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 ...

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 Ghana Yam Sector Development Strategy was formulated in 2012 at the behest of the Government of Ghana. It was to support the development of the yam sector in terms of production, value ...

Yam is a large root vegetable that looks like a tube. (Xinhua/Shao Haijun) Women dance at the Yam Festival in Ho, the Volta Regional Capital, 165 km northeast of Ghana's capital Accra, Sept. 21, 2013.

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 ...

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

According to the report, post-harvest losses of tomato, yam, mango, citrus and chilies accounted for the loss. Speaking on the sidelines of a seminar organised by the embassy on food loss, Lead ...

The introduction of the Yam Improvement for Income and Food Security in West Africa (YIIFSWA) would position Mion district to become a major yam market in Ghana, Mr Issa Alhassan, Mion District ...

Ghana produces more than five million tonnes of yam a year, and should reap at least $20m from exports. But the real figure is thought to be significantly less than this. The union is now calling for ...

Yams provide the most important source of dietary calories in Nigeria and Ghana. And for many people in the region, they rank above meat as a source of protein.

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 ...

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