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A water quality monitoring and assessment index of the major rivers of Ghana from 2013 has established a considerable decrease in the quality of water in most of the river basins due to the activities of illegal miners.
CSIR - CRI Releases four new yam varieties
April 18, 2017
Details: Kwadwo Baffoe Donkor
The Crops Research Institute (CRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released four new yam varieties. They are Afaase Adepa, Afaase Hoodenfoo, Afaase Biri and Afaase Soanyinto.
Maize improvement in Ghana - The contribution of CSIR
April 07, 2017
Maize is the most important cereal in terms of production and use in Ghana. The crop is produced in all the five agro-ecologies, characterised by significant climatic variations with frequent periods of drought and other stresses, resulting in crop losses.
CSIR develops new oven for drying fish
April 07, 2017
To improve on the health benefit of smoked fish for consumers, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a new oven known as Ahoto to phase out the Chorkor smoker, used by fish processors to smoke fish.
Ministry To Set Up Business Development Unit For CSIR
March 22, 2017
The Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) is to set up a business development unit to help highlight various technology and innovations of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Tragedy looms as food crops with ‘heavy metal’ enter market
March 22, 2017
Lifestyles impact heavily on our health, especially the food we eat, but increasingly, the exploitation of our natural resources for our livelihood poses a major risk to our well-being.
WRI urges government to rehabilitate abandoned dams
March 22, 2017
A proposal has been made to the government to rehabilitate existing or abandoned dams in order for it to realise its vision of one village, one dam.
CCST leads effort to deal with threat of climate change
March 21, 2017
By Kwabia Owusu-Mensah, GNA
The CSIR-College of Science and Technology (CCST) has signalled its readiness to lead efforts at tackling the threat of climate change in the West African sub-region.
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.
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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.
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