For farmers across Africa and the world at large, tackling crop pest problems is a major challenge. Currently, between 30-40% of crops on average are lost to pests; and while the technology and knowledge exist to reduce losses, vital plant health information remains out of reach for many farmers. It is therefore up to each country to find solutions through research, regulation, education and extension services to improve access to knowledge and reporting for sustainable plant health management. Last
Yale University lecturer in Ethics, Politics & Economics, Dr. Vikram Mansharamani, has asked business leaders to be strategic and focus on the long-term needs of their companies in order to remain relevant in a challenging business environment. He said businesses that tactfully combine flexibility in their business processes with efficiency in their operations will survive in an economy that is not favourable to business growth. “Leaders must be able to model scenarios and handle probabilities,
Pity the youth of Ghana: their parents battle against high economic odds to see them through school and facilitate their entry into a responsible, successful adulthood. Yet when they finish school, they are less likely to be employed than other jobseekers in the population. Even those that find work don’t have it rosy: under current conditions, it is hard for them to acquire the normal comforts: a nice rented apartment furnished with the basic necessities, a bike or car, and enough savings to
Dealers in pharmaceutical products are struggling to meet growing demand for disinfectants, particularly antibacterial hand-sanitisers, as people take preventive measures to avoid an outbreak of the deadly Ebola viral disease. Ebola, a communicable but not airborne disease, has so far claimed 1,013 lives out of about 1,848 cases reported in West Africa. Several suspected cases of the disease in the country have returned negative results, but Ghanaians are leaving nothing to chance. With no clinically
Minerals output rose in the first half of 2014 but revenues declined due to lower prices, Chamber of Mines data have shown. Ghana’s export revenues from gold, bauxite, diamond and manganese in the period was US$2.143 billion, down from US$2.477 billion in the first half of 2013. The decline was largely on the back of the falling gold price despite an impressive performance from diamond and bauxite, acting CEO of the Chamber of Mines Sulemanu Koney disclosed. Gold, which has in recent times seen
The Lands Commission, in a bid to drive out corruption and increase productivity, has embarked on a massive transfer of staff across all divisions. Alhaji Bakari Sadiq Nyari, National Chairman of the Lands Commission, in an interaction with the media in Accra said the Commission is among some public institutions that can generate substantial revenue and that his administration is going to step up and strengthen its revenue streams to minimise its dependence on government funds. He said one major
The outbreak of deadly Ebola Virus in West Africa has led to travel difficulties due to cancellation of flights to and from affected countries -- mainly Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea Conakry. This has also seriously affected revenue of airlines operating within the region. Airlines operating between 60 and 70-seat aircraft from Accra to Liberia and Sierra Leone are losing about US$250,000 weekly due to the suspension of flights. Air I’voire and Asky Airlines are two of the airlines that have
Government has distributed 3,000 Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders and cook-stoves to some beneficiaries in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region under the Rural LPG Promotion Programme as part of efforts to discourage the rampant felling of trees for fuel. The programme seeks to promote the use of LPG in all households and comes on the back of government’s promise to distribute 50,000 cook-stoves and cylinders as an alternative source of fuel in some selected rural areas to avoid
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