DOSSIER: Planting for food and jobs

Government’s flagship agricultural programme

• Build more irrigation facilities - Physically-challenged farmer to Akufo-Addo (2021-01-04)
• 300 pick-ups given to extension officers – Agric Minister (2020-11-03)
• I’m a beneficiary of NPP’s Planting for Food and Jobs - Former NDC MP (2020-10-10)
• A total of 81, 805 farmers benefit from PfFJs Programme in Bono East (2020-09-04)
• Ghana to stop importing rice by 2022-2023 crop season – Deputy Agric Minister (2020-09-02)
• Planting for Food and Jobs: 2,257 farmers in Dormaa Central Municipality receive support (2020-09-01)
• Planting for food and jobs has prevented crop scarcity – Yofi Grant (2020-08-27)
• NPP developed agric sector more than the NDC – MCE (2020-08-27)
• 600,000 cashew seedlings to be distributed to farmers in Wa West District (2020-08-26)
• Akatsi South Rice farmers appeal for support (2020-08-25)
• 60 undergo training in greenhouse technology for farming (2020-08-17)
• NiPDA Research Extension Linkage Committee (RELC) meets (2020-08-17)
• Eastern Region developing into a major rice production area (2020-08-14)
• 257,000 farmers in Ashanti participated in PFJ Programme at end of 2019 (2020-08-11)
• 22K MT capacity warehouses under construction (2020-08-03)
• Planting for food and jobs initiative has saved Ghanaian farmers - Ken Ofori-Atta (2020-07-24)
• Planting for Food and Jobs: We are grateful to government – Poultry farmers (2020-07-17)
• Fertilizer smuggling is gaining national attention – Minister (2020-07-11)
• PFJ subsidy must not travel beyond 2021 – West Africa AGRA boss (2020-06-12)
• Twifo-Attimokwa Assembly supply 50,000 hybrid oil palm seedlings to farmers (2020-05-25)
• Agric slips again despite PFJ intervention (2020-04-29)
• Minister touts Planting for Food and Jobs success rate (2020-03-12)
• Ghana’s food security ranking improves (2020-03-11)
• 1.4 million farmers to benefit from Planting for Food & Job this year – Agric Minister (2020-03-10)
• PFJ interventions have cushioned food basket - IEA (2020-02-26)
• Government to distribute five million improved cashew seedlings under PERD (2020-02-13)
• ‘Import of basic food stuffs stopped due to Planting for Food & Jobs (2020-01-24)
• It’s an insult to pay 1 of 6 months’ salary arrears – Sir John (2019-12-27)
• Jomoro Municipal Assembly to distribute 700,000 cocoa seedlings to farmers (2019-12-19)
• 'Venture into Agric to ensure Hunger Free Nation' - Best Agroforestry Farmer urges youth (2019-12-15)
• Ghana will soon ban rice importation – Akufo-Addo (2019-12-13)
• Planting for Food and Jobs is spectacular - Akufo-Addo (2019-12-13)
• Planting for Food and Jobs achieving considerable success – Akufo-Addo (2019-12-07)
• Chief hails Kofi Adda for supporting tree planting in Kasena-Nankana (2019-11-28)
• Planting for Food and Job failed to address our major concerns - Farmers (2019-11-23)
• Increased rice production due to Planting for Food & Jobs – NAFCO boss (2019-11-23)
• NPP’s Planting for Food and Jobs, a panacea for unemployment in Ghana - Majeed Nasir (2019-11-18)
• 398 Kwahu South farmers benefit from PFJ programme (2019-11-17)
• Pusiga District appeals for Rearing for Food and Jobs programme (2019-11-11)
• Ghana on course to achieving self-sufficiency in rice production soon – Agric Ministry (2019-11-11)
• 12, 808 urban agricultural farmers receive vegetable seeds (2019-11-07)
• PFJ leads to increase in cereal grain, legumes production in Bongo (2019-11-04)
• Youth in Afforestation beneficiaries receive part payments (2019-11-01)
• Government plans to ban rice, poultry imports in 3 years – Minister (2019-10-31)
• More vulnerable groups to benefit from PFJ at West Mamprusi (2019-10-20)
• Kamal-Deen swindles man through Planting for Food and Jobs (2019-10-08)
• AGRA to plant 160,000 tree seedlings in Pru West (2019-09-04)
• Government asked to sensitize schools on the need for tree planting (2019-09-02)
