Bush fires are rife especially in the harmattan season.
Members of Parliament united in their call for concrete measures to be taken to combat the incidence of bushfires which have become an annual occurrence.
According to them, it was not enough for statements be made about the phenomenon year – on – year but that definite policy interventions be undertaken to deal with it.
The issue was raised earlier this week by Bole Bamboi MP, Sulemana Yusif, who made an official statement stressing the effects of seasonal bushfires on livelihoods and the economy. He proposed a three pronged approach at the individual, community and national levels in order to find lasting solutions to the challenge.
FOOD SECURITY | An understanding of the situation The Prime Minister acknowledged the difficulties in attaining self-sufficiency
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SHYAMAPARSAD BISNAUTHSING
In its issue of the 18th December 2020 of Le Mauricien, mention was made in the coverage that the Prime Minister acknowledged the difficulties in attaining self-sufficiency or Food Security. He also made suggestions to that end. In so doing, he has given a certificate of incompetence to the Ministry dealing with Food Security and all its services and parastatals, especially the Food and Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (FAREI). With the already difficult times being faced by farmers exacerbated by the various
CSIR- CRI organizes field visit to cabbage research trial sites 17th Dec 2020 | Source: GNA
A team of Research Scientists from the Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) under the Crops Research Institute (CRI) and Extension Officers from the Amansie Central District Agriculture Department has organized a field visit to some research-extension-farmer trial cabbage sites in the Bosome Freho and Amansie Central Districts of the Ashanti Region. The visit formed part of efforts to promote Modernizing Agriculture in Ghana (MAG) programme.
The purpose of the visit was to observe and assess the efficacy of some laboratory- tested insecticides (both bio and synthetic) and fungicides on the management of Diamondback Moth (DBM) and leaf blight on cabbage production.
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