The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has indicated the use of improved seeds by maize farmers in Ghana poses a serious threat to food security in the country. Speaking at the 10th Anniversary of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement, Dr Akoto said only 11 percent of maize farmers in … Read more
A former Deputy Agriculture Minister is calling for an end to the bastardisation of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) technology as a bad science for food production. Dr. Ahmed Alhassan Yakubu says GMO technology (broadly referred to as biotechnology) is the latest scientific innovation that is driving food production across the world and Ghana should not … Read more
Ongoing field tests on genetically modified cowpea (Bt cowpea) have produced successful results and will be ready for commercialisation and release onto the local market in 2018 This was revealed by Principal Investigator in charge of the research project Dr Mumuni Abdulai. According to Dr Abdulai, who is also Deputy Director at the Savannah Agricultural … Read more
Professor Jemmy Takrama of the Cocoa Research Institute, has joined the calls on Ghana to accept Genetically Modified (GM) foods towards ensuring food security. He said it was time the country ignored the “wild” stories about the technology and adopted it to produce more food cheaply to eliminate hunger among the populace. Prof. Takrama made … Read more