‘NIL 130’ was named “best rice variety” among seven being evaluated by a farmers’ cooperative in Gagnoa, Côte d’Ivoire. NIL 130 is a ‘near-isogenic line’ derived from ‘elite’ rice variety IR64 by the introduction of a gene for resistance to (RYMV) through a process known as ‘marker-assisted breeding’ (MAB).
Ghana Food
- Japan Boosts Financial Support for African Development - Voice of America
- IAEA holds African training course on seafood in Accra - Ghana Business News
- Nigeria joins Ghana as new member of G8 food security alliance - GhanaWeb
- Ghana Set To Receive UN Food and Agriculture Organization Award In Rome ... - Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
- Why the growth of modern retail should be good news to African farmers - How we made it in Africa
- New Market Study, "Ghana Food & Drink Report Q2 2013", Has Been Published - SBWire (press release)
- Climate change impacting food supply in Ghana - Times of India
- Africa's development hinges on food security – UN agencies - Ghana Business News
- Parts of northern Ghana is food insecure - WFP - Myjoyonline.com
- Contribution of Forests to Food Security Needs Attention - AllAfrica.com
Tag Archive: Research
Apr 26
Policymakers and researchers agree on innovative agenda to avert persistent food crisis
Intensified droughts, desertification and other extreme weather events accelerated by climate change will continue to wreak havoc on West Africa’s Sahel and other vulnerable African regions unless massive new investments are made into re-invigorating farm research, getting resilient crops and livestock to farmers, and advising farmers on climate-smart practices, according to leading experts and policymakers …
Mar 06
Australian government provides 1.3 million dollars to improve agriculture in Africa
Accra, March 6, GNA – The Australian government through the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), has provided 1.3 million dollars to improve agricultural growth and economic development in Africa.
Feb 13
Washington: Researchers outline food security-climate change road map in Science
“Agriculture worldwide is being impacted by climate change and in less than 15 years global population will rise by one billion people,” a statement issued by the Consultative Group on International Agrocultural Research (CGIAR) Friday quoted Sir John Beddington, lead author of the article ‘What Next for Agriculture After Durban?’, as saying.
Feb 13
More money for ag research, Gates urges
When it comes to solving the challenges of developing countries, Bill Gates believes agriculture has a vital role to play.
Feb 13
International Policy Dialogue on agricultural research underway in Ghana
UK-based International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED), yesterday February 1, 2012, began a policy dialogue in Ghana, that aims to reshape agricultural research to serve development goals and the public good.
Jan 07
African conference calls for new agricultural universities
[KAMPALA] East and Central African countries should establish a new generation of innovation-oriented agricultural universities that would help integrate research, training and extension services, a conference has agreed.
Jan 07
AFDB Says Agric Research Is Improving Livelihoods in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that research by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) is not only increasing knowledge generally in the sciences but also positively transforming livelihoods in Africa.
Dec 05
Research proposals must correspond to present day food security needs – Ahwoi
Accra, Nov. 28, GNA- Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, Minister of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has urged research institutions to design research proposals that would deal with the country’s present day needs in food security and income growth in a globally competitive world.
Oct 12
Technology Assessed to Tackle Africa’s Rice Development Challenges
Oct 10 2011 — As part of a global program on rice science that has laid out concrete and quantifiable key impacts to benefit the poor, the hungry, and the environment in the next 25 years, rice experts in Africa have adopted a more interdisciplinary and product-oriented approach in order to deliver greater development impacts.