EU threatens ban over quality of Ghana’s cereals

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• USMAN 10 years ago

  Ghana is cursed.

  Ghana is cursed.

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• Ghanaman 10 years ago

  Useless president

  Useless president

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• Frank Dodam 10 years ago

  Hi Gentlemen
  
  How does preservation of Ghana make a president a curse
  
  My people , when will you grow up ?
  Why not spend you time on productive activities than on the web
  Who are your sponsors ???

  Hi Gentlemen
  
  How does preservation of Ghana make a president a curse
  
  My people , when will you grow up ?
  Why not spend you time on productive activities than on the web
  Who are your sponsors ???

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• nanaza 10 years ago

  Don't mind them 'these fools are Ashante school drop outs who are total mess in the Bronx and tottenham

  Don't mind them 'these fools are Ashante school drop outs who are total mess in the Bronx and tottenham

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• Gye Nyame 10 years ago

  The current process is not working. Farmers including cocoa farmers should stop using government to buy/market their goods, they should form their own cooperative marketing/purchasing associations instead of relying on Ghana ...
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  The current process is not working. Farmers including cocoa farmers should stop using government to buy/market their goods, they should form their own cooperative marketing/purchasing associations instead of relying on Ghana government to cheat them. Farmers elsewhere are millionaires, without the capital needed to pump back into farming and doing our own research, we will always have problems. What is the incentive to grow one's farm if not profitable? Government involvement should only be incentives and disaster/drought assistance that is all. Too much involvement of government in anything leads to problems. May be Ghana needs more educated farmers.

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• Frank Dodam 10 years ago

  Hi Usman
  
  How can you say Ghana is cursed because there is a deficiency in some of the cereal products
  How can you be so backward in the twenty first century
  If you have no knowledge of issues why not just shut up and ...
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  Hi Usman
  
  How can you say Ghana is cursed because there is a deficiency in some of the cereal products
  How can you be so backward in the twenty first century
  If you have no knowledge of issues why not just shut up and learn
  It pays to listen and listen well as that is the only way to grow up in knowledge .
  Don't exhibit your ignorance to the world
  Understand ????

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• OG 10 years ago

  This Aflatoxin remains one of the most difficult issues facing even the developed countries, not much information has been developed to help cure or prevent this. This is not a curse but steps can be taken to reduce it throug ...
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  This Aflatoxin remains one of the most difficult issues facing even the developed countries, not much information has been developed to help cure or prevent this. This is not a curse but steps can be taken to reduce it through cooler storage units

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• Nii Armah 10 years ago

  This is what comes to mind when your own people are soo backward in their thinking and just cant find a way to emancipate themselve and to see that no matter what the case may be these so called development partners from the ...
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  This is what comes to mind when your own people are soo backward in their thinking and just cant find a way to emancipate themselve and to see that no matter what the case may be these so called development partners from the west will never be looking for our good and would employ all manner of tricks to still keeps on the ground. Just last year they were talking about Economic partnership agreements and GMOs which to my knowledge has not been signed yet and already they are at our gates threatening this nonsense. Also note that because there are now more EU countries from the former eatern block who are equally growing foods they are ever ready to make sure our markets are squished to make way for theirs. They went fooling arround with Russia what did Russia do immediately russia also started witheir set of sanctions and today their Agric sector is in trouble So the question is this why cant Ghana because I will not Say Africa start doing something of that sort.

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• United Ghana 10 years ago

  Fair comment, but, forget the export market, I'm concerned about the implications for the health of our citizens and, why hasn't this issue been picked up by our PhDs, Msc people. Useless people

  Fair comment, but, forget the export market, I'm concerned about the implications for the health of our citizens and, why hasn't this issue been picked up by our PhDs, Msc people. Useless people

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• Ei Ghana!!! 10 years ago

  Economic slavery...period!!

  Economic slavery...period!!

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• OG 10 years ago

  This can easily be solved through cooler storage facilities. When you keep such products in hot places, they start developing fungus. This is common sense. Ghana will continue to face such challenges if we don't begin to crea ...
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  This can easily be solved through cooler storage facilities. When you keep such products in hot places, they start developing fungus. This is common sense. Ghana will continue to face such challenges if we don't begin to create and implement food safety standards

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• QUICKTHINK 10 years ago

  We simply have to diversify into other products and leave this agric produces that cause too much burden.
  Ghanaians have to be market wise.
  Ivory Coast is moving away from cocoa to rubber, what are we doing still producin ...
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  We simply have to diversify into other products and leave this agric produces that cause too much burden.
  Ghanaians have to be market wise.
  Ivory Coast is moving away from cocoa to rubber, what are we doing still producing the colonial crops.

