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Traceability is the new currency of global cocoa Trade
23+ hour, 31+ min ago (631+ words) For the better part of a century, the commercial value of a cocoa origin was determined by three variables: physical quality, volume reliability, and price competitiveness. These fundamentals remain indispensable. But the global cocoa trade is undergoing a structural shift…...
I have supported highway authority financially to fix roads in my constituency - A Plus
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (480+ words) The Member of Parliament for Gomoa Central, Kwame Asare Obeng, popularly known as A Plus, has rejected claims that he has neglected poor roads in his constituency in favour of entertainment activities. Speaking to Kwame Dadzie on Joy FM's Showbiz…...
Ghana to boost tomato production with 60-hectare irrigated farms and processing initiatives
3+ day, 49+ min ago (358+ words) The government has announced plans to develop 60 hectares of irrigated farmland dedicated to all-year-round tomato production, alongside processing initiatives aimed at preventing seasonal gluts and ensuring a stable supply of tomatoes on the Ghanaian market. President John Dramani Mahama said…...
Ghana Health Service responds to dead fish incident at Tema Port
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (504+ words) The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has led a coordinated multi-agency response following the discovery of a large quantity of dead fish at the Tema Port Shipyard Slipway. According to a statement, the incident occurred in the early hours…...
Albert Kobina Mensah, soil pollution and remediation: Risk assessment, phytoremediation, revegetation
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (569+ words) Published in 2025 and extending to 445 pages, the volume is organized into 23 chapters and addresses, with notable breadth and technical seriousness, the interrelated questions of soil pollution, potentially toxic elements, risk assessment, phytoremediation, revegetation, and post-mining land rehabilitation. At its most…...
Sunyani Market traders urge government action amid surging ginger prices
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (215+ words) Traders at the Nana Bosoma Central Market in Sunyani, Bono Region, have called on the government to intervene following a sharp rise in ginger prices, which they attribute to strong demand from traditional medicine producers. According to sellers, herbal medicine…...
Successful conviction secured for illegal fish processing operation in Watford
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (429+ words) Watford Borough Council has successfully secured a conviction following a lengthy and complex two-year investigation into illegal fish processing taking place in a residential flat in Watford. Mr Stephen Akuoko, of 21 Lincoln Green Court, Haines Way, Watford, pleaded guilty to…...
Minority urges cocoa farmers to resist pressure from galamseyers
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (238+ words) The Ranking Member on Parliament's Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee and Member of Parliament for Offinso South, Isaac Yaw Opoku, has appealed to cocoa farmers in the Ahafo Region not to hand over their farmlands to illegal miners, popularly…...
Women farmers need tailored pensions - Zanetor
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (463+ words) Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, the Korle-Klottey MP, has called for specialised pension schemes tailored for Ghana's peasant women farmers and market women. Dr Agyeman-Rawlings noted that while market women and farmers form the "backbone" of local economies, the lack of a…...
Maphlix'Farms to supply 3, 000 tonnes to help bridge tomato deficit
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (285+ words) Maphlix Farms at Dawhenya in the Greater Accra Region is to supply 3, 000 tonnes of tomatoes to the domestic market to help address Ghana's production shortfall. The move is part of ongoing measures to reduce the country's tomato deficit and stabilise…...