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More informationThe Yendi Municipal Crops Officer of the Department of Agriculture, Phanuel Yawson Dzigba Sosu, has advised farmers to resort to the use of safe chemicals to store their food crops. According to him, the use of unsafe chemicals could lead to harmful consequences such as food poisoning. The officer, therefore, urged them to use preservatives such as organic chemicals which he said were safe and had no side effects on humans or animals.
Tropenbos Ghana has been honoured with the ‘Change Agent of the Year Award’ at the 2022 Ghana Cocoa Dinner and Awards night. Tropenbos Ghana picked up the prestigious award for its distinguished performance as an environmental advocacy organization, committed to Ghana’s cocoa sector while supporting livelihood sustainability.
As the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of the EU are negotiating a compromise on the EU regulation on deforestation free products, Solidaridad joins other civil society organizations in calling upon them to maintain a high level of ambition and refrain from any harmful trade offs. The undersigned CSOs have at heart to ensure that the realities and needs of smallholders and forest communities are taken into account, to ensure an effective implementation of the future EU requirements.
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