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• Concerned 10 years ago

  Whilst it benefits us to raise our standards we clearly are not going to gain much from the epa agreement if we don't have the preparatory work in place.. Dumsor is also a major hindrance

  Whilst it benefits us to raise our standards we clearly are not going to gain much from the epa agreement if we don't have the preparatory work in place.. Dumsor is also a major hindrance

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• yaman 10 years ago

  We can do better only that our farmers should do smart.

  We can do better only that our farmers should do smart.

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• OG 10 years ago

  Below is a research paper on this. I believe in education rather than throwing insults which don't add value.
  
  35. Post-harvest storage of peanuts is the phase that can contribute most to the aflatoxin problem in peanuts. T ...
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  Below is a research paper on this. I believe in education rather than throwing insults which don't add value.
  
  35. Post-harvest storage of peanuts is the phase that can contribute most to the aflatoxin problem in peanuts. The primary goal for aflatoxin prevention in storage is to prevent mould development of the peanuts due to condensation or leaks in the warehouse.
  36. A properly ventilated warehouse with a good roof, preferably double sidewalls and a concrete floor are required to prevent rewetting of peanuts. Make sure that the storage facilities include dry, well-vented structures that provide protection from rain, drainage of ground water, protection from the entry of insects, rodents, and birds, and minimum temperature fluctuations. Painting warehouse roofs with white paint reduces solar heat load when compared to conventional galvanized material. The double roofing concept of installing a new roof over a defective, existing roof with an air space in-between the two roofs, has proven effective in controlling warehouse condensation.

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• I-Witness 10 years ago

  Great comment and great education for the Minister of Agriculture and the Deans of the Faculties of Agriculture at our universities!
  
  I agree totally with you. Insults are of no benefit. Solutions are what we need. But you ...
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  Great comment and great education for the Minister of Agriculture and the Deans of the Faculties of Agriculture at our universities!
  
  I agree totally with you. Insults are of no benefit. Solutions are what we need. But you must nevertheless understand the people's anger and sense of disappointment. The Minister of Agriculture should be sufficiently informed and directing his Ministry to stay on top of all this even if he personally has no background in agriculture. An effective and sensible government would have put into place all the structures, mechanisms and links to integrate academic research into agric planning and economy. Trust me, we have all the experts and great students right here in Ghana whose knowledge could be harnessed to solve all these problems and even better to prevent them. Instead it's the rotten, corrupt politics as usual. Jobs for the ignorant boys, how to fleece one's ministry or regional or district office to enrich oneself, wasting money on foreign travel, catered board meetings etc, etc. The public has every reason to be angry!

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• OG 10 years ago

  Yes, I understand the anger of the people and Ghana as a country has no excuse not to have done well. I live out here in the US and when you see what Europe and America have done are doing, it's not magic but commitment to th ...
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  Yes, I understand the anger of the people and Ghana as a country has no excuse not to have done well. I live out here in the US and when you see what Europe and America have done are doing, it's not magic but commitment to the process of a better and a healthy life. It is sad.

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• Ei Ghana!!! 10 years ago

  Nyansani!!! Thanks for education

  Nyansani!!! Thanks for education

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• Rev Amoah 10 years ago

  Let us forget about all the EPA conspiracy theories and decide our matters based on FACTS.
  
  Both the health ministry and statistics indicate that Lukemia, cancers and toxicity related illnessness have increased by 80% since ...
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  Let us forget about all the EPA conspiracy theories and decide our matters based on FACTS.
  
  Both the health ministry and statistics indicate that Lukemia, cancers and toxicity related illnessness have increased by 80% since the year 2000.
  
  The root cause is food. Contaminated food and unlabled food (GMO). Aflatoxins are easy to fix, GMOs are not that easy because ALL GMO are protected by intellectual property and cannot be investigated.
  
  The solution with regards to meeting the EU standards is to think of this as a business.
  
  If the country is making such great profits and the EU has a problem with the quality, then the simplest solution is to hire 20 professionals from the EU and pay them well to stay and train the Ghanaian farmers on the entire process: organic planting systems, growing techniques, harvesting methods, storage, packaging and delivery systems which is used in the EU.
  
  Within 3 - 6 months, the farmers will benefit from the knowledge. That wisdom will never disappear. They can sell more to the EU and protect both EU citizens and Ghanaians from cancer causing toxins.
  
