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As Ghana and other nations gear up for the 27th session of the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP 27), scheduled in Egypt from November. 6-18th 2022, the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, together with partners, as part of the National Caravan activities, with support from OXFAM, embarked on exercises to raise awareness of climate

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has elected new National leaders to steer the affairs of the association for the next four (4) years. The elections which took place during the association’s Annual General Meeting held at the TUC Conference Hall in Kumasi, Ashanti region last week under the theme: “Building Back Better, Consolidating

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), the Chamber of Agribusiness Ghana (CAG), the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), the Rice Millers Association of Ghana (RMAG), and Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG) are appalled and disappointed by comments and responses by the Minister of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, during an interview on

Globally, women play a critical role in ensuring food security. A working paper published by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) indicate that, data shows that women comprise about 43 percent of the agricultural labour force globally and in developing countries. But this figure masks considerable variation across regions and within

THE THEME “PLANTING FOR FOOD AND JOBS: CONSOLIDATING FOOD SYSTEM IN GHANA”   Peasant Farmers Association Ghana ( PFAG ) congratulates all farmers especially, the smallholder women and the youth and all award winning farmers at both the districts and national levels for their continuous and tireless efforts in the provision of food and other produce for the

The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has urged government to consider increasing budgetary allocation to Agriculture to help put the sector back into its development driving seat. According to the association, Agric still remains the key to economic development and this was evident by the sector’s resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic against other sectors of the

A policy dialogue on promotion of Agroecology concept as a Climate Change mitigation measure in Ghana, has been held in Accra to discuss a more sustainable way of responding to climate change impacts to boost agriculture production. Stakeholders, including farmers from all over the country and civil society organisations as well as officials of the

Total expenditure allocation for agriculture sector in the past four years, from 2017-2020, has stayed below one percent of government’s total spending in the economy. The total spending for the agriculture sector in 2017, which was GH¢384.6million, constituted just 0.71 percent of entire government expenditure. In 2018 total spending on the sector rose to GH¢502.7million,

Smuggling, hoarding and corruption continue to be the major challenges impeding the successful implementation of the government’s fertiliser subsidy programme (FSP) for smallholder farmers, a study by the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has revealed. In its report on the monitoring of the implementation of the FSP in 2020, the PFAG found out that