Fertilizer

"Cocoa farming is very hard work but only rewards you with poverty," 32-year-old cocoa farmer, Uriah Nkrumah declared with vigour. Nkrumah was explaining the reason many of Ghana's youth are abandoning the once esteemed occupation of…
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A baseline survey conducted by the Coconut Waste Project (COWAP) shows that there is a growing market for coconut peat (mulch) growing medium in Ghana, Chief Executive of CocoBenz, Bender Owusu Bediako Antwi has said. Speaking to the…
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Subsidised fertiliser meant for Ghana's cocoa farmers is reportedly being diverted and sold by unscrupulous persons. COCOBOD, the Ghanaian cocoa sector regulator, provides subsidised fertilisers, chemicals and other farm inputs as…
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Ghana's cocoa industry regulator, Cocobod, has warned of a looming fertilizer shortage on the back of the Russia-Ukraine war. According to Chief Executive Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the West African country's cocoa farmers may have to consider a…
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The Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has suggested to cocoa farmers in Ghana to resort to the use of poultry manure for farming due to a looming fertilizer shortage across the world. He attributed the…
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Ghana Cocoa Board has issued a rejoinder to the Auditor-General's report on expired chemicals and fertilizer with the assurance that prudent measures have been adopted to prevent a recurrence. The Auditor-General (AG) in its 2020 report…
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A new cocoa foliar fertilizer, Kelik Potassium has been launched to help farmers in the cocoa sector to increase the weight, volume and quality of cocoa beans for export in Ghana. The product, Kelik Potassium has a high source of Potassium…
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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Sabo Nanono has revealed that the Federal Government has resolved to inject over N600 billion (US$1.5 billion) as stimulus-response into the agriculture sector,…
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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) through the Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) has presented a total 99,468 bags of Cocoa fertilizers to be distributed to 126 farmer cooperative groups within Wiawso and Akontombra districts of the…
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Yara Ghana Limited, a leading name in fertilizer dealership in Ghana, has won the Agro Input of the Year (fertilizer) at the maiden Ghana Cocoa Awards held in Accra. The company’s input package for cocoa which is the Asaase Wura and…
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