ECOWAS Steps Up Efforts to Make West Africa Rice Self-Sufficient by 2025
Demand for rice surpasses supply in most West African countries, forcing countries to import to make...
A Ghanaian Center at the Service of West African Root & Tuber Innovations
The Kumasi-based Crop Research Institute has one of the best research infrastructures in the re...
WAAPP Boosts Yam Breeding Program in Ghana
Launched in the 1970s, the Yam Improvement Program did not get any meaningful traction until recentl...
Taro Industry in Ghana Bounces Thanks to Research
While the taro industry had collapsed entirely in Ghana, researchers of the Crop Research Institute ...
Roots and Tubers Center of Excellence in Need of Support to Operate its USD .5 Million DNA Analyzer
The center acquired the latest generation DNA analyzer thanks to the West Africa Agricultural Produc...
CORAF, AKADIMEYA to Combine Data and Crop Science for Greater Food Productivity
Food productivity remains remarkably low to feed the growing African population. The vast dichotomy ...
West Africa Seed Committee Takes Measures to Strengthen Seed Sector
In late June 2021, members of the West African Regional Seed and Seedling Committee (WARSSC) met in ...
New Report Offers Blueprint to Strengthen Food System Resilience
Washington, May 20, 2021— According to the Food Crisis Prevention Network, a record 18.6 million p...
New Study to Focus on Impact of COVID-19 on Farmers, Herders
A new study to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the livelihoods of West Africa’s ...