Accra, Ghana, March 29, 2018//-Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC), the leading national public health institute of the United States (US) has estimated that each year zoonotic diseases (diseases shared between humans and animals) cause 2.5 billion cases of sicknesses, resulting in 2.7 million deaths worldwide.
March 27, 2018//-Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire have resolved to address the challenges of the cocoa sector, within the framework of the implementation of the Strategic Partnership Agreement which links the two countries, by signing the “Abidjan Declaration.”
March 19, 2018//-Up to the mid-1970s, Tanzania was the largest producer and exporter of sisal in the world and the industry employed over one million farmers and factory workers.
March 19, 2018//-Rivers are the main source of life because they provide fresh water, which is critical for survival of both flora and fauna.
March 17, 2018//-To ensure an increase in export volumes and draw more foreign investment into Ghana, government is strengthening supply chains of exportable products through the Coconut Export Revitalisation Project.
Ghana’s Attorney General has filed 27 charges including a charge of causing financial loss to the state against former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni.
Accra, March 10, 2018//-Ghana’s Parliament on Friday approved UA 27,864, 750, an equivalent of US$39.01 to finance the Savannah Zone Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project (SAPIP).
Dakar, Senegal, March 9, 2018// — The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) is pulling the plug on three Chinese companies conducting Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing in West Africa.
March 9, 2018//-Agricultural goods exports for the last quarter of 2017 grew in value by 54.9 per cent valued at N44.7billion as against N28.8billion in Q3 according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
March 8, 2018//-South Africa’s parliament has passed a resolution to amend the constitution and allow expropriation without compensation. The decision has generated a storm of gigantic proportions as political parties, citizens, white farmers and commentators anticipate either the moment of salvation (‘real land reform at last!’) or disaster (‘the collapse of the market economy!’).
