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 ...

Thousands of cassava farmers in Oti Region are facing a crisis as their processed cassava chips have piled up with no buyers, ...

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 ...

Walk into any market, chop bar, or restaurant in Ghana today and you will hear the same complaint everywhere: ldquo;Food is ...

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 ...

Jan. 14, GNA-Thousands of cassava farmers in Oti Region are facing crisis as their processed cassava chips have piled up with ...

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 ...

Ghana may be forced to import cassava in future if viral diseases threatening the crop are not effectively contained, Dr Allen Oppong, Principal Research Scientist, Council for Scientific and ...

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 ...