Tag: Planting for Food and Jobs

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has urged farmers to step up cultivation of sorghum and soya beans which have ready market to boost their incomes. According to MoFA, ...

The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, Hon. Yaw Frimpong Addo has indicated that there’s a need to review the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) Program. According to him, ...

Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, George Kwaku Ricketts-Hagan, has intimated that the government’s initiative of ‘Planting For Food And Jobs’ should have been an avenue for the youth ...

The government is targeting 3.6 million Metric Tons (MT) of maize under its flagship program, the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ), in the second half of the year. According ...

Ghana’s food security situation looks pretty good despite the devastating effects of the pandemic on the economy last year as reflected in the rankings of countries in terms of how ...

Anthony Morrison, the Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Agribusiness, commenting on the recent nationwide shortage of fertilizer has stated that the Government’s flagship program - Planting for Food ...

Farmers in some parts of the country are lamenting over their inability to get the needed fertilizers for their farms, raising fears of an imminent low production this year. The ...

President Akufo-Addo has commissioned a newly constructed building for the Bolgatanga East District Assembly. The Construction of the new Assembly Building commenced in the first term of President Akufo-Addo. Addressing ...

Ghana has touted its resolve to outrightly ban the importation of rice into the country, thus achieving rice self-sufficiency by 2022. With some months more into 2022 after declaring the ...

The government spent GH¢ 421.6 million last year towards the delivery of programs under Goal 8 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which seeks to promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable ...