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Survey shows high usage of agro-chemicals by farmers
A survey conducted by the Human Care and Maintenance Foundation (HUCAM), a non-governmental organisation in the Tano South District, showed that vegetables farmers in...
Testing four genetically modified (GM) crops begins
The western African country of Ghana has begun testing four genetically modified (GM) crops, including cotton, for commercial production.
The new GM crops would include...
Scientist worry that Ghana’s major local food crops face extinction
The introduction of exotic breeds of food crops has put some major Ghanaian food crops on the verge of extinction, the Director of Biotechnology...
First crops to undergo GMO confined field trials gets approval
On December 31, 2011, Ghana?s Biosafety Bill was given Presidential assent to become law, after it has been in Parliament for four years.
The Law,...
Genetically Modified foods can feed Close to 25 million people?
Introduction
After Ghana became a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in 1992, the country is under obligation to implement anything under this protocol,...
