Taro industry in Ghana bounces thanks to research.
While the taro industry had collapsed entirely in Ghana, researchers of the Crop Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial...
Farmers’ trust in improved seeds fell significantly in 2019 – Research.
Research conducted by the Ghana Trades and Livelihoods Coalition (GTLC) in 2019 has shown that farmers’ trust in improved seeds supplied under...
African seed sector players call for favourable regulatory policies.
As part of the efforts to help increase the resilience and profitability of African farming in the face of climate change, African...
Patronise IRECOP’s organic fertilizer to avert fertilizer shortage in Ghana –...
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has proposed to Ghanaian farmers to adopt Zoomlion's Integrated Recycling and Compost...
Drone Farming: How precision agriculture is transforming farmers’ livelihoods in Ghana.
Just less than three years, a young farmer by the name, Kofi Darko who lives at Akrpong in the Eastern region decided...
The National Dialogue on Vegetable Value Chain Policy Held in Accra.
The national dialogue on vegetable value chain policy has been held to analyze the research report on strengthening agricultural value chain economics for sustainable...
Ghana’s farmers aren’t all seeing the fruits of a Green Revolution
Global businesses, donors, and governments have each pursued a Green Revolution agenda in Africa, Asia, and South America since the 1960s. Its...
PARLIAMENT CALLS FOR RE-INTRODUCTION OF PLANT BREEDERS BILL
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Environment, Science and Technology has recommended to Parliament to re-introduce and pass the Plant Breeders Bill to protect the...
Rwanda pilots ‘revolutionary’ potato seeds.
The Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) has started testing True Potato Seeds, which are produced by Solynta, a Dutch firm that develops hybrid potatoes.
True Potato...
COCOBOD develops high resistance hybrid seedlings.
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) is focusing on mitigating the cocoa swollen shoot disease in its research activities, Food and Agriculture Minister, Dr. Owusu...
