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LCIC SPONSORS THE AFRICAN FOOD SYSTEMS FORUM 2024 IN KIGALI, RWANDA.

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The African Food System Forum 2024 #AFSForum2024 recently convened in Kigali Convention Center, Kigali, Rwanda, bringing together diverse stakeholders, including world leaders, investors, academia, farmers’ organizations, technologies best practices, business models, policy delivery mechanisms, and investments to accelerate food systems transformation in Africa and beyond. Themed “Innovate, Accelerate and Scale: Delivering food systems transformation in […]

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LCIC UNVEILS NEW SEED VARIETY

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By Amos Rutherford Our seed business in Ghana, Legacy Crop Improvement Centre (LCIC), has unveiled its novel seed technology LEGACY 26, a climate smart seed maize with high pro vitamin A content to the public. This early maturing variety possesses high grain yield potential of 8 tonnes per hectare.   The new variety was launched

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Smallholder farmers encouraged to transition into commercial agriculture

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The Legacy Crop Improvement Centre (LCIC), a private local seed company, is encouraging smallholder farmers in Ghana to transition to commercial agriculture to improve their livelihoods. The company, known for producing and promoting basic seeds, recently organized on-farm demonstrations in Onuku Besea, a thriving agricultural town in the Fanteakwa North District of the Eastern Region.

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LCIC Innovates Maize Seed Varieties That Requires Less Fertilizer Application

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The Ghanaian Legacy Crop Improvement Centre (LCIC) has achieved a significant milestone in agricultural research, developing advanced maize seed varieties that demand reduced chemical fertilizer application. These groundbreaking varieties, namely “Legacy 2” (white maize) and “Legacy 26” (yellow maize), have been heralded as transformative for Ghana’s agricultural landscape. Smallholder farmers in the Fanteakwa North District

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