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Ghana to join the rest of the world in celebrating the day. The United Nations General Assembly at its 62nd plenary meeting in December 2018 has adopted a resolution proclaiming a World Food Safety Day. Starting on   7 June 2019. Every 7 June will be a time to celebrate the myriad benefits...

An assessment of the animal disease surveillance system of Ghana was conducted in order to improve the country’s capacities in detection, prevention, and response of transmissible animal diseases or threats, including zoonoses (diseases which can be transmitted between animals and humans). The 11-day mission identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and gaps...

As development of the agriculture sector a priority for the Government of Ghana The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the government of Ghana have signed  a five year framework that sets out three government priority areas to guide the FAO’s partnership and support to Ghana. The CPF...

Participants at the just ended stakeholder engagement on agriculture financing under the Ghana agriculture investment Plan (GhAIP) have underscored the need to create the necessary enabling environment to attract investment into the agriculture sector. Access to credit/finance by agri-food sector and actors along the commodity value chains in Ghana is limited...

The issues of Post-Harvest Losses, PHLs in the Small-scale Fisheries Sector continues to be a source of worry, having devastating impacts on the incomes of coastal inhabitants, mostly women. The fisheries sector in Ghana, mainly dominated by small-scale fisheries is an emerging sector with significant contribution to food security and poverty...