Agricultural Mindset Change for Africa; Top Plant Breeder Speaks
Professor Paul M. Kimani, (once chairman of the Crop Science Society of Kenya), is a geneticist and a plant breeder, whose
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Mar
Revolutionary Post-Harvest Management Innovation for Ghana
Eat Fresh, a group that competed in the 2019 Kosmos Innovation Center 2019 Agritech Challenge, says its innovation, a food
16
Mar
Ghana’s First Gene Editing Scientist Improves Vitamin A Content In Sweet Potato
Samuel Acheampong is the first scientist in Ghana to attempt using the Gene Editing Technique for crop improvement.
24
Feb
GMOs: Scarecrow And The Irony Of a Farmer’s Hoe
The advent of climate change, coupled with new plant pests and diseases, has worsened the plight of Ghanaian farmers,
05
Feb
MoFA Trains Cape Coast Women In Improved Poultry Production
The Cape Coast Metro Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, trained forty female poultry farmers from various communities, in
21
Jan
Alliance for Science Ghana Calls On President Akufo-Addo To Make 2021 Year of Science
Civil Social Organisation Alliance for Science Ghana in a letter released yesterday to the President, appealed that he makes
19
Jan
New Law Gives Ghana’s Plant Researchers Incentive To Develop New Varieties
Ghana has joined the list of countries with specific laws protecting the right of plant breeders — a move that is expected to
14
Jan
“Governments in Africa Should Prioritise Science and Fund Research” -DSaT Founder
Veronica Mwaba is the founder of Dziwa Science and Technology (DSaT) Trust a not-for-profit organisation that aims to promote
12
Jan
Gov’t Confident Passage of Plant Variety Protection Bill Into Law will Increase Ghana’s Agricultural Productivity; Scientists Agree
The Ghana government has expressed confidence the passage of the Plant Variety Protection Bill (previously christened Plant
24
Nov
Kenya Takes a Leap Into Commercial Farming of Bt Cotton
Kenya government has announced commercial production of Bt cotton following successful germination of Bt cotton under open
20
Nov