NATIONAL NEWS
Fixing cocoa roads with cocoa money
July 2, 2015
Fixing cocoa roads with cocoa money
President John Dramani Mahama recently undertook a working visit to the Ashanti and Eastern regions primarily to launch the Cocoa…
Bird flu: 2000 birds destroyed in Obuasi
July 2, 2015
Bird flu: 2000 birds destroyed in Obuasi
About 2000 birds have been destroyed at Obuasi in the Ashanti region in the latest case of bird flu outbreak in…
Improved cowpea varieties for three northern regions
July 2, 2015
Improved cowpea varieties for three northern regions
The three-year project is being executed by the institute, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)…
Trial of new cotton variety positive in northern Ghana
June 30, 2015
Trial of new cotton variety positive in northern Ghana
A scientist at the Yam and Cotton Breeding Programme of the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), Dr Emmanuel Chamba, has…
Farmers form savings and loans association
June 30, 2015
Farmers form savings and loans association
Farmers in 22 predominantly farming communities in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis have formed a village savings and loans association (VSLAs) to…
Project to improve cowpea seed takes off
June 30, 2015
Project to improve cowpea seed takes off
A project, “Taking Cowpeas to Scale in West Africa,” aimed at improving the cowpea seed sector in the three Northern…
NSS appeals for security at its farms
June 29, 2015
NSS appeals for security at its farms
Dr Michael Kpessa-Whyte, Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), has appealed to government to provide farms of the scheme…
WACCI launches Vegetables Innovation Lab
June 29, 2015
WACCI launches Vegetables Innovation Lab
The West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), has launched a Vegetables Innovation Laboratory (VIL) as part of efforts to…
EDAIF staff urged to get closer to the people
June 29, 2015
EDAIF staff urged to get closer to the people
Antwi Boasiako EmploymentEastern Regional Minister, Mr Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere has called on Export Trade,…
USAID hands over planters to farmers in U/W
June 29, 2015
USAID hands over planters to farmers in U/W
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has handed over 100 multi crop planters to some women farmers in…