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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO, asserts strategic application of ICT to the agricultural industry offers the opportunity for economic growth and poverty reduction. As global attention is focused on seeking solutions to reduce poverty, especially in developing countries such as Ghana, Information, Communication Technology (ICTs) has...

The FAO Assistant Director General (ADG) and Regional Representative for Africa Mr. Bukar Tijani,  and the FAO Representative to Ghana, Mr Abebe Haile Gabriel, have paid a working visit to an FAO supported project aimed at  restoring productive capacities of flood affected agricultural household in the Greater Accra Region. The visit...

19 December 2016, Accra -The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO) and the Government of Ghana have validated Ghana’s gender assessment report in the agriculture and rural sectors. According to the report, the persistent gender inequalities in the agriculture and rural sectors of Ghana if not consciously addressed...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has handed over laboratory and information Technology Equipment to the Veterinary Services Directorate (VSD) of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to support their efforts in the Prevention and Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). Since the outbreak of HPAI...

26 September 2016, Accra - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has signed a Technical Cooperation Project with the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources to increasing the density of Shea trees in agroforestry parkland in three communities in the West Gonja...