New Global Research Partnership To Address Problems Of Drylands AgricultureMonday, May 20, 2013 By Samuel HinnehThe Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research CGIAR has launched a new science programme, the CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems to raise agricultural productivity and strengthen food security in the driest areas of the developing world.The 120 million ... |
Ghana hosts 6th Africa Agriculture Science WeekFriday, May 17, 2013 The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa FARA is collaborating with Ghanas Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation MESTI and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture MoFA to organize the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week.The event is a continental gathering of all s ... |
Citrus Farmers To Undergo Intensive TrainingFriday, May 17, 2013 Accra, Ghana, 17th May, 2013: Over 100 citrus producing farmers, processors and MoFA extension agents from across the country will undergo an intensive training program on citrus production. The training is a joint partnership between Ghanas Ministry of Food and Agriculture MoFA, Israels Interna ... |
African leaders promote bread baked with 40% cassava flourWednesday, May 15, 2013 The inclusion of cassava flour in bread has received continental attention with some African leaders demonstrating their support for the innovation in Tanzania.Nigerias former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the President of Tanzania, Dr Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete, eat bread baked with 40 percent ca ... |
Farmer experiments Ghana’s agro-tourism prospectsMonday, May 06, 2013 Agro-tourism has the potential to support the sustainable development of Ghanaian local communities. As a direct expansion of ecotourism, the concept of agro-tourism encourages visitors to experience agricultural life at first hand. In spite of Ghanas rich agricultural history, this venture ha ... |
Fear Of The UnknownA Persistent Challenge For BiotechnologyMonday, May 06, 2013 The fear that biotechnology crops or genetic modified crops pose adverse health effects without scientific evidence remains a big challenge to adoption and acceptance of the technology which has high ability to addressing global food insecurity. The top challenge now in Europe is the fear of the ... |
NEXTGEN Cassava Project Sets Precedent For Open Access Data Sharing In Agricultural ResearchThursday, May 02, 2013 Six months after the launch of the 25.2M NEXTGEN Cassava project at Cornell University, scientists on the project have released Cassavabase, a database that promotes open access data sharing. www.cassavabase.org features all phenotypic and genotypic data generated by cassava breeding programs ... |
Farmers Want Government To Prioritize Agricultural Training InstitutionsThursday, April 25, 2013 The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana PFAG is urging government to prioritize Agricultural training institutions as has been done with teacher and health training institutions. The Association wants government to ensure that graduates of agricultural institutions are employed withthe Minist ... |
WFP Increases Purchases From Smallholder Farmers In GhanaWednesday, April 17, 2013 ACCRA The United Nations World Food Programme WFP has bought maize worth US300,000 GH580,000 from smallholder farmers in Ghanas Ejura Sekyedumasi district. This represents WFPs first Delivery at Place order in the country, which requires farmers themselves to transport food to the end des ... |
Insects, Pests And Diseases Threaten Cocoa Production IndustryMonday, April 15, 2013 Indication shows that over 40 of Global annual cocoa production is lost to insect pests and diseases across the country including all the cocoa production in West Africa.Currently, Cocoa pets and diseases follow a regional pattern of distribution and are indigenous to specific geographic area. ... |
Ghanaians Still Feeling Shock Of 73% Food Price HikeMonday, April 08, 2013 Ghanaians are still feeling the shock of a staggering 73 percent food price hike over the past 18 months.This fact was revealed by an independent Food Basket Barometer study that is carried out on a regular basis whereby prices of 19 food items are recorded.Between October 2011 and March 2 ... |
Nigeria, Benin, Mali And Ghana Develop Work Plans For Massive Dissemination Of Drought Resistant MaizeMonday, April 08, 2013 Nigeria, Benin, Mali And Ghana Develop Work Plans For Massive Dissemination Of Drought Tolerant MaizeResearchers, policy makers and other stakeholders working under the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa DTMA project from Mali, Benin, Ghana, and Nigeria have converged on the campus of the Inter ... |
How To Solve Nigeria's Food Problems Through Organic FarmingMonday, April 08, 2013 For a more Detailed Understanding of How To Solve Nigerias Problems Of Food Through Organic Farming, let us for a Start try to Firstly know What Exactly Is Organic Farming ?In Definition, Organic Farming is:An Agricultural Technique of Naturally Producing Quality Crops, Veget ... |
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