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Date Issued: December 05,2019 The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) on the occasion of the 35th Farmers’ Day Celebration wishes to once more commend the government of Ghana for setting aside a day to appreciate the contribution of farmers to the growth and development of the country. As the nation celebrates its 35thedition of

Date Issued: October 17,2019 – The Executive Director of Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, madam Victoria Adongo speaks at this year’s “The Fight for the Future of Food” event next Wednesday, 23 October at Cowell Hall in the United States of America. Madam Adongo’s presentation will focus on how to deal with challenges confronting African

Small holder farmers in several communities in the Kassena Nankana Municipal Assembly of the Upper East Region are decrying the absence of post-harvest loss management facilities to address food security issues in the area. According to the farmers, limited access to extension officers coupled with no storage facilities, absence of farming machinery and bad roads

Updated: Sep 2, 2019 A team from Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) led by Mr. Ibrahim Ansu Bangura, Economic Governance Officer, has paid a working visit to the National Secretariat of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) in Accra. The purpose of the visit was to update them on the two-year OSIWA funded

Issued on 20th August, 2019 The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has called on government to punish smugglers of fertiliser under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme to deter others. The association is of the view that the move can help safeguard taxpayer’s money. The suggestion was contained in a statement read at

Updated: Jul 12, 2019 Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has joined the ongoing campaign on galamsey and urges all illegal small scale miners across the country to stop destroying the environment and take up farming as a profitable business. PFAG, lauds the media and government’s campaign against galamsey, which threatens food security and health. Ms.

Updated: Jul 12, 2019 The membership of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) being majority of small holder farmers in Ghana and leading the Food Sovereignty Platform is disappointed by an attempt by the Minister-designate for agriculture and other members of the Appointment Committee of Parliament to misinform Ghanaians about the true implication of the

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

Updated: Jul 12, 2019 – Reports reaching Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) indicate that, bags of subsidised fertilizer are being smuggled out of the country to Burkina Faso and Togo. According to some members of the fertilizer security watchdog committee set up by the Association, the commodity can be seen in some shops located on

Updated: Jul 12, 2019 Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL) has rewarded deserving sorghum farmers and aggregators in the Upper East and Upper West Regions at a recognition and appreciation event held in Tamale. Among the award winners were Mr. Anthony Akudago, a member of PFAG in the Garu Tempane District of the Upper East Region, who