Last week, the CSIR organised a cocktail event to which it invited in excess of 60 public and private sector organisations, many of them selected on the basis of the contribution of scientific research to their very existence, growth and continued profitability. The council needed money to push its 60th-anniversary plan to propagate science and…
DetailsThe Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR – SARI) has launched a project to improve productivity, livelihoods, nutrition and household well-being of farmers in the northern parts of the country whiles counteracting environmental degradation. The three-year project being implemented in the Northern, Upper East, and Upper West Regions…
DetailsNyankpala (N/R), Oct 18, GNA – The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has introduced a new soybean variety to stakeholders to cultivate to boost nutritional status of consumers and contribute to food security. The new soybean variety named Favour, has been tested and proven to yield about 20…
DetailsThe Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agriculture Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) is currently testing several varieties of drought resistant and oleate groundnut genotypes for cultivation in the savannah ecological zone. The new groundnut varieties which included ICGV07273, ICGV07270, ICGV15003, and ICGV15008 would be of high yielding quality and pest resistant. It is expected to be…
DetailsThe Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (SARI-CSIR) at Nyankpala in the Northern Region has introduced a new technology to boost yam production in the country. The seed yam technology, known as Aeroponics System (AS), is to address the inadequate seed yam production for farmers in the country. It was…
DetailsSmallholder farmers in the country have been advised to adopt and plant new improved seed varieties to increase productivity. Dr. Rajeev Varshney, Research Programme Director of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), India, it was the way forward to prevent lower crop yields. He added that many of the developed countries…
DetailsNyankpala (N/R), Aug 22, GNA – Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR–SARI) is in advanced stages of releasing three new varieties of groundnut and a soybean variety onto the market for cultivation. The new groundnut varieties have been checked together with the existing ones and proven to be highly…
DetailsNyankpala (N/R), May 03, GNA – Council for Scientific and Industrial Research –Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR – SARI) has released three new varieties of sweet potato for cultivation by farmers to improve the nutritional status of consumers while ensuring food security. The new varieties under initial names SARI-Nan, SARI-Obari and SARI-Diedi have high levels…
DetailsA seven-member Management Board of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR – SARI) has been inaugurated to oversee the operations and strengthen research for agricultural development. The Board will amongst others be responsible for research policy as well as approve all annual estimates, procurements, and budgets of the…
DetailsThe University for Development Studies (UDS) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR – SARI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate in research and academic activities to ensure efficiency. The MoU harmonizes operations of both institutions such that they will share resources including common laboratories…
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