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The World Bank on Wednesday approved $120 million financing for the second phase of the West African Agricultural Productivity Programme expected to improve food production by spreading new agricultural technologies in Ghana and Senegal.
The programme would finance technology exchange programmes, align national priorities with regional ones to increase regional cooperation in…
Posted by Isaac Twumasi Quantus on May 24, 2012 at 8:04am
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) was given a key role in the G8′s next phase of a shared commitment to achieve global food security. The Scaling Seeds and Other Technologies Partnership, part of the new initiative focused on increasing agricultural food production in Africa, will be housed at AGRA and will focus on strengthening Africa’s seed…
Posted by Isaac Twumasi Quantus on May 22, 2012 at 9:53am
Ghana will need US$84.3million to boost aquaculture production to 100,000 tonnes in 2016, according to the five-year Ghana National Aquaculture Development Plan (GNADP).
Seventy-eight percent of the cost will be borne by the Government of Ghana as public investment and 22% will be mobilised as direct investment from the private sector.
Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Mr. Musa Saihou Mbenga, said the GNADP provides a road-map…
Posted by Isaac Twumasi Quantus on May 15, 2012 at 10:31am
The USAID-funded Agricultural Development and Value Chain Enhancement Programme (ADVANCE) working under the umbrella of the Ghana Feed the Future Initiative has started distributing 123 weighing scales and 41 moisture meters to some farmers in the savannah ecological belt.
This is in support of the ongoing agricultural value chain development…
Posted by Isaac Twumasi Quantus on May 15, 2012 at 10:30am
The Venture Capital Trust Fund has secured a one million dollar grant from Rockefeller Foundation to promote Impact Investments in Ghana.
The concept is aimed at promoting investments in areas that enhances social development and reduce poverty.
The facility is expected to help the Trust fund begin some advocacy work in the above areas.
Chief Executive of Venture Capital Trust Fund, Daniel Doku told Joy Business this should help…
Posted by Isaac Twumasi Quantus on May 15, 2012 at 10:30am
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The director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde urged developing countries on Monday to shore up their defences, especially foreign exchange reserves, against a possible European recession next year.
Lagarde was speaking during a visit to Nigeria in which she met President Goodluck Jonathan and Finance Minister Ngosi Okonjo-Iwaela and praised their planned economic reforms.
European finance ministers were discussing ways of boosting IMF resources to build a better firewall against the debt
Cocoa purchases declared to Ghana's Cocobod reached 448,528 tonnes by Dec. 8 since the start of the season on Oct. 14, data from the industry regulator showed on Tuesday.
The figures compare with 421,711 tonnes of official purchases recorded during the corresponding eight weeks of the previous season, which ran from Oct. 1 to Nov. 25, according to the data seen by Reuters.
Total purchases for the week ending Dec. 8 were 36,822
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