UG Releases Three New WACCI Hybrid Maize Varieties
The National Variety Release and Registration Committee of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has approved and recommended three new ...
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Facing Ruin, India’s Ancient Glass Artists Blame the Taj
Hanuman Prasad Garg doesn't blame rising fuel prices or pressure from cheap knock-offs for the slow demise of the glass ...
Grains Dev’t Board, SARI To Help Gov’t Bolster Local Seed Supply
Government will be collaborating with the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) and the Grains Development Board to overcome the deficit ...
Experts Seek Ways To Consolidate West Africa’s Food Security
Stakeholders and Agricultural experts from the West African countries converged here on Tuesday for a Two-Day consultative meeting seeking ways ...
Professor Owusu Lauds WACCI For Spearheading Africa’s Agriculture Transformation
Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana (UG), has lauded the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI), ...
Agriculture Answer To Africa’s Misery
The quickest way out of Africa’s economic woes is through agriculture, Dr Rufaro Madakadze, Programme Officer for Training and Education ...
App To Locate Toilets To Be Introduced In India
The Indian government has announced plans to roll out ‘Swachh Bharat Toilet Locator’ in 85 cities by 2 October 2017. ...
Ghanaian Entrepreneur Nana Adjoa Sifa Attends G20 Conference In Germany
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has held a G20 Conference with particular focus on youth ...
Indian Agency Foils ISIS Plot To Kill Muslim Clerics In UP
Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorism squad (ATS) has foiled the plans of a terror module planning to target Shia clerics and Islamic education ...
AGRA Launches Financial Inclusion Project For Smallholder Farmers
A project to promote financial inclusion through a broader uptake and usage of mobile money payments and related financial services ...
Drought-Resistant Maize Seeds Introduced In Northern Region
Four varieties of hybrid maize have been introduced to farmers in the Northern Region to boost maize production in the ...
Ghana’s Rice Farming Sector – the Disconnect
According to Nyanteng, Ghana experienced a rapid dietary shift to rice, particularly in the urban centres, during the early post-independence ...
Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim
A cabinet minister who claimed to have ordered police to torture rape suspects should be investigated for human rights abuses, ...
Amnesty Urges Probe Over India Minister Torture Claim
Amnesty International called on Tuesday for an Indian cabinet minister to be investigated for human rights abuses after she claimed ...
Test For Modi As India’s Biggest State Votes
Millions of voters in India's most populous state cast their ballots Saturday in a contest seen as a key test ...
Indian Water Minister Uma Bharti Says She Had Rapists Tortured
An Indian minister says she made rape suspects beg for their lives and ordered police to torture them. Uma Bharti, ...
Policymakers Urged To Review Farmers’ Access To Seeds, Fertilizer
A new study into the access to quality inputs by Ghanaian farmers has called on policy makers to re-evaluate the ...
USAID Aims To Increase Farmer Access To High-Quality Seed
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) ...
BoG Woos Banks To Agric Financing With GH¢100m Initiative
The central bank is confident a GH¢100 million guarantee it is providing will court commercial banks into agriculture financing, a ...
Sustainable Rice Systems Development In Sub-Saharan Africa Project Underway
Ten countries (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, the United Republic of Tanzania and Uganda) met in ...