Press Release - The chiefs and people of New Longoro, farming and fishing community along the White Volta River, have observed the Pidia Yam Festival with pomp and pageantry.

Yam cultivation leads to a high degree of environmental degradation, a three-month field study in the Sekyere West and Ejura-Sekyedumase Districts of Ashanti has established.

“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.

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 ...

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 ...

According to Njoku Macdonald Obinna, Country Director on Media Strategy & Communications to HRM Eze Dr. Chukwudi Jude Ihenetu (Ezeigbo Ghana), the 2024 Igbo New Yam festival in Ghana was quite ...

A new report published by the Danish Embassy has shown that the value of food losses and waste in Ghana is estimated at $1.9 billion per annum. According to the report, post-harvest losses of ...

To find the yam that she was familiar with, Oduah had to trek to an African market that imported them from Ghana. Even the word "yam" is an echo of the West African heritage of the vegetable ...

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 ...