The Executive Director of the Fisheries Commission, Michael Arthur- Dadzie has said the crew of Chinese fishing vessel who were arrested, over the disappearance of a fishing observer, have been granted bail. Speaking on Eyewitness News on Thursday he said from what he has gathered, the police have granted the crew police inquiry bill and an extract. …
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One Emmanuel Essien, a fishing observer assigned to the Meng Xin 15, a Chinese Vessel operating in Ghana, has been reported missing for about three weeks now. Emmanuel Essien some three weeks ago embarked on a scheduled observer mission with the said vessel but has since not been seen. His colleagues allege that the vessel …
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Mountains of Bonga fish (Sardinella) are waiting next to the road to be transported and processed by the Chinese owned Golden Lead Factory in Gunjur. Since three years, this is happening on a huge scale while the average Gambian goes to bed hungry every night. It’s the sad truth of the ‘New Gambia’. The Minister …
Kochi: Poultry prices may shoot up in the coming months as the industry looks to cut production to pare losses arising out of high feed cost. In the past few months costly maize, the main ingredient of poultry feed, increased the cost of production, with the result that farm-gate prices of poultry increased around 20% …
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How illegal ‘saiko’ fishing is fuelling the collapse of Ghana’s fisheries Along Ghana’s 330 mile coastline, the ocean provides food and income for millions of people. In the last half-century, industrial vessels have flocked to these waters, trawling the sea for fish to export overseas. Now an illegal practice, known locally as saiko, is pushing …
The world’s giant in the poultry production, the Netherlands, says, it is determined to make Ghana’s poultry production more robust and competitive in no time. Through this, the Dutch embassy in Ghana is partnering with poultry farmers and actors in the sector to explore the numerous business opportunities that exist in the poultry value chain …
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Apam, a community in the Central Region, has gained prominence in Ghanaian society as a result of its fishing activities. Fishers in this part of Ghana have enjoyed bumper harvests for many years. But now, they say the stocks are fast depleting. The sea that once gave them value for their sweat, appears to be …
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The Northern Savanna Ecological Zone (NSEZ) made up of northern, upper east and upper west regions of Ghana offers an ideal and conducive environment for ruminant livestock production. Ruminant livestock are animals with a four-chambered stomach, capable of converting roughages, forages, and agro-by products into products such as meat and milk for human consumption. These …
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The Ghana Cattle Ranching Project committee, which was jointly set up in March this year by the Ministries of Food and Agriculture and the National Security, has been launched in Accra. The ’Ghana cattle Ranching Project’ is tasked to find a lasting solution to the perennial challenges of herdsmen-crop farmers’ conflict that has persisted for several years …
The Case of the Pong Tamale Breeding Station in Northern Region Ghana has basically five agro ecological zone (Rain Forest, Deciduous Forest, Transitional Zone, Coastal Savannah and Northern Savannah (Guinea and Sudan Savannah). The zones classification are based on climate, which determine the natural vegetation and influenced by the soils (Ghana Agriculture facts and figures, …
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