Government has been urged to resource millet cultivators and develop improved seed varieties resistant to harsh climate conditions, particularly in northern Ghana, to encourage local farmers cultivate the cereal crop in large quantities. Millet production has been treated or regarded as an “orphan” crop over the years due to inadequate attention it receives from government…
DetailsA number of returnees from ill-fated trips to Libya, Niger and Nigeria have taken to farming in the Bawku Municipality as a source of livelihoods. An appropriate farming technology implemented by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has attracted migrants from the Bawku Municipality into the venture.…
DetailsOn 2nd May 2018, The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research—Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR — SARI) in Ghana in collaboration with the International Potato Centre (CIP) has released three new varieties of C for cultivation by farmers in Northern Ghana, for food security, wealth and health. The event was a gathering of Scientists from…
DetailsThe Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has developed new drought-tolerant seed varieties to improve food security in the country. The new varieties to withstand all weather and ensure year-round agricultural production are to complement government’s Planting for Food and Jobs programme – for enhancing food security and job-creation…
DetailsDr Alhassan Lansah Abdulai, Agro-Meteorologist at the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI), has said the Institute is promoting climate change adaptation strategies to increase resilience and improve agriculture. “In trying to deal with climate change we also have technologies and strategies that we have developed over the years…
DetailsThe Upper West, Upper East, Savannah, North East and Northern Regions lose between 20 to 80 percent of yams produced while recording another 10 to 40 percent loss of all vegetables produced. The regions also lose about 15 percent of the maize produced to Post Harvest Loses (PHL). That’s according to the Centre for Scientific…
DetailsThe Wa station of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has held a workshop on best agricultural practices for seed producers in the Upper West Region. The Upper West Regional branch of Seed Producers Association of Ghana (SEEDPAG) organized the session in collaboration with the CSIR-SARI in Wa to equip…
DetailsThe Savanna Agricultural Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-SARI) in collaboration with the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) has developed a mobile application to help improve agriculture. The new app codenamed “Telegraph”, could be downloaded on computers and has a unique function to detect timing of insects, pests…
DetailsStakeholders of the cowpea and groundnut value chain met to review activities of the Tropical Legumes III Project and finalize the country work plan and seed roadmap for the year 2018, in harmony with the country’s legumes strategies. This event took place on the 22nd of March 2018 at the CSIR-SARI Conference Hall, Nyankpala. CSIR-SARI…
DetailsUSAID in collaboration with the Government of Ghana and the National Seed Trade Association held its 8th Annual Northern Ghana pre-season planning and network forum at the Modern City Hotel, Tamale, on March 21, 2018. This event held under the theme “Quality Seed: Necessity for Food and Jobs” was to build a platform for stakeholders…
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