THE CHRONICLE Friday 4th July, 2008
Constructing more dams is the best

GHANAIAN TIMES Friday 4th July, 2008
Gov’t stabilizes fertilizer prices

Government has subsidized the prices of the various brands of fertilizer by 40-50 percent through out the country with effect from today.  The prices of the popularly used fertilizers such as Urea would now be sold at GH 26 cedis, sulphate of ammonia at GH 18 cedis, NPK 15. 15. 15 and NPK 23.10. 05 at GH 26 and GH 24 cedis respectively.

This intervention by government is to help cushion the increasing costs of foodstuff in the country.

According to the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr. Ernest Debrah, this system would be implemented under the supervision of the district directors of Agriculture and the various District Chief Executives.  Farmers would be issued with coupons by extension officers which they would be required to produce before any sales would be made to them by the fertilizer dealers.

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL TIMES Wednesday 25th June, 2008
Ghana signs interim EPA next month

Ghana and the European Union are to sign the interim pact of the EPA in a month’s time.  The two parties initialed the intention to sign the agreement with the allowance of a six month period to conclude negotiations on some of the terms.   Mr. Patrick Osei Bonsu, of the Multilateral, Regional and Bilateral Trade Unit of the Ministry of Trade, Industry PSI and PSD has said in an interview that negotiations have been very progressive and is left with only three outstanding issues that are expected to be cleared.  By the time table, we should be finalizing on the terms by the end of this month, but it looks like it might have to extend for a full month to conclude. 

That aside, both sides have been very much committed to the process and exhibited much spirit of cooperation.  The issues pending are agreements on standstill custom duties, as in Article 15 of the interim partnership agreement, fees and charges such as ECOWAS LEVIES and charges by public parastatals like the EDIF fund, while the last one is agreement on rules of origin. 

DAILY GRAPHIC Tuesday 10th June        
EU support not enough

An official of ECOWAS has described the 600 million Euros earmarked by the EU to support ECOWAS in the implementation of EPA is inadequate. The region would need not less than 10 billion dollars to meet the demands of interconnection of electricity alone for its industries.

Ghana to Concentrate on Regional Policies
The coordinator of the Ghana Trade and Livelihood Coalition, Ibrahim Akalbila, has called on the government of Ghana to concentrate on the implementation of regional trade and agriculture policies as contained in the ECOWAS Trade Liberalisation Scheme (ETLS) and the ECOWAS common Agriculture Policy (ECOWAP). ... read more

Trade, Poverty and Development

The Ghana Trade and Livelihoods Coalition (GTLC) is working to institute a week in October every year to raise policy and practice issues on agriculture and their implications on livelihoods. Known as the Farmers Week, it would preceed the National Farmers Day every year...More

A Trade and Development site aimed at informing the public on international and regional trade and trade related commitments. 

STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS:

POULTRY AND TOMATOES AS CASE STUDIES

GHANA TRADE AND LIVELIHOODS COALITION (GTLC) AND CAMPAIGNS

Regional Integration: Key to Poverty Reduction
(week of Action on Trade barriers)

Ghana's Trade Week of Action