Government engages First Nations on agricultural opportunities

Today, federal Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister David Marit and Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation Minister RJ Sigurdson announced that their governments have completed a collaborative project that engaged First Nations communities with the goal of furthering Indigenous participation in the agriculture sector. The released

Flooding hits Ivory Coast cocoa

Flooding hits Ivory Coast cocoa mid crop, could hinder next main crops ABIDJAN, June 26 - Above-average rain in most of Ivory Coast's cocoa regions last week has flooded plantations and could affect the start of the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday. The world's top cocoa producer is in its rainy

Burkina Faso and Agriculture

Burkina Faso is a landlocked country lying between Ghana to the south and Mali to the north, with limited natural resources. The GDP per capita was just US$774.84 in 2019 and its population, estimated at almost 21 million in 2020, is growing at 2.86 per cent a year. The economy relies heavily on agriculture,

UNTAPPED POTENTIAL IN TOGO’S AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY

Agriculture contributes more than 40% of Togo’s GDP, employing nearly two-thirds of its workforce. With over 3.6 million hectares of cultivable land, the growth potential in the industry is virtually limitless. Cultivable land makes up 60% of the total Togolese territory. Out of this arable land, only 1.4 million hectares of the area get sown.

Gold Mining

Gold mining has always been a part of Ghana, from the ornate jewelry of the Ashanti kings to British colonization. In the last several years, however, largely unregulated galamsey mining has ramped up—due in part to Chinese investors who bring sophisticated equipment and a lagging economy that makes the prospect of striking gold too sweet

Cocoa Farmers Goes High

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Ginger Farming On The Rise

Agric researchers are going round southern Nigeria to boost ginger farming, reveal its huge profitability and mobilise South-East and South-South farmers to join the new craze. The Nigerian Export Promotions Council (NEPC) has also put its weight behind ginger production and export with the message that ginger can grow in the south too. NEPC seems

The Fall Of Cocoa Farming In Ghana

Ghana is a major producer of cocoa in the world and relies heavily on the crop for foreign exchange revenue. However, production declined since the mid-1960s, reaching its lowest level in 1983. Although production has increased consistently since the mid-1980s, it still is less than the level attained in the mid-1960s. The decline is partly

Galamsey The Enemy Behind Farming In Ghana

Every week, illegal mining activities or ‘galamsey’ destroys at least 20 acres of cocoa farms in the Sefwi-Wiawso, Juaboso, Bia and Akotombra areas in the Western North Region, an area that constitute the largest percentage of Ghana’s cocoa production, the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has said. The

2023 Best Farmers Awards

NSW farmers show innovation and resilience are keys to success. Kondinin Group and ABC Rural 2023 Australian Farmer of the Year winners: Tess and Andrew Herbert. NSW farmers show innovation and resilience are keys to success Kondinin Group and ABC Rural 2023 Farmer of the Year awarded to Tess and Andrew Herbert InsightComments Kondinin

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