• Somanya: Police intercept 5 trucks with 4,000 bags of fertilizers (2019-08-20)
• Sunyani Municipal AEAs receive motorbikes (2019-08-20)
• Immigration Officers intercept two trucks of smuggled PSJ fertilizers (2019-08-10)
• Volta targets 100,000 farmers under Planting for Food and Jobs (2019-08-06)
• Planting for food and jobs is our future – Okyenhene (2019-07-30)
• Two arrested in attempt to smuggle 1,000 bags of PFJ fertilizer (2019-07-27)
• Alleged PFJ fertiliser smuggling not an issue – MoFA official (2019-07-27)
• Lack of access to farmlands impeding PFJs, PERD in Pru (2019-07-21)
• Okere kick-starts ‘Rearing for Food and Jobs’ programme (2019-07-17)
• Increased investments in agriculture needed to end poverty - IFAD (2019-07-09)
• 5 firms okayed to resume vegetable exports (2019-07-08)
• Agric Ministry bans two fertilizer suppliers (2019-07-07)
• adb supports Planting for Food and Jobs with GHC100m (2019-06-27)
• Agric officer arrested over missing GHC946,000 worth of Planting and Food and Jobs fertilizer (2019-06-26)
• GRIB to add value to rice production (2019-06-15)
• 4000 bags of Planting for Food and Jobs fertilizers impounded (2019-06-11)
• 4,000 bags of PFJ smuggled fertilizer impounded at Burkina Faso border (2019-06-11)
• Smuggled Planting for Food and Jobs fertilizer ends up in Cameroon - Agric Ministry reveals (2019-05-05)
• Farmers receive 5,000 bags of fertilizer to start Planting for Food and Jobs (2019-05-01)
• UW regional security intercepts 2000 kilogrammes of smuggled PFJs fertilizer (2019-04-29)
• Manhyia gets support for showing interest in Planting for Food and Jobs programme (2019-04-23)
• Government to invest $500m in agric mechanization (2019-04-04)
• Youth in Afforestation beneficiaries to demonstrate over unpaid allowances (2019-03-15)
• Planting for Food and Jobs is our lifeline – Farmers (2019-02-02)
• Planting for Food and Jobs revolutionizes Ghana’s agriculture (2019-02-01)
• GHC400m subsidy for 1 million farmers (2019-01-24)
• Ghana exports food to Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire (2019-01-09)
• Banks chase planting for Food & Jobs farmers as government owes them GHC4m (2018-12-22)
• $12m worth of Planting for Food and Jobs fertilizer missing (2018-12-21)
• Constituents urged to repay Food and Jobs Inputs loans owed Government (2018-12-21)
• $12m missing fertilizers: Sunyani Assembly staff, Sissala NDC Chair arrested (2018-12-21)
• NDC Chairman arrested for smuggling Planting for Food & Jobs Fertilizers into Burkina Faso (2018-12-21)
• $12m worth of fertilizer for Planting for Food and Jobs missing (2018-12-20)
• Afforestation youth storm Forestry Commission over unpaid wages (2018-12-18)
• Food production increases in Tarkwa-Nsuaem (2018-12-13)
• Offshore oil and gas provides huge opportunities for agric sector – Amin Adam (2018-12-10)
• Planting for Food & Jobs budget decline by 45.7% for 2019 (2018-12-10)
• Food has never been this cheap in Ghana – Agric Minister (2018-12-05)
• Soldiers, cops stop afforestation demonstration (2018-12-04)
• Youth in Afforestation beneficiaries picket over selective payment (2018-12-04)
• German government injects €10 million into rice production in Ghana (2018-11-30)
• Maize from illegal farms donated to Sunyani prisons (2018-11-19)
• 6,000 farmers trained in good agricultural practices (2018-11-14)
• Akufo-Addo’s able leadership has led to low food prices nationwide – Agriculture Minister (2018-11-14)
• Northern Regional Farmers Association blast NDC, Concerned Farmers (2018-11-13)
• Ellembelle DCE urges farmers to take advantage of PFJ program (2018-10-19)
• After your anger against PFJ fertilizer thievery, what next Your Excellency? (2018-10-14)
• Government to create authority to market 6 tree crops – Agric Minister (2018-10-06)
• ADI advocates $1.5bn livelihood program for farmers (2018-10-05)
• Government must show how it will distribute agricultural funds - Farmers (2018-09-16)
