{"id":1444,"date":"2026-11-14T11:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T11:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sari.csir.org.gh\/index.php\/news-publications\/events\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T11:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T11:18:26","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sari.csir.org.gh\/index.php\/news-publications\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"sari-page sari-page-events\"><section style=\"background: #F2F2F8\"><div style=\"max-width: 1240px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 56px 24px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 18px\"><nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #5A625C; display: flex; gap: 8px\"><a href=\"\/\" style=\"color: #5A625C\">Home<\/a><span>\/<\/span><a href=\"\/index.php\/news-publications\/\" style=\"color: #5A625C\">News &amp; Publications<\/a><span>\/<\/span><span style=\"color: #1F2421\">Events<\/span><\/nav><h1 style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 48px; line-height: 1.1; color: #15173F\">Events<\/h1><p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6; color: #3B433E; max-width: 760px\">Field days, trainings, open days and launches at CSIR-SARI. 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