AFAP in partnership with the Embassy of Israel (Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone), the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Republic of Ghana), the Israel Export Institute, the Israeli Trade and Economic Mission, and AGRA hosted the inaugural Soil Health Stakeholder Forum in Ghana on Wednesday, 2 March 2022. The hybrid event, themed ‘Adapting to the new [...]
African Fertilizer and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP) would like to announce a new vacant position in the capacity of Finance and Administrative Officer at the AFAP country office in Accra, Ghana. Qualifying candidates are encouraged to apply to email: hrdepartment@afap-partnership.org by 17:00 CAT, Friday, 27 August 2021. A full job description has been included at the bottom of this message. Kindly click [...]
How a full-service Seed Shop is helping farmers grow their crops – and their incomes. “Agriculture has always been my passion,” says Mrs. Afia Owusu-Nyantaki, the owner of the Seed Shop in Gomoa East, in Ghana’s Central Region. “I used to buy and sell vegetable and flower seeds.” That was 12 years ago. Now, as Mrs. [...]
Building on experience and know-how in Ghana’s breadbasket. It hasn’t been an easy few years for farmers in the eastern region of Ghana. While the Afram Plains region is known for its agricultural potential – its mountainous areas and lush lowlands offer ideal conditions for vegetable, maize and rice farming, the unpredictable rainfall in Ghana’s breadbasket [...]
How a former midwife turned a small fertilizer shop into a $3 million a year agribusiness. After many years as a midwife, in 1997 Mrs. Elizabeth Dwamena opened a small shop in Techiman, a vibrant and bustling market town in the Brong Ahafo region of southern Ghana. It was a good place to start. The centrally [...]
