The National Variety Release and Registration Committee of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, has approved and recommended three new WACCI hybrid maize varieties to be released onto the market for cultivation and consumption. The varieties, which are now waiting to be gazetted by the National Seed Council, were developed by the West Africa Centre … Read more
A US federal jury on Friday ordered Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta to pay nearly $218 million to 7,000 Kansas farmers after selling them genetically-modified corn seeds not approved for export to China. The farmers suffered profound economic damage in 2013 when Chinese authorities refused imports of corn grown with Syngenta’s bioengineered seeds, causing prices to … Read more
Government will be collaborating with the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) and the Grains Development Board to overcome the deficit in the supply of seeds for the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme. The Minister of Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has noted that the next stage of the scheme will engage over 500,000 farmers, up … Read more
Zimbabwe has banned the import of corn after enjoying a bumper crop that authorities hope will be enough to feed the nation and stimulate home-grown production, state-owned media reported Tuesday. Zimbabwe was once known as the “breadbasket” of Africa for its fertile land and modern farming practices. But a programme of seizing farms from white … Read more
The Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) in the Northern Region has engaged some farmers in the Tolon District on impending dangers with regard to the fall armyworm infestation in Ghana as they prepare to begin the 2017 cropping season. The engagement, according to Maize Breeder of SARI Madam Gloria Boakye-Adu, is to serve as a platform … Read more
Army worms have destroyed about 1,380 hectares of maize farms in the Sunyani Municipality Army worms have destroyed about 1,380 hectares of maize farms in the Sunyani Municipality. In an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr Francis Ennor, the Municipal Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, said the directorate has stepped up … Read more