Akon-Yamga, G.; Boadu, P.; Obiri, B. D.; Amoako, J.; Mboob, F. J.(African Technology Policy Studies Network, 2011)
Reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggest that agricultural yields
will suffer negative consequences of climate change if no serious intervention is carried out (IPCC,
2007). Studies have ...
Bissah, M. N.; Kotey, D. A.; Asante, M. D.; Korle, N.; Agbenyegah, B.(Paa Wills Printing, 2019)
This catalogue is based on morphological descriptors,
and describes the visual expressions of 27 traits: 13
qualitative and 14 quantitative traits derived from
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) / Bioversity ...
Large dams were central to policy making in Ghana and the rest of Africa in the early postcolonial
period as part of the quest for development, framed in terms of the socioeconomic and cultural
modernisation that ...
Kusi, F.; Attamah, P.; Agyare, R. Y.; Lamini, S.; Muktharu, Z.; Sugri, I.; Adjebeng-Danquah, J.; Owusu, E. Y.; Kubi-Tetteh, G.; Buah, S. S. J.; Kanton, R. A. L.; Razak, M. A.; Asante, M.(CSIR-SARI, 2018)
The Oil Palm Research Institute (OPRI) was set up in 1964 as a division under the Crop
Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The
Institute began as a Centre and was initially ...
Avornyo, F. K.; Ayantunde, A. A.; Larbi, A.(Africa RISING, 2015)
The extensive small ruminant production system is characterized by disease outbreaks, shortage of feed and limited availability of water. Secondly, the crop and livestock systems are not effectively integrated to promote ...
The tropical high forests of West Africa have been under stress due to a
greater dependence on wood resources. Logging rate has more than doubled within
the last decade. However, the exact effects of logging on vegetation ...
Le projet « WISE UP to climate » vise à démontrer l’utilité des infrastructures naturelles comme une « solution basée sur la nature » pour l’adaptation au changement climatique et le développement durable. Dans le bassin ...
Konlan, S. P.; Ayantunde, A. A.; Dei, H. K.; Avornyo, F. K.(International Livestock Research Institute, 2014)
A survey was conducted in six communities to evaluate and document the existing and potential
feed resources, their uses and seasonal gaps with respect to ruminant production in northern
Ghana. The six project communities ...
Oduro, K. A.; Duah-Gyamfi, A.; Acquah, S. B.; Agyeman, V. K.(Forestry Commission, 2012)
The Forestry Commission of Ghana is responsible for the regulation of forest
and wildlife resources utilization, conservation and management and the
coordination of policies related to them. As part of its policy of ...
Flaherty, K.; Essegbey, G. O.; Asare, R.(International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2010)
After a period of relative stagnation in the 1990s, agricultural
research and development (R&D) spending in Ghana
increased dramatically after 2002. In 2008, Ghana
spent 352 billion cedis or 95 million PPP dollars on ...
Oduro-Yeboah, C.; Wahaga, E.; Eyison, F. L. B.(CSIR-FRI, 2021)
At the request of the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s government, the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP) put together a team of experts to plan the establishment of
the Food Research Institute. The team was made up of ...
Hawthorne, W. D.; Marshall, C. A. M.; Juam, M. A.; Agyeman, V. K.(Oxford Forestry Institute, 2011)
Data are presented in many ways in the literature, which can make the conclusions of different studies difficult to compare. It is hard to be certain of the relevance of two studies to each other when the species list is ...
Salifu, S.; Ayantunde, A. A.; Weseh, A.; Avornyo, F. K.; Konlan, S.(Africa RISING, 2017)
Integrated technological options are necessary for improving
livestock production. Therefore, feed interventions for improving
small ruminant production have to be associated with health
interventions.
Supplementary ...
Simulation modeling is a robust technique that speeds up our understanding of the interaction of crop,
soil, environment and management (CSEM) to attain food security by increasing agricultural productivity.
Crop models ...
Avornyo, F. K.; Zougmoré, R. B.; Partey, S. T.(CCAFS, 2020)
In Ghana, women participation in the small ruminant value
chain as a poverty reduction strategy is increasing.
However, fodder of good nutritive value is relatively
unavailable. Considering this need, the CGIAR ...
Darko, M. A.; Amoako-Andoh, F. O.; Traore, S. E.; Bissah, M. N.; Cobbs, J. N.(Springer, Cham, 2019)
Introduction
Rice is the most important food crop in the world. It is a major source of calories for
over a half of the world’s population. Unlike other cereals, rice is mainly eaten as
whole grain, thus, cooking and ...