• Over 250,000 farmers biometrically registered under Planting for Food and Jobs (2018-09-11)
• Over 10,000 hectares of farmlands under Planting for Food & Jobs destroyed (2018-09-11)
• Planting for Food and Jobs Programme receives international recognition (2018-09-11)
• President hails Planting for Food and Jobs (2018-09-10)
• Agric Ministry secures $216m loan for Planting for Food and Jobs (2018-09-05)
• We’ll punish saboteurs of Planting for Food & Jobs – Nana Addo (2018-09-04)
• Planting for Food and Jobs programme saved me and my people - Nabdam Chief to Minister (2018-08-26)
• Agric Minister launches University wing of Planting for Food and Jobs programme  (2018-08-26)
• Agric Minister to tour three regions of the North (2018-08-17)
• PWDs in Bawku West register for Planting for Food and Jobs (2018-07-22)
• UW districts receive 11 pick-ups to support agric production (2018-07-22)
• We’ll transform agriculture – Akufo-Addo (2018-07-08)
• Complaints about high maize prices 'absurd' - Deputy Minister (2018-07-04)
• Rearing for Food and Jobs campaign to begin in 2019 – Agric Minister (2018-06-26)
• Tourism Ministry to focus on agribusiness (2018-06-24)
• Government outlines plan to tap into US$86bn global seed market (2018-05-28)
• Cashew Development Board to be established by June this year (2018-05-21)
• One million farmers to benefit from PFJs by 2020 - Akufo-Addo (2018-05-20)
• Agriculture's potential to power economic growth highlighted in African Transformation Report (2018-05-14)
• Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana sensitizes peasant farmers on PFJ (2018-05-14)
• 71,501 Upper East farmers register for Planting for Food and Jobs (2018-05-13)
• Add IT to Planting for Food and Jobs programme - Local Agritech startup to government (2018-04-29)
• Ghana to embark on greenhouse farming (2018-04-29)
• Conditions for supply of subsidized fertilizer revised - Amidu Issahaku (2018-04-28)
• 1 district, 1 warehouse: World Food Programme partners MOFA (2018-04-26)
• 500,000 farmers to benefit from 15,000 metric tonnes of seed for Planting for Food and Jobs (2018-04-08)
• EOCO must investigate Agric Minister - Concerned farmers (2018-04-07)
• Planting for food and jobs policy is practically weak - Research (2018-03-28)
• Cut $2m food import and produce locally – Netherlands Ambassador (2018-03-15)
• Agricultural sector can lead economy with right reforms - World Bank (2018-03-12)
• Don’t ignore livestock production - Researcher (2018-03-03)
• Correct wrongs of Planting for Food and Jobs - Economist (2018-02-08)
• Provide details of 745,000 jobs – Quarshigah to government (2018-02-05)
• No new jobs ‘under planting for food and job’- Inusah Fuseini (2018-02-05)
• Government to pay seed suppliers under ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme (2018-02-04)
• Agric Minister justifies 745k jobs under Planting-for-food-and-Jobs policy (2018-02-03)
• Kennedy Agyapong calls Agric Minister a liar (2018-02-02)
• Planting for Foods and Jobs program headed for failure - Peasant famers lament (2018-01-29)
• Agric is key to our development – Bawumia (2017-12-16)
• Companies donate vehicles, motorbikes towards Farmers Day celebration (2017-11-22)
• Peasant farmers angry with government (2017-11-22)
• AfDB considers proposal to support Planting for Food and Jobs (2017-11-18)
• 4,000 bags of fertilizer for Planting for Food and Jobs smuggled (2017-11-10)
• Agric ministry moves in to revive Ghana’s onion industry (2017-11-08)
• Government urged to engage rural banks in executing agricultural revitalisation agenda (2017-11-01)
• Government to increase soya, maize production to boost poultry industry (2017-10-31)
• Asiedu Nketia endorses 'Planting For Food And Jobs' (2017-10-19)
• Agric trainees charge government to set up State farms under ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ (2017-10-19)
• I won’t ignore Agric Sector – Akufo-Addo (2017-10-16)
• Agriculture is my strategy to change lives - Akufo-Addo (2017-10-15)