Ghanaian Theatre – The Bad, the Ugly and the Ugly
A few minutes past midnight. On my PC is a new script of a play. On my table are scraps ...
Tag: seed
Insecticide Responsible For Deaths of 13 Children In Bangladesh
Controversial insecticide endosulfan, which has been banned by more than 80 countries, was responsible for the deaths of 13 children ...
Govt’s Planting For Food and Jobs Gets Boost In N/R From SARI
The Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) in the Northern Region has launched ...
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 ...
11% Use of Improved Seeds Threat To Ghana’s Food Security
The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has indicated the use of improved seeds by maize farmers ...
UNIDO Commissions Ultra-Modern Soil & Fertilizer Testing Lab In Ghana
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) with support from the Switzerland government through the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs ...
Humans Pose Ever-Bigger Extinction Risk To Animals, Experts Warn
An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at 'unprecedented' extinction risk ...
When You Sow, You Wait Before You Reap
Growing up, I spent time on the farm. I always enjoyed watching the maize seeds we sowed germinate, grow up ...
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) ...
Entry 7, Chinese Farmers In Space
Greetings to everyone. Today (Nov. 11) is my 24th day onboard Tiangong-2. I am Xinhua space correspondent Jing Haipeng. I ...
Asadu Management Given An International Award
Asadu Royal Seed and Waste Management Ltd has received an African Governance and Corporate Leadership award in waste management, drainage ...
Loss of US$200,000 Foundation Seeds To Be Investigated
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) is to conduct a probe into the circumstances that led to 60 tonnes ...
Government Urged To Set Up Fund For SMEs
The acting Country Director of Technoserve, Mr Samuel Baba Adongo, has appealed to the government to establish a fund that ...
$200,000 Rice Foundation Seeds Destroyed At Port
Sixty tonnes of foundation seeds worth US$200,000 meant for rice cultivation can no longer be used as seeds because they ...
There’s No GMO Seed On the Market
Seed traders are allaying fears of presence of Genetically Modified Organism planting materials are already on the local market. “There ...
Stakeholders Review Progress Report On Food Security
A stakeholders’ validation workshop has been held in Accra to discuss the Annual Report on the New Alliance Co-operative Framework ...