The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has commenced a nationwide farmer sensitisation campaign to educate cocoa farmers on the reintroduced Free Fertiliser and Agro-Inputs Distribution Programme under the Cocoa Diseases and Pest Control (CODAPEC/HITECH) Programme.
Achieving youth-inclusive agrifood systems requires expanding economic opportunities, equipping young people with the necessary skills and resources, including access to quality education and training, and facilitating their access to productive resources.
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has commissioned 506 Feed Ghana Brigadiers to support the implementation of the government's Feed Ghana Programme, with the newly trained officers also set to provide agricultural advisory and technical support to private agribusinesses, households and institutions.
COCOBOD, the cocoa sector regulator, has released GH¢2.6billion to Licenced Buying Companies (LBCs) to expedite farmers’ payments, thereby clearing a significant portion of arrears owed.
COCOBOD is preparing to tap into the domestic bond market and raise up to US$1billion equivalent in cedi-denominated bonds annually, a shift from its decades-long reliance on dollar denominated syndicated loans from foreign banks and offtakers.
For generations, agriculture in Ghana has largely been practised on a subsistence basis, dominated by millions of smallholder farmers cultivating relatively small parcels of land primarily to feed their families, with any surplus sold in local markets.
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