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

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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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