In February 2025, President Donald Trump announced plans to offer refugee status to Afrikaans farmers hoping to escape what he described as a “genocide” in South Africa.
Category: Agriculture
Ghana: 82-year-old Abraham Kwaku Adusei Crowned 2025 National Best Farmer
Ho, Volta Region, Ghana//-An 82-year-old farmer from the Kwahu Afram Plains South District of the Eastern Region, Opanyin Abraham Kwaku Adusei, has been crowned the Overall 2025 National Best Farmer.
National Farmers’ Day: A Celebration Built on Poisoned Soil and Toxic Rivers
Accra, Ghana//-Every year, Ghana honours its farmers with speeches, parades, and awards. But beneath the ceremony lies an uncomfortable truth: we are celebrating agriculture while destroying the very foundations that make agriculture possible.
New Global Index Reveals Factory Farming Is Shortening Human Lifespans and Accelerating Planetary Damage
Factory farming is reducing the lifespan of people and animals and creating irreversible damage to our environment, according to new research from charity World Animal Protection.
Africa Rallies Around Forest Innovation as African Forestry and Wildlife Commission Opens in The Gambia
Accra, Ghana/// — The 25th Session of the African Forestry and Wildlife Commission (AFWC25) has opened in Banjul, The Gambia, with a clear call for African countries to scale up innovation and reinforce political commitment to protect and restore Africa’s forests and wildlife.
West African Countries Committed to Boosting Women’s Empowerment in Agrifood Systems
Accra, Ghana// — Women are at the beating heart of agrifood systems in sub-Saharan Africa. They lead through innovation, entrepreneurship and resilience, but still face a much steeper slope compared to men in accessing and controlling basic resources, which are crucial for their wellbeing and development.
COP30’s Silence on Industrial Animal Agric Undermines Global Climate Progress
World Animal Protection has raised concern over the glaring omission of industrial animal agriculture at the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), warning that continued failure to address the sector’s climate and deforestation impacts undermines global progress.
On Parliamentary Dispute Over the Price of Kenkey
Accra, Ghana//- The Kenkey Index digs into the dispute in Parliament on Wednesday between Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, a minority NPP MP and Mahama Ayariga, Majority Leader, to clarify the current price of the fermented starch ball beloved by Ghanaians.
U.S Lifts 15% Tariffs on Ghana’s Cocoa and Other Key Agric Exports
The United States has officially lifted the 15% tariffs that were imposed on cocoa and certain agricultural products from Ghana, Ghana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has announced. According to the Minister, the decision took effect on November 13, 2025, following a new executive order from President Trump.
Ghana: SHSs to Establish Poultry and Livestock Farms Soon – President Mahama
President John Mahama has revealed a new policy that will require senior high schools across Ghana to establish poultry and livestock farms.