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A delegation of chiefs, rice farmers and concerned youth from Weta has presented a petition to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, demanding urgent action to address the challenges confronting the Weta Irrigation Scheme. The farmers say the destruction of their rice...

The Farmers Services Centres initiative under the Feed Ghana Programme will be a game change for the nation’s agriculture, President John Dramani Mahama has said. He noted that when all the 50 Farmers Services Centres across the country become fully operational,...

President John Dramani Mahama has inspected ongoing works on the Poultry, Meat and Feed Processing Plant at Bechem in the Ahafo Region, as part of his Resetting Ghana tour, Ahafo Region edition. The President, who cut the sod for the project about a year ago,...

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, says Ghana has started exporting eggs to Burkina Faso as the government explores ways to address a sustained surplus in domestic production. He said the exports followed negotiations with Burkina Faso after President...

The government’s Nkoko Nketenkete programme has helped increase Ghana’s domestic poultry production from 4.6% to 22% as of May 2026, Minister for Food and Agriculture Eric Opoku has said. Speaking during an inspection of a poultry, meat and feed processing factory at...

The Volta Youth in Agriculture has congratulated the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr Eric Opoku, on his dedicated leadership and efforts to advance agricultural production. The youth group, however, appealed for markets for young cassava farmers in the region....