The Crops Research Council in Ghana has been awarded US $289,000.00 to install an irrigation system for its activities by the The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
This will make it possible for the government-established research institution to conduct crop research all year round.
AGRA is sponsoring a three-year project in cowpea, groundnut, cassava, maize and rice improvements at the CRI.
According to Dr. Hans Adu-Dapaah, the Director of the CRI, the
establishment of the irrigation facility “would enable us to produce
seed at the right time… and it will cut down the number of years it
takes to come up with a crop variety.”
Construction of a 1.8 million dollar biotechnology laboratory at the
Institute is also scheduled for completion in November this year.
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September 01, 2011
Ghana crop research institute receives irrigation grant
Categories AGRA, Ghana, irrigation, research
