Cowpea
Cowpea seeds from the formal system are only able to plant 1% of area cropped. The informal system supplies 99% of seeds research has showed. Current output of 55MT supplies, and 5% of farmers replace seeds every 4 years.
MAIZE
Maize has most market present in Ghana in terms of seed production and marketing. However, about 3% of maize area planted in Ghana is hybrids from the formal system whilst 87% of seeds was supplied. LEGACY 8by the informal system mainly OPVs and farmer’s saved seeds. This is partly due to fact many local seed
Mr. Kwasi Opare-Wiredu
Member Mr. Kwasi Opare-Wiredu, is an Lawyer, Life Coach, and a Teacher, with bachelor degrees in Business Administration and Law from Central University, Accra and University of Ghana, Legon respectively. He also holds a Barrister at Law certificate from Ghana School of Law, and a Master of Laws degree in International Business Law from University
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Dr. Christiana Amoatey
Member Dr. Christiana Amoatey is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Crop Science, School of Agriculture,College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana. She holds a PhD in Plant Biology from the University of Reading. Her research interests include weed ecology with emphasis on alternatives to chemical weed management, seed quality maintenance, crop
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Dr. Issoufou Kapran
Member Dr. Issoufou Kapran a citizen of Niger Republic, is currently Senior Scientist and Seed Specialist in charge Seed Systems at the West and Central Africa Regional Hub of the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Bamako, Mali.Prior to his appointment in ICRISAT, he worked for 10 years at the Alliance for
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Dr. Ernest Asiedu
Chairman Dr. Ernest Assah Asiedu was the past Chief of Party of the West Africa Seed Program (WASP) of the West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) with its Secretariat at Dakar,Senegal. Dr. Asiedu holds the B.Sc. degree in Crop Science from the University of Ghana(1979-1981);M.Sc.inSeed Technology, minor in Plant Breeding
2.0. SEED PRODUCTION OF QUALITY PROTEIN MAIZE (QPM)
2.1. Breeder Seed Production To ensure protein quality and endosperm modification of seed, it is important that breeder’s seed be produced in half- sib isolation blocks. This is done in 3 stages described below: Stage 1 Plant 300-500 representative plants in isolation in breeder’s seed production field. At harvest, shell each ear separately. Stage 2
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QUALITY PROTEIN SEED MAIZE PRODUCTION IN GHANA: A DISHONESTY OR VERACITY
Seed production has always been the weakest node in the Ghana’s agricultural transformation agenda. The development of small and medium scale seed companies has proven to be key in facilitating the availability and accessibility of improved crop varieties to smallholder farmers. In recent times, successive government made an attempt to transform Ghana’s agricultural activities but
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LIFE SUPPORTING MAIZE; YELLOW CORN
Modernization and advancement in technology has affected people’s diets. Majority of our population, now look out for convenience in food preparation and consumption. On this note, most people prefer processed breakfast which is mostly made up cereals which have been designed to minimize the time and labour involved in breakfast preparation. Breakfast cereals are usually
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