  As for GMO, just vote CPP. Samia is clear on that topic. NO GMO!
  
  Peace.

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• I-Witness 10 years ago

  We have all the experts - both homegrown and foreign-trained - plus some seriously bright students right here in Ghana already. What we lack is the mechanism for using this human resource. Nkrumah's gift was in recruiting the ...
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  We have all the experts - both homegrown and foreign-trained - plus some seriously bright students right here in Ghana already. What we lack is the mechanism for using this human resource. Nkrumah's gift was in recruiting the best minds to solve whatever problem the new Ghana faced after independence. PLEASE READ THE FOUNDING OF THE GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL AND TEACHING HOSPITAL (at Wikipedia) to see the remarkable steps the Osagyefo took to bring the native brains at home and abroad together to make that dream a reality after the US decided to pull out and abort all assistance because of Cold War politics.
  
  We can do it again. We can re-build Ghana using the same principles and methods. (In spite of the tragic fact that our food and agriculture research institute is foolishly engaged in GMO research - thanks to funding from the usual suspects - instead of organic methods to solve our problems in the field).

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• PERCOBA 10 years ago

  This is an area of BIOTECHNOLOGY. CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY.....we knew this coming from our vantage point yet MAHAMA AND HIS NDC thwarting serious minded Gnanains from contributing to the progress of Ghana. There is a simple solu ...
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  This is an area of BIOTECHNOLOGY. CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY.....we knew this coming from our vantage point yet MAHAMA AND HIS NDC thwarting serious minded Gnanains from contributing to the progress of Ghana. There is a simple solution to this which we can do ourselves.
  
  Behind all this EU bullcrap is MOZANTO

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• Judcrislam 10 years ago

  This where the government and the scientists come in. if we have such a market potential then the commonsense approach is to take a loan and buy the state of the art machinery to process it. The export will payoff the equipm ...
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  This where the government and the scientists come in. if we have such a market potential then the commonsense approach is to take a loan and buy the state of the art machinery to process it. The export will payoff the equipment
  What annoys me most is that we have been blowing chances upon chances. There are too many talkers in Accra butno brains in Accra. The prosperity of Ghana is in the rural areas and serious look at our products. Consider Atadwe as a crop that can win in drinks industry. What are we doing nothing?
  
  Give for CPP to come and we shall in just 10 years make Ghanaians smile with pride. Forget about Petroleum.

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• PERCOBA 10 years ago

  Mhama is a forky idiot(i,e those advising him) We saw this coming from our vantage point Mozanto behind all this sotheycan introduce GMO CROPS INTO GHANA. It is a lie white lie.
  
  MAHAMA is an odiot so all foreigners are ta ...
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  Mhama is a forky idiot(i,e those advising him) We saw this coming from our vantage point Mozanto behind all this sotheycan introduce GMO CROPS INTO GHANA. It is a lie white lie.
  
  MAHAMA is an odiot so all foreigners are taking advantage of us. It is lie also so Denmark can sell fertilizers to GHANA.
  Thye came to use KNUST to gather all our seed species then went to inser BtToxin into them then they turn around want to sell them to us.....WHAT A LIE!!!!

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• Don 10 years ago

  Farmers who attended the workshop were very angry, because they thought they were not fairly treated

  Farmers who attended the workshop were very angry, because they thought they were not fairly treated

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• Don 10 years ago

  They were given GH10 for T &T to their villages and they were very angry, because the money couldn't take them to their villages

  They were given GH10 for T &T to their villages and they were very angry, because the money couldn't take them to their villages

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• PERCOBA 10 years ago

  Not until AMELENOKO Mahama and his NDC are piushed out we will continue to be subjugated by foreigners.
  
  We have local experts inGhan as well as GHANAINS ABROAD WHO are Biotechnologists yet TRIBALIS NDC wont give them a c ...
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  Not until AMELENOKO Mahama and his NDC are piushed out we will continue to be subjugated by foreigners.
  
  We have local experts inGhan as well as GHANAINS ABROAD WHO are Biotechnologists yet TRIBALIS NDC wont give them a chance.

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• nyansa 10 years ago

  Is the Ndc government the one stopping the experts in investing with these locals?

  Is the Ndc government the one stopping the experts in investing with these locals?

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• David Ofosu-Appiah 10 years ago

  The European Union should partner Ghana in improving agriculture quality of cereals,and increase harvest yields,and improve lives of Cereal Farmers in Ghana!

