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Demeter Ghana donates GH₵250,000 worth of Soy Inoculants to over 500 women farmers
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Demeter Ghana has donated 5,000 packs of Rizoliq Soy Inoculant valued at GH₵250,000 to over 500 women farmers from the Savelugu Constituency during the ‘She Grows’ Conference held under the Yooyili Pag-Dede Foundation at Pong-Tamale.
The conference brought together women from across the constituency for training, networking, and empowerment focused on agriculture, entrepreneurship, and community development.
Presenting the items, Demeter Ghana Manager, Alexandra Ayirebi Acquah, said the company remains committed to supporting farmers with innovative agricultural solutions to improve productivity and food security, noting that women play a critical role in agricultural development.
Lead Agronomist for the Northern and Upper North regions, Mumuni Ayigah, urged farmers to adopt best agronomic practices to maximise yields, explaining that the inoculant improves nitrogen fixation and soil fertility.
Founder of Yooyili Pag-Dede and MP for Savelugu Constituency, Hajia Fatahiya Abdul Aziz, praised Demeter Ghana for the support, describing it as a timely intervention that strengthens women’s economic empowerment and community development.
She said the initiative, meaning “The Backbone of Yooyili”, seeks to empower women, children, and persons with disabilities through agriculture, education, health, and advocacy.
A beneficiary, Alima Adiata, expressed gratitude, saying the support and training from the conference would improve farming activities, increase yields, and enhance family livelihoods.
The She Grows Conference forms part of ongoing efforts to promote inclusive development and strengthen women-led agriculture in the Northern Region.
By Geoffrey Buta
Deputy National Women Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mimi Duah, has openly declared her support for Mavis Hawa Koomson as the next National Women’s Organiser of the party.
In a statement endorsing Hawa Koomson’s candidature, Ms Duah outlined four key reasons why she believes the former MP and Minister of State is best placed to lead the party’s women’s wing.
According to her, Hawa Koomson is a motherly figure who rose from the grassroots and is widely noted for her forgiving nature and ability to foster unity.
“She is a true grassroots mother who easily forgives, fosters unity, provides guidance and arbitrates to ensure all aggrieved party women are brought on board to ensure a unified women’s wing,” she stated.
Ms Duah also pointed to Hawa Koomson’s vast experience, having served as a Constituency Women’s Organiser, Member of Parliament and Minister of State, noting that the experience positions her to provide effective leadership as National Women’s Organiser.
She further described Hawa Koomson as capable of making the women’s wing resourceful, through her extensive network and business contacts, to lobby for logistics, training and financial support for women organisers at all levels.
Lastly, she said the NPP as an opposition party needs fearless, bold and assertive leadership at the women’s front to inspire regional, constituency and polling station women organisers as the party reorganises towards the 2028 elections.
“We need a Women’s Organiser who has been tested, who is bold, who understands grassroots women, and who can lead us to victory in 2028. Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson is that leader,” she stressed.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
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Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister inaugurates Ghana-Korea Heritage Project Steering Committee
Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts Minister, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has inaugurated the Ghana-Korea Heritage Project Steering Committee to provide strategic oversight for a five-year programme focused on preserving Ghana’s heritage sites and strengthening their resilience to climate change.
The project will support climate-risk mapping, digital surveying and 3D modelling, joint research, capacity building, community engagement and modern monitoring technologies.
Korea is also providing specialised equipment, including drones, 3D scanners, digital microscopes, thermal imaging cameras and GPS survey instruments, to enhance Ghana’s capacity to scientifically assess, document and conserve heritage structures.
The partnership, which will run through 2030 and beyond, is expected to deepen Ghana-Korea cultural ties while promoting sustainable, technology-driven and climate-adaptive heritage management for future generations.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
