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 ...

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 ...

Ghana will in the coming weeks launch the Universal QR Code that will allow Ghanaians to use mobile phones, whether it’s a ‘yam’ phone ... Your waakye, your koko, or trotro whatever; all ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Accra — The trade in narcotics and drug trafficking is threatening to destroy Ghana's yam export industry. Drug traffickers are taking undue advantage of the high demand for Ghana's yams abroad ...

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 ...

Israel’s Yam Pro Energy signed a partnership with Indian business conglomerate Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group to begin production on the world’s first commercial-scale wave energy power station in ...

As part of efforts to combat malnutrition amongst children in Ghana, KOKO Plus Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation focused on preventing malnutrition in infants and young children ...

Puna yam (not to be confused with sweet potato ... author, and founder of Zoe's Ghana Kitchen. She has been pioneering modern West African food across hospitality platforms, food writing, and ...

“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.