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CSIR releases five new varieties of Cowpea
March 15, 2017
By Joyce Danso, GNA
The Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for the first time in history has released five varieties of cowpea through the exploitation of molecular technology simultaneously.
Frimpong Boateng’s 1st task
March 10, 2017
Once upon a time, in the first decade of this millennium, a certain chief executive officer (CEO) of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital decided to evict encroachers who had occupied and entrenched themselves on the hospital’s land.
Herbal medicine practitioners want dedicated ministry
March 10, 2017
The President of the Ghana Federation of Traditional Medicine Practitioners Associations (GHAFTRAM), Mr Kojo Eduful, has appealed to the government to establish a new ministry responsible for traditional medicine.
World Egg Day 2017. Ideal for Akufo-Addo’s One Man, One Farm
March 10, 2017
Did you know that the second Friday of October is World Egg Day? Unknown to many so-called enlightened Ghanaians, the Animal Research Institute (ARI) of Ghana’s Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been celebrating the day at some selected schools in the country.
CSIR is central to devt agenda - Prof. Frimpong-Boateng
March 10, 2017
The government says it will boost the operations of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to make it a force behind the country’s development agenda.
Some traders have resorted to preserving ‘koobi’, dried tilapia, with cancer-causing agent, formalin.
FORIG urges increased support to produce bio-pesticides
March 10, 2017
By Kwabia Owusu-Mensah GNA
About 40 percent of arable lands in illegal mining areas has become polluted and unsuitable for food production, Dr. J. O. Fenning, Director of the Soil Research Institute (SRI), has announced.
40 per cent of arable lands can’t support food production
March 10, 2017
By Kwabia Owusu-Mensah GNA
Kumasi, Mar 08, GNA – About 40 percent of arable lands in illegal mining areas has become polluted and unsuitable for food production, Dr. J. O. Fenning, Director of the Soil Research Institute (SRI), has announced.
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation (MESTI), has underlined the need for deliberate effort to utilize the expertise of the nation’s research scientists and locally developed technologies to drive national development.
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By Kwabia Owusu-Mensah, GNA
Ghana’s water purification system deficient – Director of CSIR Water Research Institute
January 10, 2017
The Director of Water Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has called for a review of the country’s water purification system, revealing the current system fails to remove harmful toxins produced by algae in fresh water sources.
CSIR takes steps to upgrade skills training in science and research
January 10, 2017
The Council has already been granted an institutional accreditation to establish a College of Science and Technology (CCST) to run various science and research programmes at the graduate levels.
Ghana has no problem with water sources, but potable water sources are diminishing at such a fast rate that the country faces a looming water crisis by the year 2030, if conditions continue to persist.
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