Dr Oppong said cassava was more than food, citing the staple crop as an industrial and economic powerhouse, adding that protecting it from viral diseases was like protecting Ghana’s future. Mr Yaw ...

Ghana has been urged to improve the production of cassava as part of efforts to diversify from cocoa farming and improve economic growth. The Ghana Cassava Centre of Excellence said policymakers must ...

Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to scaling up agricultural ...

Dr Allen Oppong (in cap) Principal Research Scientist, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research – Crop Research Institute. Ghana may be forced to import cassava in future if viral diseases ...

Accra, Sept 11, GNA – Ghana will take centre stage at the International Cassava Fair (FIMAN) 2025, in Paranavaí, Brazil, Agrihouse Foundation Executive Director Alberta Nana Akyaa Akosa has said. The ...

The Volta Regional Investment Roadshow offers a gateway for investors seeking sustainable, high-impact ventures. With ...

Heads of senior high schools (SHSs) and government institutions, as well as a correction centre in the Eastern Region, have expressed readiness to undertake farming activities to feed students and inm ...

Daniel Danino is the CEO and founder of Volta Metals, an international group focused on energy, industry and trading in EMEA. Africa is a continent rich in natural resources, including fertile soil ...

Neoliberal development projects have invaded multiple spaces. In rural areas, women’s livelihood activities are targets for interventions in the name of poverty reduction and this is often conveyed ...

FTSE 100-listed brewer SABMiller has launched a new cassava beer product in Ghana. The group reported that the alcoholic beverage would be brewed by SABMiller's local subsidiary, Accra Brewery (ABL), ...

The Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) project, under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Crop Research Institute, has organised a training to equip agricultural ...

Ms Akosua Bonsu, the Shai Osudoku District Agriculture Director, said cassava had become a “cash crop” in its own right. “For too long, cocoa has been the centre of attention as Ghana’s leading cash ...