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.

Stakeholders in cassava production are exploring effective ways for Ghana to produce high-content starch to generate revenue through export. Ghana is the third-largest cassava producer in Africa, but ...

The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Ghana (CSIR) has engaged stakeholders in the food industry on Ghana’s response plan against cassava viral ...

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 ...

Ghana's over dependence on natural rainfall to grow food to feed its citizens in this global warming and climate change dispensation is a threat to food security in the country. Already, the World ...

Ghana is the third leading cassava producer in Africa and the sixth in the world, whilst the commercialisation of the crop is nascent. Cassava holds the potential for helping to transform the economy.

Ghana produces about 16 million metric tonnes of cassava of which an estimate of about 11 million tonnes is available for human consumption. However, only four million tonnes of the cassava available ...

Two brothers who dey Eastern Region of Ghana afta introduce innovation for Ghana for di first time as dem dey generate electricity from cassava. James Ansah den Kwesi Ansah produce dis innovation ...

He explained that CMD was already widespread in Ghana and across West Africa, while CBSD, though not yet present in the sub-region, had been spreading from Central and East Africa. “The cassava mosaic ...

“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 ...