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Updated: Jul 9, 2019 Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) members from all the ten regions of Ghana attending a two-day roundtable on farmers’ access to quality inputs, identified investing in quality inputs as key to increasing crop yields. The farmers across the ten regions of Ghana lauded the government flagship programme “Planting for Food and

Updated: Jul 9, 2019 The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) on behalf of smallholder farmers in Ghana expresses our utmost disappointment with the government for its decision to reject in-kind repayment for input support under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme. This directive captured in a letter, from the Ministry of Food and

Updated: Jul 9, 2019 At the first bi-annual Board Meeting held on 10th-11th July 2017 at the National Head office of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) in Accra, the Board Members of PFAG were concerned about the state of agriculture in the country. They were particularly concerned about the implementation of the Planting for

Updated: Jul 9, 2019 Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) will join other partners in implementing “The Ghana Strategic Partnership for Evidence Based Advocacy”, a five-year project funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) and managed by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation. It aims at strengthening capacities of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to advocate for

Updated: Jul 9, 2019 The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has held two separate dialogue meetings with farmers and officials of districts assemblies in the Brong Ahafo and Upper East Regions in Techiman and Paga respectively. The purpose of the meeting was to promote Agro-ecology farming practice through increased budgetary allocation of District Assemblies in

Updated: July 9, 2019 –  The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has held two separate dialogue meetings with farmers and officials of districts assemblies in the Brong Ahafo and Upper East Regions in Techiman and Paga respectively. The purpose of the meeting was to promote Agro-ecology farming practice through increased budgetary allocation of District Assemblies

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) attended the first bi-annual Board Meeting held on 10th-11th July 2017 at the National Head office in Accra. The Board Members of PFAG were concerned about the state of agriculture in the country. They were particularly concerned about the implementation of the Planting for Food and Jobs and the

Updated: Jul 9, 2019 The Peasant Farmers’ Association of Ghana (PFAG) has held a day’s policy dialogue on Post-Harvest Loss and Food & Nutrition Security in Accra. The meeting which brought together key stakeholders in the Agriculture and Nutrition sector in the country was meant to examine the current both post -harvest loss and food and

Updated: Jul 12, 2019 Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has inaugurated fertilizer security watchdog committees in all border towns across the country to help curb the menace of smuggling the commodity across neighboring countries. The fertilizer watchdog committees will monitor the movement of subsidized fertilizers across neighboring countries and report such perpetrators to the security

Date Issued: May 22, 2019 Farmer-based Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Thursday embarked on a float to create awareness about the need to promote agroecology to tackle climate change. The Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organizational Development (CIKOD) and Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) were joined by other farmer-based NGOs believe that with the