Large quantities of yam exported to the US from Ghana have been rejected, as most were found to be unwholesome upon arrival in that country. Robert Baffuor Tandor of the Ministry of Trade ...

“Despite the contribution of yam, the crop has not been given the right attention. This is what this strategy aims to correct,” says Mr Anthony Sikpa, Chairman of the Ghana Yam Strategy Committee.

Seed materials of identified varieties such as nkani, afase ... Ghana Atomic Energy Commission. The collaborating organisations on Friday organised a meeting with extension officers and yam ...

would position Mion district to become a major yam market in Ghana, Mr Issa Alhassan, Mion District Agriculture Officer on Monday said. He said the five-year project, which begun this year, sought to ...

The economic value of the yam industry in Ghana has grown quite rapidly in recent years, with its foreign exchange earnings shooting up to the third position among the non-traditional export ...

Togbe Afede XIV, the king of Asogli State of Ghana, attends the Yam Festival in Ho, the Volta Regional Capital, 165 km northeast of Ghana's capital Accra, Sept. 21, 2013. The chiefs and people of ...

Ghana's lucrative yam export business is under attack from the illegal smuggling of cocaine, according to local press reports. The concerns were voiced by the president of the Ghana Root Crops and ...

Story behind Yam Festival From "Notsei" in the Republic of Togo, Ewes brought this festival to Ghana several years ago. The cultivation of yam is not a smooth job, but rather very dull and lazy one.

The Igbo Community in Ghana on Sunday celebrated the 2019 (Iriji) Annual New Yam Festival with a resolve to deepen the cultural and economic ties between their host country. The ethnic group who ...

A new report published by the Danish Embassy has shown that the value of food losses and waste in Ghana is estimated at ... post-harvest losses of tomato, yam, mango, citrus and chilies accounted ...

Ghana has taken a major step ahead of other yam-producing nations with the launch of a strategy for the development of the yam industry from farm to market. This follows the global conference on ...

Ghana today October 8, 2013 launched a national strategy for the development of the country’s yam industry. Ghana has now become the first yam-producing nation to rollout such a national strategy for ...