About 300 women in the Upper West Region have benefited from a skilled enhancement in rice parboiling to enable them add value to their processed rice in order to improve on the market value of their produce. The beneficiaries were rice parboilers from nine selected communities in three districts and…
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Second Agribusiness Fair and Conference opened in Wa
By Philip Tengzu | Wa
5 HOURS AGO
The Market Oriented Agricultural Programme in North Western Ghana (MOAP NW), a German Development Organisation (GIZ) agricultural sector intervention, has opened the second edition of the Agribusiness Fair and Conference in Wa, Upper West Regional capital.
This was in partnership with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) and the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council (RCC).
The two-day event, on the theme: “Boosting the Agribusiness Potential of North Western Ghana”, brought together stakeholders to discuss issues militating against the agriculture sector as well as effective ways of surmounting those challenges.
EU, GoG break ground for rehabilitation and maintenance of feeder roads in UWR
By Philip Tengzu | Wa
6 HOURS AGO
The Government of Ghana, with support from the European Union (EU) under its Ghana Agricultural Programme (EU-GAP), on Tuesday, cut sod for the rehabilitation and maintenance of feeder and farm access roads in the Upper West Region.
The 35 million Euro 670.2 kilometers road rehabilitation project is part of a 145 million Euros EU-GAP project, and expected to be completed within the first 24 months, with performance based maintenance to be done for the next 18 months of completion.
The EU-GAP, a three component project, was aimed at developing sustainable and resilient agricultural system in the Upper West Region.