Below are some current developments on Agriculture in Africa: Agricultural issues COCOBOD Inaugurates Management Committees Dr Stephen Kwabena Opuni, Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board, on Thursday inaugurated management committees of three subsidiaries and charged members to use their expertise to boost cocoa productivity to attract and sustain the interest of the youth in […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – April 14, 2014.
Below are some current developments on Agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues SADA scandal: Don’t pass premature judgment – Minister The Minister of State in-charge of Development Authorities at the Office of the President Dr Ahmed Mustapha says it is premature to pass judgement at officials of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). The 2012 Auditor […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – April 7, 2014.
Below are some current developments on Agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues Genetically Modified Foods Pose No Risk Dr. Margaret Ottah Atikpo, Deputy Director of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSRI) - Food Research Institute (FRI) on Friday reiterated that Genetically Modified (GM) foods posed no risk to lives. She stated GM foods were not […]
GSSP’s Scholarship Program I: Datasets Available!
To strengthen capacities as well as better utilize research, GSSP initiated a program for supporting Master’s level thesis research in 2013. In addition to offering students resources and collaboration opportunities to build their research capabilities, the scholarship program aims to enhance the relevance of this body of research to improving the effectiveness of agricultural and […]
Ghana Agricultural News Digest – March 24, 2014.
Below are some current developments on Agriculture in Africa: Agricultural Issues FAO Launches New Satellite-based Data on Forest Resources The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in a new data released on the state of the world forest said global forest areas continue to decline, with the biggest losses of tropical forests occurring in South America […]