Agribusiness

Invest in Africa (IIA) has opened applications for the MicroGREEN Programme, an initiative designed to support 1,000 young entrepreneurs in Ghana and Senegal to build sustainable businesses and create green jobs.

For decades, agriculture has remained the backbone of Ghana’s economy, providing livelihoods for millions of people and contributing significantly to food production, job creation, and rural development.

The Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) has unveiled an ambitious plan to distribute more than three million elite rubber seedlings to farmers across the Western, Central and Eastern Regions.

The Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) decision to settle GH¢162million owed holders of cocoa bills who declined to participate in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) has removed one of the last unresolved liabilities from the debt restructuring exercise.

The Rubber Processors Association of Ghana (RUPAG) has defended government's temporary ban on raw rubber exports, insisting the policy is protecting Ghana's industrialisation agenda rather than creating monopolies or depriving farmers and traders of market opportunities.

Ghana’s honey industry is intensifying efforts to regain European Union (EU) market access, with stakeholders calling for stronger quality standards, certification and traceability systems to meet the bloc’s import requirements and improve the sector’s global competitiveness.