Dr Mohammed Alfa, a Deputy Minister of Environment Science Technology and Innovations inn Ghana, on Monday expressed concern about the low competitiveness of Africa’s root and tubers manufactured ...

Scientists from selected countries in the West Africa sub-region are meeting in Kumasi to discuss funding avenues for root and tuber crop technology research. Participants are unanimous the crops hold ...

Roots and tuber crops are increasingly becoming popular on breakfast tables as health-conscious urban households turn to these varieties as an alternative to wheat-based products such as bread, buns ...

Professor Richard Akromah, Provost of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has called for increased support for root and ...

Kumasi, June 19, GNA - A Research Scientist, has acknowledged the crucial role root and tuber crops played in enhancing the livelihood of the people and called for more to be done to increase ...

Currently, the First World Congress on Root and Tuber Crops is meeting in Nanning, Guangxi, China to look at opportunities and wealth that can be created from root and tuber crops. The event is put ...

The creation of a National Mission on Tuber Crops (NMTC) has been proposed for mainstreaming tubers into India’s food basket and increasing productivity and farmer incomes from these often sidelined ...

The President John Dramani Mahama has said that over 80% of the population in Africa derived their livelihood from subsistence agriculture. He added that the challenges of overcoming poverty, food ...

The Japanese government has lauded the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) for its cutting edge research in root and tuber crops which has produced several innovative outputs such ...