The Ghana Cassava Centre of Excellence said policymakers must formulate clear-cut policies, improve infrastructure and open the markets to take advantage of the growth in the cassava industry.

“The cassava mosaic virus attacks the leaves, reducing photosynthesis and eventually affecting tuber development, which leads to reduced yields. On the other hand, cassava brown streak disease ...

Residents of Bakpo, a suburb of Sogakope in the Volta region, have been left bemused after the body of a teenage girl was found buried on a cassava farm. Giving an account of the incident, Uncle of ...

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 ...

National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Agbeyewa Farms on the launch a Joint Venture partnership on land development for cassava ...

The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has invented a method of tackling weeds on cassava farms and contamination in grains, writes CHIDINMA EWUNONU-ALUKO In its research ...

Two people are battling for their lives after being shot by suspected landguards during a violent dispute over a cassava farm at Okurase, near Adeiso, in the Eastern Region. According to the victims, ...

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 ...

Somanya (E/R), Sept. 13, GNA – The Central and West African Virus Epidemiology (WAVE) project, under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Crop Research Institute, has organised a ...