  The European Union should partner Ghana in improving agriculture quality of cereals,and increase harvest yields,and improve lives of Cereal Farmers in Ghana!

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• GANDALF 10 years ago

  WE HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE THIS AND WE WANT TO ADD GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS TO OUR ISSUES. PARLIAMENT OPEN YOUR EYES ELSE ALL OUR EXPORTS WILL BE REJECTED....

  WE HAVE PROBLEMS LIKE THIS AND WE WANT TO ADD GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS TO OUR ISSUES. PARLIAMENT OPEN YOUR EYES ELSE ALL OUR EXPORTS WILL BE REJECTED....

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• AMU 10 years ago

  Thanks!

  Thanks!

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• Godfred K. Boateng 10 years ago

  Hello all on this subject matter. I would like to inform you that i have built a webpage dedicated to ghana farmers.
  This is just the begining. Please take a tour and give me fedeback. With such a webpage, we will be able ...
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  Hello all on this subject matter. I would like to inform you that i have built a webpage dedicated to ghana farmers.
  This is just the begining. Please take a tour and give me fedeback. With such a webpage, we will be able to discuss issues and share ideas among our selves. I hope to heart from you.
  Check out ghanafarmers.com

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• Fi 10 years ago

  I looked around. It is not completed yet but please edit the content such as usres and topick. I wish you the best man. Good idea.

  I looked around. It is not completed yet but please edit the content such as usres and topick. I wish you the best man. Good idea.

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• Gye Nyame 10 years ago

  Farmers including cocoa farmers should stop using government to buy/market their goods, they should form their own cooperative marketing/purchasing associations instead of relying on Ghana government to cheat them. Farmers el ...
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  Farmers including cocoa farmers should stop using government to buy/market their goods, they should form their own cooperative marketing/purchasing associations instead of relying on Ghana government to cheat them. Farmers elsewhere are millionaires, without the capital needed to pump back into farming and doing our own research, we will always have problems. What is the incentive to grow one's farm if not profitable? Government involvement should only be incentives and disaster/drought assistance that is all. Too much involvement of government in anything leads to problems.

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• Ei Ghana!!! 10 years ago

  Has got nothing to do with Govt.

  Has got nothing to do with Govt.

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• Jojo 10 years ago

  We never learn .
  By the time gh sees who truly boronia is,we will be back in slavery again.

  We never learn .
  By the time gh sees who truly boronia is,we will be back in slavery again.

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• the lone crusader! 10 years ago

  These leaders intrests only inbig monies allowances travels and not the main duty of which they are paid to help the same poor farmers whose resources help to educate themwhat a sorry srate?

  These leaders intrests only inbig monies allowances travels and not the main duty of which they are paid to help the same poor farmers whose resources help to educate themwhat a sorry srate?

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• MR MAWEGYATA 10 years ago

  AT LEAST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT AT HOME. AS A COUNTRY WE SHOULD NOT BE BOWING TO THIS USELESS PRESSURE. GHANAIANS WOULD HAVE FOOD TO EAT. EVEN HOW MANY TONS OF GRAINS DO WE AS A COUNTRY EXPORT TO THE EU? AND WHETH ...
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  AT LEAST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT AT HOME. AS A COUNTRY WE SHOULD NOT BE BOWING TO THIS USELESS PRESSURE. GHANAIANS WOULD HAVE FOOD TO EAT. EVEN HOW MANY TONS OF GRAINS DO WE AS A COUNTRY EXPORT TO THE EU? AND WHETHER IT IS EVEN WORTH IT IF PEOPLE ARE STARVING BACK HOME. WE MUST HAVE SMART PEOPLE TO RULE GHANA IF YOU HAVE DUMMIES IN POWER THE NATION SUFFERS. AND AFTER ALL THIS NONSENSE OF QUALITY GRAINS THEY WOULD FORCE GM FOOD ON US AFRICANS. TELL ME PEOPLE ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL WHICH IS GOOD AND FREE OF DISEASE AND ABILITY OF SOME MONEY MAKING MAN TO CONTROL YOUR FOOD SOURCE AND BECOME HIS SLAVE. IN GENESIS GOD GAVE HUMANITY SEED FOR FREE. WE SHOULD RESIST ANY ATTEMPT BY MAN TO TAKE AND CONTROL THIS GIFT GOD GAVE TO HUMANITY FOR FREE.IMAGINE YOU ENEMY CONTROLS WHAT YOU EAT.LET MY PEOPLE THINK.

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