On Tuesday November 14, 2017, a team from the African Development Bank (AfDB ) together with SADA and some government officials led by the Deputy Minister of Agriculture ( Dr. Sagre Bambangi) visited IWAD project site in Yagaba. 30 people participated comprising 16 senior members and others including the media and security personnel. The team was
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A reconnaissance soil survey led by a local consultant in the person of Dr. Ganiyu Shaibu from the University for Development Studies (UDS) and a sugarcane expert in the person of Mr. Jerome Havel from Terra Mauritius was carried out in Kpasenkpe and its contiguous communities. The survey is geared towards phase II of the
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For many countries in Africa, irrigation is touted as the answer to achieving the transformation of local agriculture from a subsistent necessity to a commercial enterprise for the serious farmer.Irrigation for many is seen as the panacea to reducing the significant risk in agricultural investments that is tied to inconsistent rainfall patterns. However if we
In January 2016, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and I WAD Ghana Limited, the private agricultural and irrigation development company, signed a Cooperative Agreement under which the two organisations will co-fund the Power Innovations in Commercial Agriculture (PICA) project. The goal of PICA is to enhance net incomes of the irrigated nucleus
USAID/PICA Project launched in Yagaba with PICA Week Read More »
Over the period IWAD has received persons from strategic partners including SADA to assess the project’s activities. Mr. Jan Van Saane of the National Entrepreneurial Netherlands (RVO.nl) a monitoring partner visited to assess the progress of the project and to meet farmers of the small holder association under the rain fed system otherwise known as
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On 23rd January, 2017, a project officer of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) in the person of Jildaz Evin visited IWAD’s project site in Yagaba to see what is on ground. Meanwhile, AFD’s main strategy is focused on financing public corporations (non-sovereign loans) and the private sector. Hence, AFD is more concentrated in activities
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The fourth edition of the Northern Ghana Investment Conference will be held in the Upper East Regional capital, Bolgatanga. As a revolving event, it is scheduled for June 15th, 2015 at the forecourt of the Ghana Health Service Training Centre, Bolgatanga. 2014 Northern Ghana Investment Conference set Third Northern Ghana Business Investment Conference successful The
Bolga to host 4th edition of Northern Ghana Investment Conference Read More »
The Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) has just concluded its first call for matching grant assistance. A total of USD 9.5 million was awarded to some 31 agribusinesses operating within the project’s zones of influence within the Accra Plains and the SADA Zone “Grants were awarded to help spur the growth of these agribusinesses, by
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