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31 August 2017

Arla to Launch New Business in Ghana
GHANA - Arla is adding another market to its Sub-Saharan Africa business region by establishing a new sales and packaging facility in Ghana. The new subsidiary will begin selling Arla’s branded dairy products in Ghana from September 2017 in response...

10 January 2017

Union Urges Govt to Compel Banks to Allocate Funds to Agriculture
GHANA - The General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) has appealed to the Nana Akufo Addo administration to use policy tools to compel commercial banks in the country to cede a substantial portion of their loan portfolio to the agriculture sector....

12 November 2014

NFU and Sustainable Agriculture in Ghana
GHANA - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson arrived in the Republic of Ghana today to discuss the history of NFU and the development of cooperatives in the United States at the National Food and Agric Show (FAGRO)....

05 November 2013

Cassava Has Potential as Feed for Ghanaian Cattle
GHANA - Cassava has the potential to transform access to livestock feed for poor farmers according to an FAO study focused on Ghana, released by the Sub-regional Office for West Africa....

22 July 2011

Ghana's Farming Needs Investment, Says Official
GHANA - The deputy agriculture minister says that heavy investment is needed in the country's livestock and poultry industries....

12 November 2009

Ghana Declared Rinderpest-free
GHANA - The International Organisation of Animal Health has conferred on Ghana the status of a rinderpest-free country, following the total eradication of the disease in 2005....