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Over 60% of local market timber is illegal – Forestry Commission
Over 60 per cent of all timber products available on the domestic market is illegal, causing a lot of loss of revenue to the State, Mr David Kpelle of the Forestry Commission (FC) said in Accra on Thursday.
He said these timber products…
Pregnancy, anxiety cause women’s mental disorder – NGO
Pregnancy, anxiety, stress and post natal periods and state of great disturbance could make women have mental disorders.
Mental disorder also occurs in one out of every 1,000 women after they have given birth.
Mrs Aminatu Bukari,…
MTN partner Esoko to launch SMS for farmers
MTN in partnership with Esoko, a technology based- marketing information system, has introduced the MTN FarmerFirst service aimed at providing agricultural information through Short Message Service (SMS) alerts to farmers.
The service…
Bui dam to produce first power in October 2012
Mr Jabesh Amissah-Arthur, Chief Executive Officer of the Bui Power Authority (BPA), has announced that the first power production of the dam will be in October 2012.
BPA is expected to manage 400 megawatts of the Bui hydro-electric power…
Western Regional Minister cautions against smuggling of fuel
Some 19 farmers in the Western Region were on Friday honoured at the 27th Regional Farmers Day at Nyamebekyere (32) in the Nzema East Municipality.
Mr William Nyarko of Sefwi Wiawso emerged as the Regional overall best farmer and was…
Entrepreneurial training key to accelerated economic development – NVTI
Mrs Philibert Aba Nkrumah, Head of the Department of the instructor and Master Craftsman Training at the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), has observed that entrepreneurial training is key to accelerated economic development.…
Ignatius Agbo is Ghana’s 2011 best farmer
Mr Ignatius Agbo, a 56-year old farmer from the Upper Denkyira East District, emerged as Ghana's overall best farmer for the year 2011.
Mr Agbo received a building plan to put up a three-bedroom house at a place of his choice.
Mr Daniel…
Accra, five cities above average in African Green City Index
Accra and five other cities in Africa are rated above average in the African Green City Index which studied 15 African cities.
The Index which was released in Durban, South Africa Friday December 2, 2011 on the sidelines of the ongoing…
Farmers calls for more transparency in COCOBOD scholarship
Cocoa farmers in the Bekwai Municipality have appealed to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to ensure more transparency and due diligence in its scholarship awards to Senior High Schools (SHS) students.
They alleged that the scheme, meant to…
Family Planning Conference ends with UNFPA asking for more funding to meet MDG 5
The 2nd International Conference on Family Planning (FP) has ended in Dakar with UNFPA asking for acceleration in funding for FP activities to make decisive progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goal 5.
“UNFPA is ready to…