Tag: Palm Oil
Partner with Ghanaian investors for our mutual benefit – Trade Minister
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen has advised a visiting United States Investment delegation to the country to pay critical attention to...
Solidaridad rolls out projects to increase cocoa, palm oil production
Solidaridad, an international non-governmental organisation, has launched two projects to boost cocoa and palm oil production.
The implementation of the phase two of the Cocoa...
EPA cautions public to use Charcoal but not Palm oil in cases of poison
Dr Sam Adu-Kumi, the Registrar of Pesticides at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has cautioned the public to desist from drinking palm oil to...
GEPA Deepen Bilateral Trade Relations Between Ghana And Iran
The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) on Wednesday organised a business forum to deepen the economic and bilateral trade relations between Ghana and Iran.
The...
Assembly Initiates Policies To Propel Development
The Wassa East District Assembly has initiated some programmes and policies in the 2018 to 2021 Medium term development Plan to propel the socio-economic...
Global Evangelical Church Choirs Shows Love to Prisoners
The items valued at GH¢4,000.00 include bags of maize, rice, sugar, beans, gari, salt, some beverages, toilet rolls, plantain, palm oil and used clothes.
Reverend...
2-days conference on palm oil production sustainability opens for experts
Organised jointly by Proforest, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and Solidaridad, the meeting is also seeking ways to mainstream small producers’ ability to access...
Regional Workshop Held On Sustainable Oil Palm Production
Organised by Proforest, which is leading the Initiative on behalf of Tropical Forest Alliance (TFA) 2020, the workshop was held in collaboration with the...
Ghana’s FDA probes soaking of millipedes in palm oil
The report was based on a market survey conducted by some post-graduate students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi,...
FDA seizes palm oil for testing
Consequently samples have been sent to the FDA laboratory in Accra for test to ascertain whether they contain traces of the Sudan IV dye,...
Eat Palm Oil In Confidence, It Is Now Safe – FDA
The announcement came few months after the Authority issued warnings against the consumption of palm oil after news broke that large quantities of palm...
Palm oil trade takes a down-turn
Following public alert that some of the edible palm oil contain Sudan IV, drivers who transport the palm oil to the various markets said...
FDA should be authoritative and decisive on the palm oil issue
As has been known over a decade now, and recently made public by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Sudan IV is a Carcinogen;...
FDA wages war on contaminated palm oil traders
Head of Food Safety at the FDA, Mariam Lovelace Johnson, revealed Tuesday on PM Express on the Joy News channel (Multi TV) that although...
Agricultural Workers Union sets up palm oil business
The GHC30,000 .00 mill was inaugurated by the General Secretary of GAWU, Mr. Kingsley Offei-Nkansah at the weekend, as part of the anniversary of...
Over 20 oil sellers arrested for adulterating with cancer materials
The products, which were being sold at the Mallam Atta, Dome, Dansoman, Agbogbloshie and Kaneshie markets, all in Accra, were said to have been...
Stakeholders see palm oil as Africa?s next hot export commodity
The day-long forum organized by Solidaridad West Africa and Proforest, two international agro-based Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), with the support of the Roundtable on Sustainable...
EU supports NBSSI to upgrade local agroprocessing enterprises
Ghana's quest of becoming a dominant player in the agro processing markets in the West African sub-region and Europe has received a major boost,...
Korea Agency releases start-up equipment after training Ghanaians
The beneficiaries of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) funded Green Economy in Biosphere Reserve (GEBR) have been presented with start-up equipment after their...
Ghana’s food authority to investigate deep into palm oil production
Ghana's Food and Drugs Authority said on Thursday it had begun investigations into reports that a Ghanaian palm oil product exported to the United...
FDA chases Fovitor for exporting unwholesome palm oil
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) Thursday said its attention had been drawn to a
notice cautioning the residents and businesses in the...
Palm Oil Sub-sector Described As Next Gold Sector For Ghana
The Head of Corporate Affairs, Unilever Ghana, Mr. Gabriel Opoku-Asare, has described the palm oil sub-sector as the next ?gold? sector for the country...
Palm Oil Farmers Encouraged To Adopt Correct Farming Practices
The Solidaridad West Africa project on Sustainable West Africa Palm Oil Programme (SWAPP) has held a dissemination workshop on best management practices in oil...
Palm Oil Making Business A Gold In Disguise
Do you know that the oil palm tree has both physical and spiritual importance? The palm tree is considered to be the most blessed...
Tough Market For Malaysia?s Palm Oil Industry
The palm oil industry in Malaysia appears set for an uncertain few months, with a number of factors coming into play over the last...
Africa’s Readiness to Next Palm Oil Hub Tested
Africa is tipped to emerge as a global palm oil hub due to influx of investors seeking diverse participatory models in the Africa palm...