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 ...

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 ...

Cassava is a staple food for millions of people across Africa and a major source of income and employment for farmers. There are efforts to create an effective cassava entrepreneurship system to boost ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two people are battling for their lives after being shot by suspected landguards during a violent dispute over a cassava farm ...

A study by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Pure Earth has revealed alarming levels of mercury, arsenic, lead, ...

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 ...