Farmers in Upper East and Upper West Regions of Ghana are demanding swift implementation of policies to reduce the cost of doing business in their regions.
Their plea comes on a day when Ghana joins the globe to observe World Food Day. Some farmers say they are still dependent on weather to grow their crops and are suffering serious post-harvest losses.
This year’s Food Day celebration focuses on how agricultural cooperatives and producer organizations can help provide food security, generate employment, and reduce poverty.
In the Builsa District, one of the rice baskets of the Upper East region, farmers are preparing to harvest their produce. >>>more
Confined Field Trial (CFT) of three
genetically modified crops may start next year, according to Senior
Research Scientist, Dr. Ibrahim Kwasi Atokple.
Scientists at
various Institutes of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
are expecting permits from the National Biosafety Committee to enable
them proceed with the evaluations.
Seeds for genetically modified
rice, cowpea and sweet potatoes are to be tested for essential traits
that will enhance crop production in the country.
With on-going
global debates over the health implications of genetically modified
organisms, parliament recently passed The Biosafety Act of 2011 (Act
831) to legalise importation and research into GMOs. Ghana now joins
countries like South Africa, Burkina Faso, Egypt and Kenya which are
already producing and importing GMOs on the continent .>>> continue
