million-U.S. dollar facility to improve financial access for smallholder farmers. Chris Kiptoo, principal secretary for the national treasury and economic planning, told journalists in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that… ....
Mr. Bernard Adu-Ohene, a cashew farmer, has appealed to the Government through the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) to take decisive action to ensure a fair pricing regime for cashew nuts. He said the government's intervention was crucial in ensuring a fair and stable market for cashew producers, through the implementation and… ....
Farmers have been urged to partner with forecast agencies to receive reliable seasonal weather information to improve their farming practices. Dr Alhassan Lansah Abdulai, the Lead for the Climate Change Responses Programme and Senior Research Scientists at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI), said farmers… ....
The leadership of the Tijjianiya Muslims Movement of Ghana (TMMG) has called on the government to empower local poultry and rice producers to increase their capacity to produce and create jobs for the youth. Alhaji Khuzaima Mohammed Osman, the Executive Secretary of the Tijjianiya Muslims Movement of Ghana, said in… ....
The United States Government is supporting some 17,000 Ghanaian farmers with a $7 million fund project to be resilient during lean season, spanning from June to August 2023. The USAID one-year Farmer Support Activity would be implemented through a well-designed cash transfer system to be disbursed in two tranches in partnership with the United… ....